Looks like your hope for better defense did not eventuate. The first goal was bad but the second was a true minties moment. The one thing that the Phoenix had in previous seasons was a tight defense but this has disappeared this season despite more or less the same personnel. Why this is the case is anyone's guess, maybe time has caught up with them or maybe an improvement in the speed and skill of the opposition.
Last year we had the leagues best defensive midfielder ( or close to it , IMO) bossing things .The number of times he cleaned up messes so the back four didn't have to... ( and making Siggy look a bit better than he is).THis year , for what ever reason ( DSB being the weirdest I've seen postulated here) , Manny has been poor. Not saying that the defensive woes are all his fault ( he wasn't even there today) but no coincidence that when he's on song , the defense looks much tighter.
Absolute bollocks tonight. Jazz junior wanted to leave early , he was so angry. Only bonus , I made him get his face painted so I could have a chat to the paintress.