When playing in the 3-4-3 if he advances too far up the pitch and gets caught we're f**ked. He obviously had more freedom in that 2nd half and it shows. The people booing him had no clue.
This and the "blind alleys" comments are just talking utter bollocks. Bertos needs to get up field, even if only to get the ball out of his own half.
He barely makes it to halfway before he passes the ball backwards, and that only adds to the problems of defending with a 3-4-3 when the ball is always stuck with the back 3, and the other team has barely retreated to halfway.
Did you lot even pay attention to how much space Bertos had in front of him when he gets the ball off Paston? He quite often has a good 20-30m at least to get the ball moving forward before needing to do anything.
I'll back Bertos running with the ball every single time. If he gets caught out from time to time, then we deal with it. But sitting behind halfway and passing the ball backwards, we could put Mulligan on the field to do that role.
This is exactly one of the reasons why Hearfield turns over so much ball. He sees that 'clear space' in front of him, puts his head down and takes off. As he approaches the full back, the opposing centre midfielder slides across and suddenly he is in a narrow channel (or blind alley) with no support and a 1 v. 2 situation unable to play out as there is little support due to the 'clear space'. A winger needs to pick his moments.
COYN 
