Should be a good learning curve for Rudan from this one. He made changes and they didn't work, so now we see how he reacts and that is going to be very interesting (ignoring the fact some individual performances were shark on Sat).
I've been wondering if the weather affected our performance more than that of WSW. If that is the case then I would hope Rudan will organise next boot camp based on the weather forecast. Others pointed out individual performance as the key but I also think WSW was more physical on the night. All night they resembled a battering ram while we looked at times more like a primary school swim squad than a football team.
For me, the biggest advantage in the wind and the rain is having players with good first touch/technique. The likes of Roly, Riera and Baumjohann had this quality. We didn't have anyone like that, and the only player with a technique comparable was on the bench (Singh). It is the reason Ifill still did well in this sort of weather.
