After last Saturday’s gutless, shambolic surrendering to Birmingham City, we turned up at home to Preston North End on Wednesday night and whilst not the prettiest of games, we showed some fight and determination and deservedly came away with all three points.
Nigel Pearson, who never gets carried away in victory or defeat, talked after the game of the need for consistency and he is so right but unfortunately our all too familiar failings were on show against Millwall and the only constant was yet again our inconsistency.
As a fan, I knew how Millwall would set up and what they would try and do. They have one or two decent players but generally look to defend in numbers and the majority of their threat and goals come from set pieces. I am not sure what preparation or homework the management team, coaches and players put in during the week but whatever it was, we seemed to forget it all and gave away free kicks and corners and as a result were punished.
