Oh f*** off man. This result is 100% about the defence man.
Yeah our defence has been bad but two of their goals were after Shola rather hopelessly lost the ball. Attack is the best form of defence.
of course Shola is to blame in part.
it's not about separating the side into defence/attack and saying because we conceded x amount of goals but scored y amount that the attackers get off scot free and it's defenders to blame.
it's a f***ing team game and poor performances in any part of the pitch can cause problems elsewhere.
you have to defend from the front, help us keep the ball upfield and offer creativity and goal threat - if your main target man cannot do any of those four things then you are on the back foot before you even begin. rancid performance from him. he's spent his entire career putting in these awful performances, then he gets in everyone's good books with a couple of decent games, and with that credit built up he then eases down into shitness, starting off the whole process again. he's a con man, basically.
Spot on.