Exactly, that's called medicore. Which is where we are.
Bede does seem to have regressed the past couple of games. Last night especially he seemed uncharacteristically lazy with his passes (although that's a team wide problem as well). More than once different players would pass to a spot anticipating someone being there but without anticipating that Miami might have been over-pursuing (which they were) to jump passing lanes and don't get me started on guys picking up their dribble before they know what they're doing with the ball. Radford has been a bright spot and looks to be coming into his own. I think he's a guy the offense needs to flow through. If he can become a legitimate threat to score it should free up Nolley to do what he does. Cone's lack of playing time is puzzling considering how well he's played recently, but I trust CMY knows what lineup he wants on the floor and it didn't include much of Cone last night. Early in the year we were playing loose, with house money, and zero expectations. Now I think we've tightened up a bit.
I was going to bring this topic up in the other thread Correy, but since we're here, and there aren't many soccer fans on the site, I'll just say what I have to say here. I partially agree with what Klopp's doing (shocker I know). I think he's totally right, that the well-being of his players is of utmost importance to him. I support the argument that the FA should care about their well-being too. The only portion of this "protest" that I have a problem with, is that he won't be showing up for the match itself. I think it's disrespectful to Shrewsbury. They worked their tails off to beat the reigning world champions, and cutting his holiday break 4 days short shouldn't be that difficult for him. I hope he changes his mind, but knowing Klopp I doubt he will. He's totally right that Critchley (our youth manager) knows the team better than he does; however, I feel that's a thinly veiled excuse. I think he can still take a stand, by letting Critchley coach, but by showing up to the dugout out of respect for the Shrews. Just my opinion.