It may be a bit simplistic but I think we lost it
for two reasons:<br><br>1. Sitting on a lead in
normal time. This is what cost us automatic promotion as
well, and I despair of whether we will ever learn from
our many mistakes in this area. <br><br>(Everyone
should be forced to watch the UEFA Cup Final on a daily
basis. Liverpool go 3-1 up but sit on their lead, Alaves
get back to 3-3 and then take off their double
goalscorer for a midfielder, Liverpool go ahead again at 4-3
and then take off their key forward for a midfielder,
Alaves get back to 4-4 but then start playing for
penalties, Liverpool win 5-4.)<br><br>2. Lack of mental
toughness after Walsall's second goal. The performance in
the last 10 minutes was nothing short of appalling.
Pardew has sad on occasions that our players are strong
in this area, but I have yet to see any evidence of
it.