As soon as I clocked that line up I was wondering what the f**k we were playing at. My hopes of progression went from being relatively positive to no chance whatsoever.
I'd be fine with this as a tactic if we were playing Bonucci & Chiellini at the back and never lost a header. However it's pretty high stakes because if you don't defend one of those crosses you're ultimately relying on the keeper to bail you out. Which he does regularly. But even still. There's the old adage of it you throw enough shite at a wall some of it's got to stick.
This is, largely, where I stand on it. I don't mind us having a couple of different ideas to throw at set pieces but sticking rigidly to it is daft. Annan had us sussed out before a ball was even kicked. There were at least 3 corners I can remember charged down resulting in us getting a throw in (which we've always been notoriously good at in my memory) or ended up booting it straight out of play ourselves. Similarly with goal kicks. I don't regard Lamie or Mugabi as ball playing centre backs so why on earth are you putting pressure on them to be one? Kipré was tremendous at striding out of defence and setting us on the front foot but there's nobody at the club right now could even attempt to do that.