Ok, Theo, you did not get my point either. I can see your point, though. Very well. I have been seething in rage at him for some of the post-game turds he has been excreting this season. In this specific case I just happen to think it was so laconic a statement that he could just as well have said "yeah, we played a game so what". No silver linings, no excuses. Now you see what I mean too?
No problem at all mate

Exactly. We just lost 3-0 to a team that had, before today, registered 1 victory at home all season. Now Ballardini says that after 15 minutes we were better, we put some effort in. What he omits is that after 15 minutes Atalanta were 2-0 up, crusing, and able to relax. Arguably, it could have been 4, or even 5 by half time. Shameful, and we barely threatend their goal in the whole game.
And we made Doni look like Doni of old. Sorry but he has also pretty much done bugger all season except for this one game. All I really saw from them was more desire than us, belief and confidence. It's strange how Ballardini has done this time and time again - the players look disinterested, disjointed with no passion or desire on the field at the start of games. How on earth does he deal with them in the dressing room before kick off. I've lost count of how many first halves we have sucked at this season. Wouldn't surprise me if it's nearly every one
