Look at where Murphy and Bullard played against Wigan, and where they played against Portsmouth (remember that the top one is left to right and the bottom one is right to left).
A) both played next to each other (Bullard is under Chris Baird’s #34) and much deeper against Wigan
B) against Portsmouth Bullard was well in advance of Murphy, who was well in advance of where he was agains Wigan.
Part of this will be circumstance – we scored early against Wigan – but it might also be a reaction to quite a sloppy performance at Portsmouth. Almost a ‘back to basics’ if you will.
