I was watching the Hitch interview after last night's game. At the end of the interview he indicated that due to injuries to Steen and Tarasenko they've been playing a "hard match" recently whereas they played a "soft match" earlier in the season. Anyone care to elaborate what he means by that? Thanks.

To me, that means Hitch has had to be more cognisant of which lines he's matching up against the opposition since he's had to mix and match his own lines.