14-01-2019, 12:12
Watched it on a live stream. Kind of wish the stream had gone down...but hey ho.!!!
One noticeable thing about this performance was that there was a lot less passing back and sideways by our defenders. They definitely tried to get the ball forward quicker. Didn't always work, lost the ball a few times by trying that.....but it was a refreshing change.
Forward play lacking in most areas. Pritchard is lively, full of ideas, but just doesn't have that bit of magic. He has possibly the weakest shooting of anyone I've ever seen.
Mounie was excellent for the most part. Definitely got in the box quicker and with more urgency....unfortunately the crosses to him were woeful.
Puncheon our best player. Liked the look of him a lot. Should have signed him in the summer.
Rest of them no better than average, inc Billing who so far is my man of the season (not saying much I know).
As for the penalties....theirs is not a pen. Hadj got a foot to the ball as was proved on Match of the Day. Ours was definitely a pen. He had his arm wrapped around Hadj. The lino never put his flag up so how could it have been a foul the other way? We were robbed.....but we would still have missed it anyway. And who is our penalty taker anyway when Mooy isn't playing? Mounie? Kachunga? Billing?
It's stopped the run of defeats...however with Man City and Chelsea in the next 3 games, that might just start up again.
One noticeable thing about this performance was that there was a lot less passing back and sideways by our defenders. They definitely tried to get the ball forward quicker. Didn't always work, lost the ball a few times by trying that.....but it was a refreshing change.
Forward play lacking in most areas. Pritchard is lively, full of ideas, but just doesn't have that bit of magic. He has possibly the weakest shooting of anyone I've ever seen.
Mounie was excellent for the most part. Definitely got in the box quicker and with more urgency....unfortunately the crosses to him were woeful.
Puncheon our best player. Liked the look of him a lot. Should have signed him in the summer.
Rest of them no better than average, inc Billing who so far is my man of the season (not saying much I know).
As for the penalties....theirs is not a pen. Hadj got a foot to the ball as was proved on Match of the Day. Ours was definitely a pen. He had his arm wrapped around Hadj. The lino never put his flag up so how could it have been a foul the other way? We were robbed.....but we would still have missed it anyway. And who is our penalty taker anyway when Mooy isn't playing? Mounie? Kachunga? Billing?
It's stopped the run of defeats...however with Man City and Chelsea in the next 3 games, that might just start up again.
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