Frazy85 wrote:No idea how people can criticize deeney after today, he was the best player on the pitch for us. Ince getting the man of the match didnt really seem justified to me.
Ince = One great save i remember, and did everything else well like usual.
Taundry = Got caught out a lot, didnt look comfortable at all at right back.
Gerrard = One of his poorer games, dont think he did too much wrong with the slip it was just unfortunate.
Smith = Terrible, we need someone else in because Smith is noway near league one quality, but did well to stop the one on one in the first half.
Palmer = Did alright, which i wouldnt usually say about palmer, but he did alright and cleared off the line for us too.
Nicholls = Looked poor, not as good as usual i dont think.
Bradley = Rubbish, went missing most of the time, didnt do much worthwile, got much worse as it went on.
Mattis = Also complete rubbish, needless and stupid tackle to give away the penalty and also went missing all second half.
Zaaboub = Fantastic first half an hour, then seemed to fade, but had a good game none the less.
Deeney = Superb game, probably the best ive seen from him.
Ibhere = Faded as it went on, found it hard not having much support apart from deeney though i think.
I dont think the management can be blamed for today i just think there isnt enough quality in the team to be able to look at trying to get to the playoffs.
I am absoloutely confused how everyone here seems to think deeney is that bad after today, and i may get a lot of stick for saying he was really good, but maybe i was watching a different game or something :lol:
Some of your opinions of performance are correct and some so wrong it's almost like you weren't even there, suppose its opinons.
Palmer was crud no worries. Deeney had 3 shots & otherwise did nothing and broke down play. An example of this was late in the 2nd half, we controlled a spell of possession, worked it into deeney on the edge of the area & without looking he passed it miles infront of nicholls, his touch is awful. Troy deeney is brave and has a good heart, but otherwise posseses NO attributes of a decent league one football player. Bradley did ok today, as did mattis. Although its obvious mattis has to defend bradley & doesn't feel comfortable next to bradley going forward as he would next to hughes, it was zaaboub that gave the pen away i think. Jabo was absolutely excellent, he mays well have had no support, although i do agree that we missed ricketts on a few occasions, just his poching in the box of crosses, his aerial threat, there were numerous occasions where the ball was just to high for jabo, whereas with ricko's height we may have scored a few more. Nicholls is our one and only flair player with lots of pace if im honest, he worked the left back in both halfs, looked lively & worked hard, as well as creating most of our chances with his crossing. Gerrard was excellent if im honest, bar a couple of slipovers ( which admittingly would have cost us against a team with named strikers ,such as leeds next week) if that was one of his poorer games, he could play poorly everyweek and still be a top 6 league one defender.
We did okay in the first half and played some nice stuff. Although come the second half the players looked leggy and very unfit, perhaps the lack of games played recently?.
Its clear that we'll be seeing a few faces going and a few coming before the chance has gone.
Are reich & boertien leaving january 30th? Or is boets staying till the summer? Clear to me that we need both, especially boertien.
If all are fit next week, we have to play them all. If not i'd definetely start boertien at left back with taundry at right back & palmer in the mid.
4,400 is rubbish, there was 1400 odd in the away end it felt like the upper was a little fuller than usual aswell. Tax scam maybe?.
See you all tuesday night. :D