Guly is unlucky his lapse in concentration came in a televised game against our biggest rivals. If it had been against any other team, we might well have forgotten or not have even noticed - definitely have moved on. Though we expect any Saint player pulling on the shirt to automatically play that fixture with the passion it demands (and rightly so!), at the same time, it's probably harder for him to do so than any other player - he's from the other side of the world for a start, would never have heard of that fixture before he signed, and it's been so long since we faced them in the league that none of that team will have had any experience in playing it. Give them at least one game to adjust to hating them! For sure he is frustrating, but getting on his back is not going to do his confidence any good.
We are becoming dangerously close to having only one player who can put the ball in the back of the net. Lallana hasn't scored in a while, and Guly's run of solid form came to an end a while back - I for one am glad Guly took his chances of redemption: shows he cares.
I get just as frustrated as the rest of us (and was wanting him replaced with about half an hour to go today - shows how much I know!). He could have had a hatful today, but always wanted to take one touch too many - as someone else has pointed out in this thread, he requires space. And on the times today where we were attacking them like an away team, and outnumbering them in the final third, he squandered quite a few chances. And of course, doesn't help his cause that he can win two headers today up their end, but fail so dismally in the air at ours in the last fixture. But he's back, I feel - and a draw at Pompey that causes the grief that gives him the hunger today; and the goals from which give him the confidence to take into the next few games - could be a seriously valuable chain of events!
We are becoming dangerously close to having only one player who can put the ball in the back of the net. Lallana hasn't scored in a while, and Guly's run of solid form came to an end a while back - I for one am glad Guly took his chances of redemption: shows he cares.
I get just as frustrated as the rest of us (and was wanting him replaced with about half an hour to go today - shows how much I know!). He could have had a hatful today, but always wanted to take one touch too many - as someone else has pointed out in this thread, he requires space. And on the times today where we were attacking them like an away team, and outnumbering them in the final third, he squandered quite a few chances. And of course, doesn't help his cause that he can win two headers today up their end, but fail so dismally in the air at ours in the last fixture. But he's back, I feel - and a draw at Pompey that causes the grief that gives him the hunger today; and the goals from which give him the confidence to take into the next few games - could be a seriously valuable chain of events!