Malmo 2nd leg

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Frustrating! I wanted to see players put up their hands for a start against Man Utd; I wanted to see some hunger, some passion but, apart from a few individuals, it just wasn't there.

We handled the tie comfortably enough and got what we wanted, so well done the lads for that. But did the likes of JdG push to further their claims? Not for me. JdG hardly broke sweat; his shooting was pants and dead ball delivery far below what it was last season. Unlucky not to get a nailed on penalty though. However, for me, it's Shelvey every time and I think we bought the right player out of the two.

We were quite tidy in possession up to the final third where it all went astray. Poz is going to be a huge player for us but he must learn to manage space a lot better than he does. Too often he was crowding Michu, perhaps buoyed by his excellent goal last week from a Michu-like situation. I think this confused poor Bony who played in fits and starts but, nevertheless, was very unlucky to get a clinical finish wrongly ruled out. What would that have done for his confidence, and reputation, with 3 goals in 2 European starts against decent opposition?

All in all, no reason to gripe. It's still early in the season and the players are still learning each others' game. I just feel though, that we lost an opportunity to make a statement tonight and a couple of the players didn't get near to hitting their straps. They will need to because Laudrup is a ruthless manager, and if he doesn't get what he's looking for from a player, he won't hesitate to drop him and play some one else. And that's how it should be if we want to progress as a club.
 
swanselona said:
Still don't rate De Guzman, just a lazy player and I hate that in a team of triers.

Routledge rightly taken off, was trying to be too clever on a few occasions, and how many times do our wingers need a boot up the arse, that when Michu of Bony get the ball, to give them some width and run past them, instead they just stand there waiting for the ball, no, get forward and support.

A good result, but very frustrating for me, too many mistakes, that should be sorted before we play United, instead some lazy moments got the better of our players and that for me isn't good enough when you have fans spending all that money travelling.

Pozuello will need some game time to learn his role, too many times was found wandering when we needed someone to support Jazz, which leads me onto Jazz, for someone who got little support from the guy who was supposed to be in front of him, the lad done very very well.
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Agree. I found myself shouting at the screen a few times for him to track back and help the team defensively. Hopefully he won't feature much in the important games this season. That's why I'm happy it's a loan deal for him and not the 7-8 million that was being touted about <ok>
 
De Guzmans dead balls were terrible. Their is no way he will oust Shelvey from the starting 11.

I'm not happy with you Valley!!!!!!! I wanted to do the reporting bit and issue the ban!! GIT!!!! :emoticon-0116-evilg
 
Next round is on Thursday 22nd and Thursday 29th August. Our game away to West Brom will be changed from sat 31st Aug to sun 1st sept.

On a family holiday for the 2nd leg but free for the 1st leg. Azerbaijan here I come :D
 
neveroffsidereff said:
De Guzmans dead balls were terrible. Their is no way he will oust Shelvey from the starting 11.

I'm not happy with you Valley!!!!!!! I wanted to do the reporting bit and issue the ban!! GIT!!!! :emoticon-0116-evilg
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Valleys after best mod award :D

He's not going to get worst that's for sure :D
 
It was a job well done without breaking into a sweat, there was not a chance in hell after the first ten minutes that they were ever going to win so the lads played accordingly.....7 changes and a couple of subs was nothing more than a training exercise... easy game played the right way...
 
thats what it was all about, we had to play the game so why work your socks off when we have man utd next game. the radio said it was a stroll in the park and swansea rightly used it as a training session...
 
It's a job done scenario, the players knew it was game over after the first leg. Despite a depleted team with 7 changes we still kept a clean sheet and Tremmel didn't really have anything to do, I am happy with that. A win would have been nice but it wasn't meant to be considering Bony had a valid goal disallowed and we also had a penalty not given. If two bad decisions hadnt been made then the score line would have been 2-0 on the night, 6-0 on aggregate... Not bad for a second leg when our team didn't get out of 2nd gear.

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ProjectVRD said:
It's a job done scenario, the players knew it was game over after the first leg. Despite a depleted team with 7 changes we still kept a clean sheet and Tremmel didn't really have anything to do, I am happy with that. A win would have been nice but it wasn't meant to be considering Bony had a valid goal disallowed and we also had a penalty not given. If two bad decisions hadnt been made then the score line would have been 2-0 on the night, 6-0 on aggregate... Not bad for a second leg when our team didn't get out of 2nd gear.

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How sh.it must Hibs be ?
 
Job done and should have been 2 - 0 (what with the wrongly disallowed goal and the penalty decision...he took pity on them didn't he, but then we should have picked up a couple of extra bookings...which is more important to us when you're 4 - 0 up).

Thoughts;

Tremmel - Solid
Jazz - Crossing was poor and gave possession away too cheaply, didn't beat his man when he got into those Rangel positions
Chico - Solid
Ash - Solid
Taylor - Needed 90 minutes, was clearly not up to full speed.
Canas - exceptional, like he's always been there. I trust him to bring the ball under control and select the right pass completely. After his debut!
De Guzman - did some good things, worked (lots of closing down)...shooting and set pieces were no good whatsoever
Michu - was Michu, temper/desire shown.
Pozuelo - not a natural wide man, will have to work on that position if he's going to fill in there....has all the right tools to play anywhere in the front though. A gem.
Routledge - Starting to frustrate me. He takes a touch and then (I think, often) the pass or shot should be played....wants lots of touches and gets dispossessed, always creates something though so worth a regular starting slot. Just an area we can improve.
Bony - Still trying to find rhythm with his team mates. Clinical finish for the disallowed goal. I feel if we make chances for him he will score a bagful.

Subs
Ki - trying too hard to stand out, feeling the pressure I think.
Dyer - Looked lively, interested.
Rangel - Solid, if Dyer had stepped over a pass instead of shooting Rangel would have been clean through on goal late in the game. He has a nose for it.
 
took the opportunity to score some brownie points with the missus before the new season instead of watching what i felt was a dead rubber and from the stats it looks like an efficient performance. The trouble with winning 4-0 is that all you have to do is turn up and see out the 2nd leg and that seems to be what we've done. I know some will be disappointed not to see a similar performance to last week, but it wasnt a night when any drama or excitement was needed and frankly when the BBC are reporting 0 shots on target for the others, that sounds like a job excellently done, don't give them a sniff and get through without draining the energy tanks too much (which is important with the extra games we've got this year).

If we have to endure a couple of dull games in this competition cus we've done the job in the first leg, so be it.
 
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