Well not a bad performance, thought quinn, maguire, mcshane, harper, brady and ince didn't do bad at all, thudd very slow and sloppy, aluko none existent, and all those people who weee clammering to have sagbo back to hold up play this just showed how dillusional you were, second touch a tackle evry time, no fight in him, getrid brucie if you can. Davies wobbly yet again, needs to improve.
Fryatt was and is better than Sagbo and Aluko, he might not have had Aluko's pace but he had a football brain. Ince should be in the squad vs Pulis.. I mean WBA
Just need Liverpool to get knocked out and we can lock our fixture list for the season (they clash with semi-final). Unless of course Sunderland or Villa get knocked out in the next round, then we could ask to play those midweek games on one of the FA Cup weekends instead.
We missed Jelavic's goal threat and Ramirez link play today, but that wasn't a bad effort for the reserve team at The Emirates. 46% possession against Arsenal on their own turf is probably the best we've ever done.
No one seemed to have the bollocks to run at the gunners defence. Aluko constantly passed the ball backwards when he received it in acres of space. Ince didnt do enough for me, again had opportunities to run at their shaky back 4. Brady was reasonable, but still needs to do more in the final third. We're looking impotent again. It's reasonable to lose, but we caused them little trouble in the process.
I've been saying it all week, I'm glad we are out. Positives are that Maguire is looking stronger every game, Quinn looked sharp and Ince is proving his point. If Ramirez isn't fit, I'd get Ince in behind the front two. Aluko wasn't at the races today, which is a shame as we know what he's capable of. Ditto Sagbo. The biggest let down for me was Davies, he just looked clumsy and really needs to pick his game up. Odd after the Everton game, but with Macca and Maguire looking good, he might start looking over his shoulder. On the whole, a decent performance, not brilliant but at least there were no major injuries and good to see Dawson on the bench, looks like we might see him against Wba.
Played some neat and tidy football. Defended well. However you cannot win football matches unless you score goals (honest). And we never looked like we were going to do that.
Think the Aluko experiment has gone now, hes a impact sub at best. He constantly passes it backwards, needs to pick the ball up and run at defenders. Sagbo isn't match fit but if Jelavic is ever out would be a good foil for Hernandez.
Alouko was terrible no movement poor decision making offered no threat at all. Brady is the most frustrating player in the team he lost possession time after time again today he never makes a run just wanting the ball to his feet constantly. I thought it was a half hearted performance with the only bright spots been Maguire , Quinn and Mcshane.
aluko and sagbo where awful no passion what so ever, just can not understand how you can get a chance in the first team and perform like that
