Well that was a hard watch. not sure what they’ve been practising in the last couple of weeks but it didn’t look like it was passing. Might be glad of the point at the end of the season though.
Not the best from us but I honestly think that's as good as we are right now. that's a Decent point and could be a very important one come the end of the season. We ran our arses out there tonight but sadly lacking quality throughout the team. We weren't scoring till Xmas so happy with something.
Well after that it's another drubbing against citeh or the biggest miracle since the boy from Nazareth made an appearance
One point probably exceeded my expectations so sort of happy with that. Can't see any points from the next 3 games so maybe I will stay in my bunker for the foreseeable.
Meslier - 8. Great positioning and some important saves. Better distribution. Ayling - 7. Had his hands full with Zaha. Although he struggled at times with Zaha and finding his teammates he really dug in and battled hard. Cooper - 8. Plenty of heart in mouth moments but he always got there. Adds much needed leadership at the back. Llorente - 6. Looked absolutely shattered last 20 minutes. Dived in a couple of times and on another day gives away a penalty. Dallas - 7. Exactly the same as Ayling. Isolated, beaten at times, sloppy in possession at times but ultimately dug in, battled, ran hard. Phillips - 7. Overran in midfield but Phillips was the only one to regularly find another white shirt. Klich - 5. Wasn't doing his job. Largely out paced, outskilled and out battled in the midfield. Argued with Marsch and dismissively waved him away. Off he came. He won't be here next season regardless of which division. Rodrigo - 3. He tried. He failed, but he tried. Love to see his stats. Bet he ran his arse off but passing, tackling etc would be shocking. Rightly taken off. Harrison - 5. Turned around in circles that much he made me dizzy. 100% effort but couldn't pass wind if he tried. Raphinha - 6. The only Brazilian international who can't control a ball. Flashes of promise but again, guilty of giving possession away too often. James 4. He tried. That is all. Subs. Koch - 4. Technically terrible. He won't be here next year regardless of division. Greenwood - 5. Better than Rodrigo but not much. Gelhardt - 5. Had a shot which is more than James.
Over the last 5 games, only the red scousers and the toons have scored more points than us. Keep the faith lads the rollercoaster is getting going! MOT.
There will be a massive derailment on Saturday if we play like we did tonight, We need to learn to pass to our own players if we are to progress
ayling aside thought all our defenders were terrible tonight. Never stopped battling but poor passing, terrible clearances, rode their luck with poorly timed challenges. thought kp was very rusty as well Allied to that and our terrible passing, our Biggest problem was we barely won a second ball all night. It was like they had 2 spare men to pick up any attempted clearances. that all said… a points a point!