It was almost 2 goals and an assist. It’s also important to raise the importance of his run for Dobbins goal which drags both defenders away and opens up the chance for Dobbin, as good as an assist. Special mention for Schwartau who looked full of running and showed some smart touches and passes, fantastic run for the first goal.
Loved Dobbin's goal watching it back on those highlights. Hopefully gives him lots of confidence to push on.
There was a lot of good things out there (DD) yesterday without the team being at their (DD) best. And leading at half time yet JHF makes two subs anyway. Very proactive.
Great to have Sargent back scoring a brace and the goals for Dobbin and Crnac will lift their confidence at this testing time. Both Crnac and Schwartau put in good shifts yesterday and, as you say Oscar was everywhere, pressing, progressing the ball up the pitch and his pace showed as he outran players even when carrying the ball. It seemed to me the he and Marcondes were sharing the CAM role throughout. An amazing 90 minutes for an 18 year old. He was still chasing a lost cause at the final whistle. WhoScored made Marcondes the MotM:
Some of those ratings are weird. Eg I thought Schwartau had a good game and Duffy had one of his worst.
The eye test versus the stats I guess, the yellow card will have hindered his rating and appeared unsuccessful in his challenges.
Yes, the yellow card would have hindered his rating but Marcondes also had a yellow. It's a weakness in WhoScored that hard graft and commitment doesn't get measured. I remember a particular duel when he won the ball against two Swansea players and then got the ball around them to Onel who then broke towards their goal. I think it's on the extended highlights. He just doesn't give up and the same could be said for Marcondes.
In the first half Duffy bailed out Fisher a couple of times with his positioning and awareness, plus a few blocks I would imagine
Duffy appears to have done very well in his duels, but made twice as many passes, which is where these things can get skewed as the nature of the pass isn’t factored.
Possession lost. 9. That's a worrying figure if true. But he also won 8 out of 9 combined duels which is much better.
