It's going to be defenders if anyone, but that's down to the tactics. I had a feed that was good in the first half but the second half I couldn't get a good stream & it was very jumpy, so I couldn't see the game clearly. Dawson seemed good along with McShane & AB.
The centre circle The halfway line The penalty spot at the Stoke end in the second half. It was dire..
Anyone who puts Bruce or McShane in their top 3 need shooting, they were both at fault for their goal, offside or not. 1. Dawson 2. Figueroa 3. N'Doye
Bruces starting line up destroyed this as a competitive game, No shots on goal or corners in first half against an ordinary team. Unbelievable. Dawson...another strong defensive effort. Huddlestone....finally finding last seasons form Hernandez....judging by his 15 minute substitution his speed could have made a real difference in first half. A tactical disaster IMO.
This thread makes grim reading when the majority of posters cant come up with 1 MOM let alone 3 !!! Onwards, Tuesdays another day, but in the meantime theres some drying paint that requires watching
I don't like to give MOTM to substitutes, unless they've had a game changing influence. Which ours didn't. There's did. But ours didn't. I don't like to vote in a sarky way just 'cos we were crap. So. In all seriousness. McShane - Poor positioning for the goal aside, he was otherwise solid. Huddlestone - Tidy, and played a few long balls which got us moving (a bit). Dawson - If they hadn't have scored a single goal via a lanky freak then we'd be raving about a solid defensive performance. We ****ing better win Tuesday.
Some would be, but just defending against a team which we could potentially trouble is dicing with danger. It's not like we can afford to just look for draws in games like this anyway.
We weren't crap, not one player was below par. We just picked a **** team. The subs didn't make a difference to the result but the difference in our play was immediately obvious. Hernandez, let's face it, is ****e, but Aluko's performance made him look amazing in comparison.