I thought he did alright considering he was up against 9ft 11 jake Cooper.
Agree, Roberts looked OK. He is capable of good movement (and definitely not a striker, he looks much better behind the front - moving, passing and trying to create openings). He looks a little … err, up himself at times. Maybe just my impression but he doesn’t quite look as though he feels he should be here and should be playing everyday in the Prem. Great opportunity for him to build his rep here if he could see it that way (and believe it).
I totally agreed with the not getting a no.9 in was ludicrous,however there is literally nothing we can do about that now, so I think we should stop going on about it until January, where we have another opportunity to get a No.9 in. As it stands we have made some very astute signings/loans, Paal was absolutely awesome last night, Laird I wish was ours as would want to celebrate more, Tim was extremely weak in a tackle, and sauntered around a lot, again if not a loan might be better/ was his 1st start so will improve under Beale.Roberts isn't a no.9 so unfair to judge him so far , but like his attacking prowess and did have a big part in the 1st goal. Have players coming back so this season looks promising let's get behind Beale,and forget about the striker situation until Jan!
I was there last night and I thought Roberts looked a bit isolated. Not only was he left on his own with a giant defender when Seny booted goal kicks in his direction (why?) but there didn’t seem to be a great understanding between him and the rest of the midfield. Whether he is ‘up himself’ or whether he needs more time to adjust his game, I don’t think he offered enough to warrant a starting spot ahead of Dykes. Balogun on the other hand looked fantastic - no surprise we got our first clean sheet of the season with him in the team.Agree, Roberts looked OK. He is capable of good movement (and definitely not a striker, he looks much better behind the front - moving, passing and trying to create openings). He looks a little … err, up himself at times. Maybe just my impression but he doesn’t quite look as though he feels he should be here and should be playing everyday in the Prem.
It’s a lovely placed pass from Chair, the right side and distance to allow Willock to push the ball away from the defender to shoot. Beautiful.
Have to say, I can't see why everyone is having a pop at Roberts now. Do we always have to have someone to slag off? Until now Dykes was the easy target. Before his injury a couple of years ago nobody had a good word to say about Amos. As long as it continues to work does it really matter who scores the goals? We're doing alright and I am quite enjoying our football at the moment.
