Some good shots on target including a thunderbolt from Baptiste that was going in until it hit a defender who knew nothing about it for the corner. Pity cos generally he played well including an impkrtant block in last 5 mins.Yes, our makeshift defence was solid, we just need to start scoring goals again, although it would appear we had a few near misses, goal mouth scrambles etc.
Missed him a lot 1st half I thought.Does this show how important Luongo is to this side?
He looked pretty decent. Some nice touches and not afraid to take on playersWent with mates to a different game. How was it?
It looked on paper like one that needed Smith or Sylla so was surprised to see the way we lined up. Yeni FFS.
How did Not So Bright get on?
Mid table mediocrity.
Which is a lot better than most were expecting a couple of months ago.
But our 5th choice back 4 wasn't our weak link today. It was our inability to create and take chances, and the only regular missing there was Luongo. Think he would have helped 1st half, not so sure 2nd when we needed keys to unlock their bus.Sadly these are the type of games we need to be winning, Burton and Millwall will be in the mix at the bottom so we don't need to be giving them points. Our squad players clearly are our weakest link, let's hope we get over this run of injuries before it drags us down...
Robinson got in some great tackles but he looks indecisive under pressure, and with the ball in our own box, to me. He made a terrible clearance early on which nearly gave them an early goal, and perhaps that made me worry about him over much. Baptiste was my MOM today.The nillest of nil-nil draws. I'm not sure what the formation was supposed to be, and I'm not sure the players could tell you either. Ngbakoto in particular seemed to have no clue what he was supposed to be doing in central midfield, and then got hooked at half-time. Similar to the treatment Petrasso got when he was played out of position last season. Washington had no hope whatsoever with highs balls pumped at him against two giants at CB, but then Smith didn't win anything either with similar service. We seemed to wind up playing 2-4-4 in the second half, but never really created anything. Scowen did well again, but I would probably make Robinson MOM. Best of a very average bunch today.
Robinson got in some great tackles but he looks indecisive under pressure, and with the ball in our own box, to me. He made a terrible clearance early on which nearly gave them an early goal, and perhaps that made me worry about him over much. Baptiste was my MOM today.
I see Robinson as a probably better alternative to Bidwell if he stays fit, and when a couple of the regular CB's are back fit and in form.Robinson is new to the job that Baptiste is supposed to be proficient at. He's going to have his dodgy moments whilst learning the role, but overall he was excellent today, I thought. Baptiste did ok too, but Robinson is a far better footballer imo.