Cashed out soon as they scored 3. And thank... Would have missed it too if my mate didn't message me. I owe him a beer
Cheers oz. not great, but the in play got me profit. Kermo seemed to be involved in everything they did. Happy for him - he's getting better with age it seems!
worst performance i've seen this year. players are playing positions than taking part in the game. they appear to be marking areas whilst in play too, not just zonal marking on set pieces. couple of blackburn attacks happened by them jogging into the box. we could have easily shipped 4 or 5 today, a 2-1 loss was a good result for us. just poor all over. not one network player played well and bob has morphed into pardew - players playing in wrong position. if they valued the youth at all they'd give cousins a go in the middle and build around him.
And we're only three days into this year. Did you mean 'this season'? No matter I think we'll see worse before the month's out. Whoever posted that Kermy scored two today should also be aware he made two others. Should have paid him what he wanted/what he's worth.
K*******t was exactly the sort of player we needed today. I'd agree with SIG about Cousins but the other CM should be Gudmundsson, he's wasted on the wing. Jacko and Buyens had no impact on the game today. There were a few decent performances today, TBH was his usual immaculate self, Fox had his best game so far, and Church looked the best forward we have. Bikey spoiled his performance by getting way out of position and losing the ball, leaving a huge gap for their second goal, otherwise a very disjointed performance.
or even build round cousins and gomes. these two have played at all levels bar the first team for england - they know what they're doing.
Another crap day for supporting Charlton Etheridge 8 - Pulled off some blinders Fox 7 - Solid performance TBH 8 - We need eleven of this guy Bikey 5 - His striker/playmaker cameo was embarrassing Wilson 4 - Utter tripe/out of practise Gudmundsson 7 - Lovely goal, shouldn't have come off Buyens 4 - Prize prat Jackson 5 - Passenger Cousins 5 - Not a LM Church 6 - Worked hard and will be much needed in the months to come Tucudean 5 - Put himself about, but not a Championship player Dunn, Marshall and Taylor were a cut above and they would have thrashed us if it weren't for Etheridge. Big Bob's tactics, line-ups and substitutions will cost him his job sooner rather than later.
I agree with all of that bar Fox who I thought looked like a non league player who was called up to play in a game between two Championship sides. Church put in a great shift of running until he got cramp. But Mo Farah could run about for ninety minutes but does that make him a footballer? I thought Blackburn reserves were a cut above us with there passing and movement. We were lucky to get away with a 2-1 defeat. For the last 25 minutes they toyed with us. Thank God they didn't play their first eleven, Gestade and Rhodes would had made mincemeat of us.
I don't want to dig at Church. he always seems to give 110%, even when he's had it shoved in his face that he's not even a third choice striker, and despite the abuse he gets from fans who support the team he play's for. However, all that effort from a striker is all very well but we need goals. BP can say what he likes, but if he started with Church up front today, he had this result coming to him.This is a dire result, all the worse for actually being a flattering scoreline to us.RD needs to have a serious look at what's going on here now.
i said the same to my mate - we should have been beat by more. their second team could walk up to our goal at will, with no pressure coming from us.
