Dalian Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee, looked a light weight at first but grew against a good winger. Made some good tackles/interceptions second half and tried to break forward toeards the end as his confidence grew. McCabe had a decent first 45 Gardener looked assured but very slow. Barkley looked good and an excellent pen, but was too deep all game. Bothroyd first half did get stuck in. Unlucky not to make the most of one Antonio cross. Looks short of match fitness but was playing off no one. Oh, and Bolton played ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowl Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) Lee - why the hell hasn't he started up to now? Barkley - did ok Antonio had a decent first half. Edited September 23, 2012 by Jowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMOwl72 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee did well. Slightly nervous start when his distribution could have been better but then again bet he was anxious to prove a point and stake a claim with jones and 26,000 others after being kept sidelined for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyofsheffield Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee was our best player I thought. Well taken penalty by barkley too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Shutt is God Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee Mcabe Gardner Antonio Barklay all played ok i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 We were dreadful. Barkley did ok, Anotnio wasn't too bad and Lee looked solid for his first game. Bolton won that game at a pedestrian pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You seems to to be a lot like Reading at the moment. when we played them yesterday the team they put out, I thought we might have problems. There's big name class players in their squad. However, tthey lacked cohesion as a team. If it wasn't for their goalie playing a blinder we could have had 6. They look like they may get cut loose at the bottom. Maintaining a good start in the prem is vital. You on ther other hand have more games to rectify this and it can be done with the squad you've got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danblakemore Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Someone started a thread last night that summed it up, going forward we've been found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaping Lannys Perm Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee and Jones didn't really do much wrong. Antonio looked dangerous for first half hour and remaind our main outlet throughout. Gardner looked solid until second goal. Then nerves seemed to kick in. Don't remember McCabe or Barkley doing much wrong, but considering how many passes went astray in the middle of the park, I might be wrong on that. Rodri had an up and down game, but showed some good touches and had them worried on several occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikowl Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Kevin Davies won a lot of headers. Chris Eagles was all over the friggin place. Zat Knight was like a man mountain. Other than them wasn't really impressed. I thought Jay Spearing was a class apart today - sat deep, kept it simple and always seemed to make so much time for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest totemowl Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You seems to to be a lot like Reading at the moment. when we played them yesterday the team they put out, I thought we might have problems. There's big name class players in their squad. However, tthey lacked cohesion as a team. If it wasn't for their goalie playing a blinder we could have had 6. They look like they may get cut loose at the bottom. Maintaining a good start in the prem is vital. You on ther other hand have more games to rectify this and it can be done with the squad you've got Fair point. Main problem yesterday was that we didn't gel. Our passing game and movement was nowhere near the standard set at Birmingham. This despite the fact that imo we had the most technically gifted midfield/ attack that we've put on the pitch in the last 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Antonio Barkley McCabe Lee Gardner Jones We weren't even bad It was a fairly good performance where two stupid errors cost us Totally agree. If that game hadn't have been part of our current losing streak, we would've been lamenting our bad luck and a stupid decision from an experienced player rather than pointing fingers at all and sundry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Fair point. Main problem yesterday was that we didn't gel. Our passing game and movement was nowhere near the standard set at Birmingham. This despite the fact that imo we had the most technically gifted midfield/ attack that we've put on the pitch in the last 15 years. Well the last time I said this I got accused by some as "fishing" I'm not. This is what I call "The Tony Mowbray style of football management" Dear old Judas despite being defender, could not set up a back 4 to save his life. Basically we had an awesome midfield (Brunt, Koumas, Greening) in partnership with an awesome strikeforce (SKP, Diomansy Kamara) and a poor defence. We muller or get mullered. It was usually us doing the mullering though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tha_knows Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 What I said to my mate yesterday was what worries is me is the amount of time and space Bolton were given on the ball, Barkley and McCabe played far too deep. This was the same against udders. We don't get in the opposition face anymore, rough them up etc. We lost most 50/50s, and when we were in possession, no movement at all, one incident I remember yday, Rodri had the ball, was looking to pass, not one player made any movement, so he had to take 3 Bolton players on and end up back near Kirklands penalty area just to keep the ball. I honestly thought yday was dire, we looked like a relagation side, no team spirit.Pecnik and Jones to name a couple bottled so many challenges. The only positive I thought Kieran Lee played well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Barkley Lee Antonio in the first half Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny79 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee Barkley (apart from some of his corners) Gardner Did ok, maybe Antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hack-Abusi Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Lee Gardner Jones McCabe rest were poop poop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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