Utah Owl Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 6 hours ago, Owl At Risk said: Darren Potter looked great on his debut, the rest was a Crabesty. Corrected! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I’m sure he’s an exciting prospect, but surely, even allowing for the blue and white specs, it’s pretty obvious he’s nowhere near ready for first team football On the evidence of that 45 minutes anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, gurujuan said: I’m sure he’s an exciting prospect, but surely, even allowing for the blue and white specs, it’s pretty obvious he’s nowhere near ready for first team football On the evidence of that 45 minutes anyway Completely agree. Connor Kirby looks that he could be ready to feature on the bench. He’s definitely got something about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Bouncing Owl said: Completely agree. Connor Kirby looks that he could be ready to feature on the bench. He’s definitely got something about him. On what we saw last night, yes he seems the best equipped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike312 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I thought he got better as the half went on but the again the whole team started slow (again.) It will do him the world of good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 7 hours ago, shezzas left peg said: You mention John harkes and the first thing I remember is that cup screamer from about 40 yards against Derby and Peter Shilton in goal... Brilliant need say no more. Yep and also scored for us in a cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Reachs left peg Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Very nervy start grew in confidence as the half went on some tidy passes in there put him under pressure a few times though but good experience for the lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 AH, more games needed at U23 level. Kirby, impressed and is worth looking at in future games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinowl Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Agree he looked a bit lost and it was no surprise we improved second half with Kirby. He did show some nice touches and looks to have a good footy brain. Needs to get stronger for me but we may have another player in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clud17 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 9 hours ago, KivoOwl said: First SWFC player born this millennium. We have been outside the Premier League all his life. Ive been supporting Wednesday for 40 years and we have been out of the top division for most of that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave DJ Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Although Kirby looked better in the second half so did Hunt after the first goal, would Kirby have done any better in the first 25 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, Dave DJ said: Although Kirby looked better in the second half so did Hunt after the first goal, would Kirby have done any better in the first 25 minutes? That’s a fair point actually, our usual wee wee poor tactics of inviting the opposition into us, probably did him no favours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Duran Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Was a tough debut.. u can tell he was very nervous, which is to be expected, gave the ball away a couple of times in the first 20mins or so. But it will have done him the world of good for his development, like as been said already, keep him in and around the first team with U23 games and the odd appearance on the bench this season. Big credit to Jos for giving the youngsters a chance. Penny looks ready at LB to me to be more regular, Nielsen looks a little shaky but grow as the game went on and again 90mins of first team football will have done him wonders, Kirby looked very good in the second half. No wonderkids just yet but solid enough starts in the first team, not one of them let us down which is a big positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 He looked neat and tidy without doing owt particularly - did little going forward but not many did. Difficult to assess him under the circumstances and having Bannan as a midfield partner who is very similar physically and technic wise. I think the half-time withdrawal was perhaps planned - so a good run out for him which everyone involved will learn a lot from. I thought Kirby looked more involved and had more bite but the game was won by then and Sunderland had tired so we shouldn't measure the two performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 He didn't settle enough to let his natural game show. He was obviously self conscious and nervous , knowing he was on TV. Those few mistakes in the first 10 minutes didn't help at all. After that he was just too nervous to want the ball and was passing it back to defence or anyone immediately. A shame because I think he has ability. Had the first 10 minutes gone differently it could have been a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxing_day Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 He really wasn’t helped early on by the way we set up. Totally over run. I think he needs to bulk out a little, and more time in the 23s, but there were encouraging signs. Really impressed by Kirby though. Looks ready to be around the first 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smhouston Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 9 hours ago, LSOwls said: Played well, bit nervy at times but can see a classy player in there. Got to disagree with that. Based on yesterdays performance he looked lost, always looked to go backwards, misplaced passes. Quite anonymous really. Wasn't the best debut for the kid unfortunately and feel maybe the occasion got to him a bit. However, not writing him off there at all. Needs games Thought Penney and Kirby came on and did well though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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