Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 1 minute ago, OWLERTON GHOST said: You must have been stood next me Blenkers.... Thought I was at Twickenham with Westwood's kicking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Gave it to Hutchinson, purely for effort. KW distribution was poor. Reach was invisible. Bannan not himself. The list goes on. Some recovering players got a run out & FF almost did.............. Poor all round display. On to Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mrs Blenkinsops shed said: Thought I was at Twickenham with Westwood's kicking You need to improve on your "swing low" singing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 1 minute ago, OWLERTON GHOST said: You need to improve on your "swing low" singing Speaking of swinging have you renewed your subs at hilltop club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, twolaptops said: Got mauled the other week for saying it was not the match for Reach....contender for worst post of the season said one poster...................so how did he do ??? Easy to nullify reach, find some big scary lump and let him tell reach hell be his "beech".... Nothing for 90 minutes, I'd have hated to be in a fire fight with him as my buddy , I may even go as far as saying I think "he maybe afraid of his own shadow" Edited March 30, 2019 by shezzas left peg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Back four did their job, hutch in the screening dm role put in a good shift.... Needed the other five to stand up, unfortunately playing two not really Sharp, or fully fit and on it strikers Dosent often bring divedens... Midfield apart from hut weak and quite non existant. Theyve still got some good players, but it's not really a scary pullis bunch of monsters anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Gave it Iorfa, could easily have gone to Palmer, Boyd or Lees all got a 7 Westwood, 1 excellent save is not enough to get MOTM, he and everyone else were 5’s or 6’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosbyKitchens Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Ian said: Westwood ....3 ...shocking distribution and punching crosses under no presure Iorfa....6 Palmer....5 Lees....5 Hector....5 Reach....3....anonymous Boyd....5 Bannon....6 Hutchinson....6.....Allen bossed the game Forestieri.....7....tracked back and looked lively Hooper.....6...some nice touches but showed he’s been out a while Overall very poor standard all round from both teams 3 for a goalie who kept a clean sheet and had two or three really good saves?? You really are some kind of special aren’t you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Ian said: Westwood ....3 ...shocking distribution and punching crosses under no presure Iorfa....6 Palmer....5 Lees....5 Hector....5 Reach....3....anonymous Boyd....5 Bannon....6 Hutchinson....6.....Allen bossed the game Forestieri.....7....tracked back and looked lively Hooper.....6...some nice touches but showed he’s been out a while Overall very poor standard all round from both teams Don't worry about it too much Ian. Westwood will be instructing defenders on how to present back passes to him during the course of the week. You know a rolling ball at reasonable pace played on the side of his preferred kicking foot, rather than over hit bouncing balls. Give him MOM just with an 8.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Westwood 7 poor kicking amazing keeper Iorfa 7 Lees 7 Hector 7 Palmer 7 Hutchinson 6 Bannan 6 Boyd 6 Reach 3 abysmal Forestieri 6 Hooper 5 great to have him back though Nuhiu 6 Winnall 5 controversial maybe but I just don’t rate him. He runs about and that’s it Matias 5 Defended very well but shocking going forward. We missed Aarons pace and dribbling ability. We missed Fletcher massively too. Big mistake not to start Nuhiu as we had no focal point. Take the point but in the grand scheme of things, it isn’t enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubled123456 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 11 hours ago, upperwinngardensowl said: Difficult one as no one stood out and Reach,FF and Boyd had stinkers. i will give it to Hector Boyd has one of his better games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dukeries Owl Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Fielding a team of unfit and rusty players in a desperate effort to get into the play offs. I thought the clocks had gone forward an hour not back two years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Iorfa had his best game for us in my opinion - looked very solid defensively The rest did their jobs in stopping stoke but we were lacking offensively FF was trying to do too much by himself instead of the quick and simple thing, Bannan was sloppy at times and given no time as you’d expect and Reach had another invisible performance As we’ve said so many times the lack of pace going forward kills us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 7 hours ago, nevthelodgemoorowl said: Don't worry about it too much Ian. Westwood will be instructing defenders on how to present back passes to him during the course of the week. You know a rolling ball at reasonable pace played on the side of his preferred kicking foot, rather than over hit bouncing balls. Give him MOM just with an 8.5 None of his kicks to touch were from a bouncing ball....they were all from a standing start where he had all the time in the world to put the ball in the position he wanted....its t(e worst display of goalkeeper distribution I’ve ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, torres said: Iorfa had his best game for us in my opinion - looked very solid defensively The rest did their jobs in stopping stoke but we were lacking offensively FF was trying to do too much by himself instead of the quick and simple thing, Bannan was sloppy at times and given no time as you’d expect and Reach had another invisible performance As we’ve said so many times the lack of pace going forward kills us Yeah, the lack of pace stood out massively and not just offensively. Most of their players were quicker than ours as well. A few times different players picked the ball up and walked past our guys. Went for Iorfa as well, switches off sometimes, similar to Palmer but was very solid against a couple of very good wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 7 hours ago, CrosbyKitchens said: 3 for a goalie who kept a clean sheet and had two or three really good saves?? You really are some kind of special aren’t you? He kept a clean sheet against a team that hasn’t scored for 74 games and mustered a fantastic 3 shots on target.....at that rate Pep will be looking to sign him up Theres more to goalkeeping than saving a shot every half an hour...his distribution had to be seen to be believed and punching crosses whilst under no pressure as though he’s looking for a move to South America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mus Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Westwood! Seriously, his kicking alone doesn't warrant man of the match, I was almost convinced he was doing it on purpose yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Only listened to commentary and watched highlights but clearly Westwood kept us in game, some important interceptions from Iorfa too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brommers Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 15 hours ago, WelshOwl74 said: the rules now changed regarding linesman sticking the flag up happened in champions league last week Bruce needs to read up on it Think thats only when VAR is being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangonrose Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 16 hours ago, frastheowl said: Westwood - 6 - Ordinarily it'd have been a 7, for a crucial save from Bojan to deny Stoke in the 2nd half. It was a key moment. However, his kicking, from minute one, was abysmal. Really poor. If they didn't get shanked for a throw-in, he just kicked it out of play on the half way line. Iorfa - 7 - Another strong defensive performance. Gave MacLean nothing, and tried to provide an outlet on the limited occasions we were in a position to launch a counter. Lees - 8 - Man of the Match - Thought he was superb today. Led by example, put his body on the line, and snuffed out a lot of potential danger. Hector - 8 - Full credit to Hector for that performance just hours after returning from Costa Rica, couldn't have been easy. Palmer - 8 - Another impressive display. Ince is a good player, and Palmer stood up and came out on top. Shame he couldn't score when through on goal, but forced a decent save from Butland. Bannan - 7 - Defended well, intercepted and harried really well. Little disappointed with his quality on the ball at times today. Although, on the whole, he was Wednesday's most creative player yet again. Hutchinson - 7 - Thought he struggled with Stoke's movement, especially Bojan, early on. Seemed to be slightly off the pace. But picked it up, and got on top of things, and became better as the game went on. Boyd - 7 - Pretty decent display from Boyd. Always shows good energy, and works tremendously hard. Had bits of quality, and was unfortunate with the disallowed goal...great piece of skill and coolness under pressure. Reach - 5 - Another poor, tepid display. His touch was off, and struggled to get into the game at all. With Forestieri, Hooper, Aarons, Boyd all now either back or performing...he's going to need to shape up. An in-form Reach could be the difference. Since Bruce has come in, he's been one of our most under-performing players. Forestieri - 6 - Glimpses of quality and inventiveness, but looked a little ring rusty. Yet, good for him to get an hour under his belt, he, like Reach, needs to start and step up to the plate. Some huge games and opportunities ahead. Hooper - 6 - Like Forestieri, glimpses of his quality was there to see. His link up play and first touch was spot on, but just seemed a little sloppy on the ball at times. Still, a huge positive he came through the game with 70 minutes in the tank. He'll only add to our attacking threat in the last stretch of games. Winnall - 6 - Huffed and puffed when he was introduced, without too much effect. Nuhiu - 6 - Did alright when he came on. He gave the Stoke centre halves something else to think about. Overall ... a decent point. I felt this was a real potential banana skin. Stoke have no pressure on them, and are full with quality players. They are a dangerous animal to play at this time of the season. We weren't at our best from an attacking perspective. In fact, we were poor. Careless and disjointed in possession, and as a result, failed to create any sort of meaningful chance on Stoke's goal. But, on the flip side, we defended soundly, and despite Stoke's possession, they only created one chance all game...Bojan's when Westwood saved brilliantly. I'd have taken a point before the game, and so I'm fairly pleased. If we are to sneak into the playoffs, we always needed to beat Villa and Forest. Two cracking games, at home. We need wins. Simple. We can go out and have a right go. Take six points from those two games...and we'll be right into amongst it. Still in the mix. That's all we can ask for. Let's hope we're still saying that in six games time. Good analysis - full of facts, and no stupid 3s and 4s. No-one plays that badly in any team. As you say, a good point against a team in the PL recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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