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Blackpool will be lucky to avoid League One, and for much of the game we bossed them without putting chances away.  Should have beaten them 3 or 4-1 but we lack resources up front - particularly someone who can win it in the air.  This is old news but bears repeating, and may not be the last time we state the bleeding obvious, but...Hard to score anyone above average today as nobody really stood out as being over par.Marshall - 6.5 - did everything asked of him bar save a penaltyBertrand - 6.5 - tidy, got forward well, worked well with Clingan and HoolahanStefanovic - 6.5 - tidy again, looked good on the ballKennedy - 6.5 - looked decent and solid against a very limited attackOmozusi - 5 - better than Otsemobor?  Positionally yes, but offered little going forward and his rash tackle for the pen was sillyHoolahan - 6 - didn''t really fire today except in patchesClingan - 6.5 - looks a good signing as a defensive midfielderFozzy - 6 - better than against MK Dons but that''s not really a complimentPattison - 6.5 - had a good game on the right.  Yes he''s limited but worked hard for Omozusi and put himself about when requiredLupoli - 4 - he needs to get some sharpness fast.  Missed an absolute sitter of sitters after good work by...Cureton - 6 - tried hard, worked hard, laid a goal on a plate for Lupoli only for the lad to fluff itSubs:Rusty - 7 - drove forward and gave us momentum, well playedCroft - 5 - Tried Hard But No End Product (this should really be his nickname)OJ - n/a - no time to judgeRef - 5 - pedantic and fussy, irritatingFans in Upper Barclay Row L seats 91-93 - 0 - please give up your season tickets to people who won''t moan incessantly for 90 minutesFans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s goneFans who started singing "Get your cheque book out" - eight - bit louder and longer next time pleaseBurger in Yellows pre-match - 5.5 - a bit too much garnish and not enough mustard.  Possibly a metaphor, who knows.

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Just thought i should point out Cureton did not lay it on a plate for lupoli , it was a scuffed shot by cureton they went to lupoli, and even though he put it wide he was offside anyway. It was a very bad miss by Cureton!

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[quote user="colneycanary"]Just thought i should point out Cureton did not lay it on a plate for lupoli , it was a scuffed shot by cureton they went to lupoli, and even though he put it wide he was offside anyway. It was a very bad miss by Cureton![/quote]Disagree.  Looked like a pass to the back post to me, though given Banjo''s track record I guess we''d have to ask the man himself.

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[quote user="Mister Chops"]Blackpool will be lucky to avoid League [/quote]

So what does that tell us about NCFC then.

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Two things:That with a decent target man, we''d have buried themThat without a decent target man, we''re going to be in the poo.

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TV replays showed it was a scuffed shot by Cureton, and Lupoli wasn''t exspecting it, who was offside too! So even if Lupoli did put it in the net, if would of not counted!

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[quote user="colneycanary"]TV replays showed it was a scuffed shot by Cureton, and Lupoli wasn''t exspecting it, who was offside too! So even if Lupoli did put it in the net, if would of not counted![/quote]And there I was thinking Cureton had picked him out with a moment of Rooney-like quality.Heigh ho.

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[quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like

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[quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]I was at Milton Keynes and may have told you to "Get Over It"... when I''ve paid out about the same to watch some complete rubbish, as we did, I still reserve the right to support the team while the match is being played.

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[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]I was at Milton Keynes and may have told you to "Get Over It"... when I''ve paid out about the same to watch some complete rubbish, as we did, I still reserve the right to support the team while the match is being played.[/quote]Shut up Mr. Chops, everyone knows that over the last couple of seasons, with Huckerby in the side, we have been nothing short of amazing. I personally want to know why Roeder hasn''t offered Roberts a year - he was superb in our promotion season, and I really think he can do a job.

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[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]I was at Milton Keynes and may have told you to "Get Over It"... when I''ve paid out about the same to watch some complete rubbish, as we did, I still reserve the right to support the team while the match is being played.[/quote]Yeh and thats your desision and opinion, I reserve my right to air my opinion that huckerby should be here. If you don''t like it, thats tough and doesn''t give the right to tell people to get over it.

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[quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]I was at Milton Keynes and may have told you to "Get Over It"... when I''ve paid out about the same to watch some complete rubbish, as we did, I still reserve the right to support the team while the match is being played.[/quote]Yeh and thats your desision and opinion, I reserve my right to air my opinion that huckerby should be here. If you don''t like it, thats tough and doesn''t give the right to tell people to get over it.[/quote]So you have the right to air your opinion, but I don''t have the right to air mine?I hope you''re at the UEA in some kind of catering staff capacity and not one of their free thinkers.

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[quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]So in that case, somebody else who''s paid the equivalent can chant what they like (including "He''s gone, get over it"...?) Or is it one rule for you, and another for others?

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[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="colneycanary"]Just thought i should point out Cureton did not lay it on a plate for lupoli , it was a scuffed shot by cureton they went to lupoli, and even though he put it wide he was offside anyway. It was a very bad miss by Cureton![/quote]

Disagree.  Looked like a pass to the back post to me, though given Banjo''s track record I guess we''d have to ask the man himself.
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You clearly dont sit in the barclay or the snakepit then. Everybody their could see it was a blatent awful effort from Cureton.

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[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="colneycanary"]Just thought i should point out Cureton did not lay it on a plate for lupoli , it was a scuffed shot by cureton they went to lupoli, and even though he put it wide he was offside anyway. It was a very bad miss by Cureton![/quote]Disagree.  Looked like a pass to the back post to me, though given Banjo''s track record I guess we''d have to ask the man himself.[/quote]

 

You clearly dont sit in the barclay or the snakepit then. Everybody their could see it was a blatent awful effort from Cureton.

[/quote]Upper Barclay, row K.  I''m not surprised if he missed a sitter, it was just an uncannily good "pass".

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[quote user="I. Shurmer"][quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]So in that case, somebody else who''s paid the equivalent can chant what they like (including "He''s gone, get over it"...?) Or is it one rule for you, and another for others?[/quote]I suppose, but he''s come on giving them -3 in a blatent attemp to be insultive to other fans,  as would it be insultive if he were to chant it at a game, that is what I take issue to. Whereas the huckerby chant is only insultive to the players and manager and considering how much they are paid I''ll give them all the abuse I want.

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[quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="I. Shurmer"][quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone[/quote]I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like[/quote]So in that case, somebody else who''s paid the equivalent can chant what they like (including "He''s gone, get over it"...?) Or is it one rule for you, and another for others?[/quote]I suppose, but he''s come on giving them -3 in a blatent attemp to be insultive to other fans,  as would it be insultive if he were to chant it at a game, that is what I take issue to. Whereas the huckerby chant is only insultive to the players and manager and considering how much they are paid I''ll give them all the abuse I want.[/quote]Fair enough.  I apologise if I was being insultive.

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Marshall-6 nothing to do.

Osumusi-5 Schoolboy error in giving away pen, no threat going forward.

Bertrand-6 Not really tested much.

Stefannyvic-6.5 not tested but did ok.

Kennedy-6.5 Looks decent to me but not tested.

Fotheringham-4 Rubbish as usual, the shot he had in injury time summed him up. Ball comes to his feet 20 yards from goal and just when you need your captain to hit a screamer into the bottom corner to take the points he scuffs a pathetic shot 5 yards wide

Pattison-5 Worked hard but he''s just rubbish and never achieves anything. Out of position but he''s just a very poor excuse for a footballer.

Clingan-6 Best of our midfielders but doesn''t really look like creating much.

Hoolahan-5 Threaded a couple of decent balls through and missed a good chance but not one of his better days.

Lupoli-5 Lightweight but looks to have some ability, again not one of his better days.

Cureton-5 Should really have scored when he was 1 on 1 with the keeper but poor in general.

Croft-6 Plenty of huff and puff but not much end product as usual.

Russell-7 We looked a different proposition after he came on and he deserved his goal.

We need a midfielder who can score as well as a target man, on todays showing we will struggle to stay in the division. Absolute load of tripe.

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[quote user="I. Shurmer"][quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="UEA Canary"][quote user="Mister Chops"]

Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone

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I chanted it at Milton Keynes and I would have today as well, when I''ve paid out about £60-80 in tickets/fuel/food to watch this utter dross I''ll chant what I like
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I was at Milton Keynes and may have told you to "Get Over It"... when I''ve paid out about the same to watch some complete rubbish, as we did, I still reserve the right to support the team while the match is being played.

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Shut up Mr. Chops, everyone knows that over the last couple of seasons, with Huckerby in the side, we have been nothing short of amazing. I personally want to know why Roeder hasn''t offered Roberts a year - he was superb in our promotion season, and I really think he can do a job.
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I Shurmer...Duurrr.

 I''m with you on this Mr Chops.

 I rather fancied singing it until I was in Carra and found it incredibly disrespectful to our present side.

Roberts !?!

 

Our defence is good, really like Stefanovic and especially Kennedy (bringing the ball out). Omozusi needs to cut out the flicks & tricks in dangerous situations and play for his place; he was sloppy (& not just because he gave away the penalty)

Midfield is pretty damn good except for the right -Pattison(tho'' he had one of his better games)/Croft are only ever cover and shouldn''t be anywhere near our first eleven. Please hurry up Bell.

Strikers; we desparately need that big man with presence because Lupoli/Cureton are not sharp/good enough atm

We could have done with Hucks today....I''d have him over Croft every time.

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I Shurmer...Duurrr.

 I''m with you on this Mr Chops.

 I rather fancied singing it until I was in Carra and found it incredibly disrespectful to our present side.

Roberts !?!

 

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It''s called sarcasm, find it in all good dictionaries.

 

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Marshall - 6Omuzusi - 5Stefanovic - 6Kennedy - 6Bertrand - 6Pattison - 6Fotheringham - 4Clingan - 4Hoolahan - 5Cureton - 4Lupoli - 4Subs:Russell - 7 (My man of the match even though he was a sub - really wanted it and gave us a real presence, his introduction changed the game)Croft - 5

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Overall my impression of the game is one of ruing missed chances again - but for the penalty Blackpool would never have scored as we were in control at the back. My biggest concerns are about the tactical decisions - pattison on the right;  the floating role of Hoolahoop and the intro of Rusty up front. What must chadwick and OJ feel to be ousted by non specialists??  and hoolahoop has to be more disciplined.

Marshall 6 little to do but did flap a little at some crosses

Omosuzi 6 defended well but clearly playing with Pattison for the first time and offered little going forward; 

Stefanovic 6 Comfortable game and clearly has class

Kennedy 5 Unimpressive,  slow, poor in the air and we woudl never have conceeded but for his thoughts at dribbling out of defence at the worst time and place.

Bertrand 7  MOTM for me;  stifled going forward dur to the waywardness of hoolahoop but solid at the back and at threat when he did get forward. 

Pattison 4 Awful; took away any shape we may have had.

Fozzy 5 Did nothing today,  poor use of ball, little/no winning of the ball back - does he know what a tackle is?

Clingan 5 - ditto Fozzy,  sat too deep.

Hoolahan 4  Lacked effort, as one footed player as I have ever seen and positionally made huckerby look like the most disciplined player ever,  meaning that when we needed a wide left outlet there was none,  which also restricted what Betrand could do.  Poor set pieces capped a poor effort and how he was made MOTM will forever remain a mystery to me 

Lupoli 5 Two of our 4 efforts on goal,  should have scored but was easily the best of our two strikers today; better movement and interplay but needs a large partner - surprised he was taken off.

Cuerton 4 I am with the it was a sh!te shot camp - sitting in the lower barclay block a it was clearly a scuffed effort;  however if it was a pass why?  he is a striker 1v1 on the keeper coming centrally onto goal;  he HAS to take an effort - which as I say I think he did;  and why luopli was so unexpected to receive the ball and then miss too.

Subs

Russell - 6  Full of effort but in the wrong position.

Croft 6 - so much effort but so little delivery again;  did give us balance when he came on though and should have been on earlier.

Omargod 6 too little time to judge but did what Rusty, lupoli or cureton did not before him,  and actually held the ball up in that limited slot.

 

 

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Top of Barclay Block D Seat 108 for me :)

 

From where i was sitting...

 

Marshall  - 6.5 Had nothing to do bar pick the ball out of the net and avoid conceding from a Stefanovic backpass

Omozusi - 6.5 Good tackling but awful tackle to give away the pen.

Bertrand - 6.5 Lively down the left, good defender as well

Kennedy - 7 Looked solid on the floor and more likely to win in the air than Dejan

Stefanovic - 7 Cool calm head, scuffed by a couple of mad moments, i said he is like Dion and Doherty put together!

Hoolihan 6 - Not a great day for him, missed a great chance, summed up by scuffing the last shot of the game

Clingan 6.5 - Did what was asked of him, good tackles, needs a better control at times

Fozzy 6 - Not a great game, hasnt been that good all season. Set pieces were better.

Patterson - 6.5 Loved his turn in the box for the Curo/Hoolihan effort, but looked unaware, got better as the game went on.

Cureton - 6 Should have tucked away his 1 on 1 but pulled wide before he shot and got the ball tangled up.

Lupoli 6 - Even if he was offside shouldnt have missed, will regain match fitness and can be a lot better

 

Subs

Russell 7.5 - Brought some life into the team, good goal

Komora 6.5 - Had a good touch and looked lively

Croft 6.5 - Offered more down the right than Patty but distribution not great.

 

Ref 6 - A bit whistle prone but not bad. Got the pen correct.

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[quote user="BGG&YPOS"]Don''t worry people, Hucks will be this season, he''s got a season ticket.   [;)][/

Sorry folks, should have said "will be back this season"

 

 

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[quote user="Mister Chops"]Blackpool will be lucky to avoid League One, and for much of the game we bossed them without putting chances away.  Should have beaten them 3 or 4-1 but we lack resources up front - particularly someone who can win it in the air.  This is old news but bears repeating, and may not be the last time we state the bleeding obvious, but...

Hard to score anyone above average today as nobody really stood out as being over par.

Marshall - 6.5 - did everything asked of him bar save a penalty
Bertrand - 6.5 - tidy, got forward well, worked well with Clingan and Hoolahan
Stefanovic - 6.5 - tidy again, looked good on the ball
Kennedy - 6.5 - looked decent and solid against a very limited attack
Omozusi - 5 - better than Otsemobor?  Positionally yes, but offered little going forward and his rash tackle for the pen was silly
Hoolahan - 6 - didn''t really fire today except in patches
Clingan - 6.5 - looks a good signing as a defensive midfielder
Fozzy - 6 - better than against MK Dons but that''s not really a compliment
Pattison - 6.5 - had a good game on the right.  Yes he''s limited but worked hard for Omozusi and put himself about when required
Lupoli - 4 - he needs to get some sharpness fast.  Missed an absolute sitter of sitters after good work by...
Cureton - 6 - tried hard, worked hard, laid a goal on a plate for Lupoli only for the lad to fluff it
Subs:
Rusty - 7 - drove forward and gave us momentum, well played
Croft - 5 - Tried Hard But No End Product (this should really be his nickname)
OJ - n/a - no time to judge

Ref - 5 - pedantic and fussy, irritating



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pretty much spot on Mr C....Im starting to worry about Lupoli now.. if its going to go comically wrong for anyone this season it will be for him....

Wonder if anyone wants to bet a pre match pint he''ll be back in Italy by january?

jas :)

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Marshall - 6 - Nothing to do. Omosuzi - 5 - Defended ok but nothing going forward (not his fault really with pattison infront of him)Dejan - 6 - Reads the game well. SolidKennedy - 5 - This is gonna be long. I think this guy could well be the defender we''ve had here in a long time, but also at the same time the worst defender we''ve had here in a long time. His positioning at time was quite frankly awful then at over times he read the game wonderfully. He struggled in the air most of the time with Burgess, except of course when he got in position and then he was fine. He was at fault for the penalty with some shocking play, but he made some superb runs at corners and lost his man time and again... I dunno, we''ll see what we get with this guy but if he could just be consistent he could be a big player for us.Betrand - 7 - Very good. This guy is great defensively and he really helped out upfront.Pattison - -1 - I feel sorry for the bloke but he was absolutely hopeless. He just couldn''t play the ball with his left foot. He slowed every attack. He was slow and cumbersome and he looked woefully unfit. It wasn''t all his fault, he can''t play right wing but still he was poor.Cligan - 6 - Solid but in my opinion a poor man''s holt (??) (so far, please don''t shoot me down). But a solid start I think he has more to give than his performance would suggest todayFozzy - 5 - Carp use of the ball, a fish out of water offesnively and did jack all defensively. Annoyed me time and again just because Cureton got such S*** service today and I blame him mostly.Hoolahoop - 6 - He has the skill and the eye and the passing but not really much to aim at in the box, or outside the box. He narrowed the game all the time and is frustratingly one footed, so much so that it really helped kill our game in the first half.Lupoli - 3 - Sigh, I feel for the guy. Did not deserve to get ironically jeered off (and I''ll talk about that later)Cureton - 8 - MOTM - Now I guess I''m a bit of Jamie fan, but today was probably his best game in a long time and maybe hopefully he''ll pick form up off of this. His runs were superb and it made me so f***ing mad that fozzy and hoolahan consistently ignored them. It''s not a surprise that we got a goal from a corner that was won off another corner won off of a cureton run. From the highlight replays it looked as though he passed to lupoli (he was far out and not really at a great angle to shoot from) and he nearly pounced on half chances twice (hitting the wood work). It was as sharp as I''ve seen him and he wasn''t rewarded un-deservedly. If this guy gets somebody to play off then we will see the best of him. It was all too apparent when russell came onSubs:Russell - 7.5 - Completely changed the game. A breath of fresh air and how he didn''t start I don''t knowCroft - 5.5 - Helped, but his end product was awful. Kept the pressure on the defense though.OJ - Came on for cureton, why I don''t know...Finally the fans - Awful. Not only do you effectively boo off a young player struggling for form but you didn''t really even get behing the team. So much moaning, and poor old pattison got stick as well. That and the huckerby chants and the only time the Nice and Peaceful stand even got off their seats was to boo their keeper. It really f***ed me off and if it''s a sign of things to come then I''m sorta glad I''ll be away from CR for a while.

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[quote user="Mister Chops"]Blackpool will be lucky to avoid League One, and for much of the game we bossed them without putting chances away.  Should have beaten them 3 or 4-1 but we lack resources up front - particularly someone who can win it in the air.  This is old news but bears repeating, and may not be the last time we state the bleeding obvious, but...

Hard to score anyone above average today as nobody really stood out as being over par.

Marshall - 6.5 - did everything asked of him bar save a penalty
Bertrand - 6.5 - tidy, got forward well, worked well with Clingan and Hoolahan
Stefanovic - 6.5 - tidy again, looked good on the ball
Kennedy - 6.5 - looked decent and solid against a very limited attack
Omozusi - 5 - better than Otsemobor?  Positionally yes, but offered little going forward and his rash tackle for the pen was silly
Hoolahan - 6 - didn''t really fire today except in patches
Clingan - 6.5 - looks a good signing as a defensive midfielder
Fozzy - 6 - better than against MK Dons but that''s not really a compliment
Pattison - 6.5 - had a good game on the right.  Yes he''s limited but worked hard for Omozusi and put himself about when required
Lupoli - 4 - he needs to get some sharpness fast.  Missed an absolute sitter of sitters after good work by...
Cureton - 6 - tried hard, worked hard, laid a goal on a plate for Lupoli only for the lad to fluff it
Subs:
Rusty - 7 - drove forward and gave us momentum, well played
Croft - 5 - Tried Hard But No End Product (this should really be his nickname)
OJ - n/a - no time to judge

Ref - 5 - pedantic and fussy, irritating

Fans in Upper Barclay Row L seats 91-93 - 0 - please give up your season tickets to people who won''t moan incessantly for 90 minutes

Fans who started singing "Oh Huckerby" - minus three - get over it, he''s gone

Fans who started singing "Get your cheque book out" - eight - bit louder and longer next time please

Burger in Yellows pre-match - 5.5 - a bit too much garnish and not enough mustard.  Possibly a metaphor, who knows.


[/quote]agree with most of them...thought patterson was a 7...and fozzy a 4 he was p*ss poor today...and how did wes miss that sitter??????????????

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[quote user="Fellas"]Pattison - -1 - I feel sorry for the bloke but he was absolutely hopeless. He just couldn''t play the ball with his left foot. He slowed every attack. He was slow and cumbersome and he looked woefully unfit. It wasn''t all his fault, he can''t play right wing but still he was poor.Cureton - 8 - MOTM - Now I guess I''m a bit of Jamie fan, but today was probably his best game in a long time and maybe hopefully he''ll pick form up off of this. His runs were superb and it made me so f***ing mad that fozzy and hoolahan consistently ignored them. It''s not a surprise that we got a goal from a corner that was won off another corner won off of a cureton run. From the highlight replays it looked as though he passed to lupoli (he was far out and not really at a great angle to shoot from) and he nearly pounced on half chances twice (hitting the wood work). It was as sharp as I''ve seen him and he wasn''t rewarded un-deservedly. If this guy gets somebody to play off then we will see the best of him. It was all too apparent when russell came on[/quote]Ah, it''s a funny old game.  I thought Pattison was our best player 1st half and Cureton was constantly caught offside and looked about as threatening as a mouldly lettuce.Still, if we all thought the same thing there''d be no discussion board and nobody to tell you you''re completely wrong or to ask whatever game you were watching.

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Marshall - 6 Had nothing to do really, one or two dodgy punches from corners, other than that looked fine

Omozusi - 5 Poor for the hype that surrounds him, got forward a lot but failed to put in crosses, also made some silly silly errors

Kennedy - 7.5 Looked very strong, won most things in the air and some of his passes from defensive position to the strikers were excellent. One or two little walks out of the area that were dodgy

Stefanovic - 7 Won a hell of a lot in the air, clearly knows what he is doing. Out muscled their strikers but again, or two silly errors resulting in loss of possession

Bertrand - 6 Just recovered from injury and I think it showed but still put in a decent performance

Fotheringham - 4 Shocking today, outclassed by Sammy, played the ball sideways all the time and never challenged the ball in the air gifting possession to Blackpool

Clingan - 6.5 Much stronger than Fozzy, good in the air

Pattison - 6.5 I never thought I would see the day I said "Pattison was the best player for us first half..."

Hoolahan - 5 Much better corners than Fotheringham, one of them leading to a goal but just looked a little out of touch today

Cureton - 4 Really poor game, his body language was a bit arrogant, a few times he failed to get to a ball over the defense and blamed the midfielder pointing to areas they should have passed it too (he could have gotten to them but was out-muscled), what he did when him and Lupoli were clean through I will never know...

Lupoli - Still not 100% ready and isn''t at his potential at the moment, still looked quite positive

Subs - Croft - 6 Offered more down the right, put in crosses regardless of his crossing quality and gave his all, but as usual with no end product.

Russell - 7.5 Why he is never in the starting lineup I have no idea, strong, goal scoring opportunities, took his goal when it came to him.

Koroma - 5 What can I say, you can''t do much in 5 minutes :)

Officials - 0 What a disaster...

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