The Defence

[Good Evening Neil 0]

for me today the defense, especially Pele and Nelson, got found out for what they really are, league one defenders. We came up against IMO the best strike force in the league and it showed. Barnard, Lambert, Lallana and whoever that tricky little black guy on the wing are championship players. Pele and Nelson play well against the likes of Hartlepool and Brentford with League One strikers. At least we have Askou and Whitbread because i could see the other two struggling in the championship big style.

[Jacko 0]

Add Martin to that as well for me. All excellent against decent league 1 opposition but I think Askou, Whitbread and Spillane have the ability to much better players

[Good Evening Neil 0]

yeah i just thought that it especially showed for Pele and Nelson against 2 very good strikers

[GJP 79]

[quote user="Good Evening Neil"]

for me today the defense, especially Pele and Nelson, got found out for what they really are, league one defenders. We came up against IMO the best strike force in the league and it showed. Barnard, Lambert, Lallana and whoever that tricky little black guy on the wing are championship players. Pele and Nelson play well against the likes of Hartlepool and Brentford with League One strikers. At least we have Askou and Whitbread because i could see the other two struggling in the championship big style.

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Don''t think I agree with any of that apart from maybe Nelson being a League One defender.

You can go on all you want about their lads being Championship players but which team is at the top of this league and which team is much much more likely to be in the Championship next season?

Today was a bad day all round. Chris Martin and Grant Holt did stuff all upfront. Lappin and Rose were poor and Southampton always looked much more dangerous down that side of the pitch than anywhere else.

To single out Doc and Nelson is harsh and well just plain wide of the mark.

[GJP 79]

Infact, just to sum this up...

Although the best team won on the day (as with any match) a quick look at the league table will show you who the best team is overall.

 

[LinkNR9 0]

[quote user="GJP"][quote user="Good Evening Neil"]

for me today the defense, especially Pele and Nelson, got found out for what they really are, league one defenders. We came up against IMO the best strike force in the league and it showed. Barnard, Lambert, Lallana and whoever that tricky little black guy on the wing are championship players. Pele and Nelson play well against the likes of Hartlepool and Brentford with League One strikers. At least we have Askou and Whitbread because i could see the other two struggling in the championship big style.

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Don''t think I agree with any of that apart from maybe Nelson being a League One defender.

You can go on all you want about their lads being Championship players but which team is at the top of this league and which team is much much more likely to be in the Championship next season?

Today was a bad day all round. Chris Martin and Grant Holt did stuff all upfront. Lappin and Rose were poor and Southampton always looked much more dangerous down that side of the pitch than anywhere else.

To single out Doc and Nelson is harsh and well just plain wide of the mark.

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Well said. Our front three weren''t as good as their front three on the day. 

[Good Evening Neil 0]

[quote user="GJP"][quote user="Good Evening Neil"]

for me today the defense, especially Pele and Nelson, got found out for what they really are, league one defenders. We came up against IMO the best strike force in the league and it showed. Barnard, Lambert, Lallana and whoever that tricky little black guy on the wing are championship players. Pele and Nelson play well against the likes of Hartlepool and Brentford with League One strikers. At least we have Askou and Whitbread because i could see the other two struggling in the championship big style.

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Don''t think I agree with any of that apart from maybe Nelson being a League One defender.

You can go on all you want about their lads being Championship players but which team is at the top of this league and which team is much much more likely to be in the Championship next season?

Today was a bad day all round. Chris Martin and Grant Holt did stuff all upfront. Lappin and Rose were poor and Southampton always looked much more dangerous down that side of the pitch than anywhere else.

To single out Doc and Nelson is harsh and well just plain wide of the mark.

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I agree today was bad all round and i could have commented on that, but i felt there are already a few reports on the game so whats the point in having another? This was just one bad point out of many that i hadn''t read about on any of the others. Sooner the game is forgotten the better. It was just, for me, an indication what could happen next season when we play better strikeforces

[grantroederdisaster 0]

The Doc didn''t have one of his better games but still coped with most things!

 

Nelsons distribution was poor but didn''t we know that anyway?

 

Singling them 2 out isn''t fair!

Our final ball when attacking wasn''t good!

 

Nelson was blatantly pushed for their 1st goal and Russell should not have been sent of, 2 incidents that contributed massively to our defeat!

[Good Evening Neil 0]

read my reply to the other guy. I was just putting something i thought about and hadn''t read on any of the other reports. Jheeez!

[Yellowfuture 71]

[quote user="Good Evening Neil"]

for me today the defense, especially Pele and Nelson, got found out for what they really are, league one defenders. We came up against IMO the best strike force in the league and it showed. Barnard, Lambert, Lallana and whoever that tricky little black guy on the wing are championship players. Pele and Nelson play well against the likes of Hartlepool and Brentford with League One strikers. At least we have Askou and Whitbread because i could see the other two struggling in the championship big style.

 

 

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Absolutely spot on!

[Norwich or die tryin! 0]

[quote user="thefutureisyellow"][quote user="Good Evening Neil"]

for me today the defense, especially Pele and Nelson, got found out for what they really are, league one defenders. We came up against IMO the best strike force in the league and it showed. Barnard, Lambert, Lallana and whoever that tricky little black guy on the wing are championship players. Pele and Nelson play well against the likes of Hartlepool and Brentford with League One strikers. At least we have Askou and Whitbread because i could see the other two struggling in the championship big style.

 

 

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Absolutely spot on!

[/quote]Totally agree with this aswell, i think there''s no doubt or best back 4 it Drury Whitbread Askou Spillane, just a shame those 4 seem to be the most injury prone of all our defenders

[Canary Ascent 0]

Forster

         Askou     Doherty   Whitbread

Mcnamee    Russell      Hughes      Lappin

                        Hoolahan

                  Holt              Martin 

[Jimbo_Jet_Set 0]

The defence did a reasonable job today. It was further forward where the game was lost, we were swamped in midfield and nothing stuck upfront

[Canary_on_the Trent 0]

I thought Nelson and Rose on the left hand side were caused all sorts of problems from Puncheon, constantly caught of position, struggled when being ran at and often giving away the ball,

[Canary Ascent 0]

[quote user="Jimbo_Jet_Set"]The defence did a reasonable job today. It was further forward where the game was lost, we were swamped in midfield and nothing stuck upfront[/quote]

I thought the defence looked shaky and the midfield tired. Askou in for Nelson, Spillane for Russell and Hughes for Lappin.

[ZLF 335]

Nelson and rose were torn apart on the floor, nelson did ok in teh air, neither lambert nor barnard were particularly imprerssive. doc held his own and despite the pace issue was not exposed there.

Were the whole defence was exposed was by our midfield, weak insispid and lacking energy, whereas they moved the ball well, tackled with strength and purpose and deservedly won the game for them; Puncheon had a field day against Rose; which he would not have had against Drury

[Guest]

Not sure why people immediately blame the centre-backs when we have a bad game - surely it was obvious to anyone watching today that the game was lost in midfield. We were overrun, couldn''t get hold of the ball, and couldn''t go forward because of this.Oh wait, I forgot - it was Doc and Nelson wasn''t it?! Obviously every time we have a bad game it''s down to them!