banbury_blue
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I thought the CBs were awesome today, Possibly the best I've seen Kolo play in all his time for us, looked fit and strong, and the way he cut out Bale in the first half when Micah had gone wandering again was a very impressive show of speed and strength.
Kompany was equally as good, the booking was very harsh, but he didn't put a foot wrong, so strong in the air against Crouch, and the final tackle was as good as you will see all season in my eyes, especially when you consider the state of the game and how tired he must have been feeling
We need Boateng back at RB, Richards just looks insecure. Thought Kolarov started okay, and obviously will take time to adapt but he looks like he could be a bit of a hard un to face. Shame he got injured, but Zabba is a more than able substitute on either side. I thought he was gonna get roasted by Lennon, but bar the booking he didn't really seem too tested. A very important sub role for this young man this season I reckon
Can't really praise Hart enough, simply immense. De Jong was his usual biting self and I thought the rest of the lads showed well in the second half.
Maybe SWP is the one in most fear of his place, the effort was there but it just didn't seem to be working for the little fella, Johnson looked lively but I thought the attack could do with a focal point and Adebayor needs to start.
After the showing at WHL last season thou, and obviously the record there over time I can extremely optimistic with a point, Think bigger teams than us will struggle there. We have time to gel before the next Premier game now, and a think we could see a marked improvement in cohesion next time out
Sorry to start a new thread but didn't want to duplicate my view of each players individual threads
Kompany was equally as good, the booking was very harsh, but he didn't put a foot wrong, so strong in the air against Crouch, and the final tackle was as good as you will see all season in my eyes, especially when you consider the state of the game and how tired he must have been feeling
We need Boateng back at RB, Richards just looks insecure. Thought Kolarov started okay, and obviously will take time to adapt but he looks like he could be a bit of a hard un to face. Shame he got injured, but Zabba is a more than able substitute on either side. I thought he was gonna get roasted by Lennon, but bar the booking he didn't really seem too tested. A very important sub role for this young man this season I reckon
Can't really praise Hart enough, simply immense. De Jong was his usual biting self and I thought the rest of the lads showed well in the second half.
Maybe SWP is the one in most fear of his place, the effort was there but it just didn't seem to be working for the little fella, Johnson looked lively but I thought the attack could do with a focal point and Adebayor needs to start.
After the showing at WHL last season thou, and obviously the record there over time I can extremely optimistic with a point, Think bigger teams than us will struggle there. We have time to gel before the next Premier game now, and a think we could see a marked improvement in cohesion next time out
Sorry to start a new thread but didn't want to duplicate my view of each players individual threads