Esteban de la Sexface
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I thought Barry was immense for 70 minutes. Put in a good shift and was all over the pitch. We over committed our full backs way too much and Yaya patently proved he is not the answer as a holding midfielder. He put in some eye catching tackles but offered no support to Komps or Lescott who got overrun with the three Napoli forward players who were stunning on the break.
Strange selection from Bobby Manc to play our 2 slower full backs against a team that like to hit on the counter attack with pace and we nearly paid the price for it.
First 20 minutes we absolutely dominated and should have taken advantage but Napoli played the perfect away game and held fast, were very well organised and quietened the crowd.
At times we overplayed too. Looking for the one extra pass, when there was a shot on.
Overall I'm happy. A good point against a surprisingly good side. Hopefully Bobby Manc and the players will have learned something from this and as first games go, it was a good one
Strange selection from Bobby Manc to play our 2 slower full backs against a team that like to hit on the counter attack with pace and we nearly paid the price for it.
First 20 minutes we absolutely dominated and should have taken advantage but Napoli played the perfect away game and held fast, were very well organised and quietened the crowd.
At times we overplayed too. Looking for the one extra pass, when there was a shot on.
Overall I'm happy. A good point against a surprisingly good side. Hopefully Bobby Manc and the players will have learned something from this and as first games go, it was a good one