GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee
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I’m one of Lati’s biggest critics but thought he was pretty good today. That might be against how good I think he is, but thought was one of his best displays since joining
I’m one of Lati’s biggest critics but thought he was pretty good today. That might be against how good I think he is, but thought was one of his best displays since joining7s and 8s for Lati far too much. He was turned square for Armstrong 3 times in the first half an hour. Made some good clearances and in the air but could've been well behind by then.
I thought he got bullied by Armstrong in the first half.I’m one of Lati’s biggest critics but thought he was pretty good today. That might be against how good I think he is, but thought was one of his best displays since joining
Referees in the championship are awful, after palmer scored wright picked the ball up and there defender Williams I think punched him and then there was that big Melee all the players run in to stop it escalating and the clown of a ref booked wright and I’m sure if we had VAR there defender would of been sent off.Palmer made the goal. Dovin made good saves.
Everybody was crap. Ref was dog shit and robins too negative.
HardlyI thought he got bullied by Armstrong in the first half.
He made some excellent saves yesterday - any criticism is just unfair at this point.Dovin should be catching that ball from the free kick,then there's no corner.
Doing what he’s been toldDovin had a good game but worries me often flappy and anchored to his line on set pieces , it will cost us
He made some excellent saves yesterday - any criticism is just unfair at this point.
Not his fault that we insist on giving the 6 yard box a higher population density than Monaco.I think both praise and criticism are justified. Praise for shot-stopping and playing ball with feet. But a certain amount of criticism for his work in the air. Bristol quickly cottoned on to his tendency to flap/punch and put in majority of corners, and some crosses from the wing, on top of him. He looked uncomfortable especially when a Bristol player was all over him (fairly or unfairly). I’m sure he will get stronger (hope coaching staff already on it) in such situations in future.
They put a player on him for every corner and he just blocked him off. We should’ve had someone pushing him away stopping it but never didI think both praise and criticism are justified. Praise for shot-stopping and playing ball with feet. But a certain amount of criticism for his work in the air. Bristol quickly cottoned on to his tendency to flap/punch and put in majority of corners, and some crosses from the wing, on top of him. He looked uncomfortable especially when a Bristol player was all over him (fairly or unfairly). I’m sure he will get stronger (hope coaching staff already on it) in such situations in future.
They put a player on him for every corner and he just blocked him off. We should’ve had someone pushing him away stopping it but never did
Refs should be stopping this blocking of keepers at set pieces. Think simms does our keeper blocking. Just don’t agree with it, it’s obstruction
He made some excellent saves yesterday - any criticism is just unfair at this point.
Just back (ok, logging on). Intrigued why player ratings don't reflect how the opposition played. I thought -Dovin and both centre backs 7
MVE, Wright, Bidwell and JDS 6
Everybody else 5 except for
Rudoni and Torp 4
Not necessarily true, sakamoto had occasions when he was on the ball and chose go backwards, most unlike him to be fair!A couple of things.
It is frustrating for everyone - club I'm sure included - that we haven't been able to significantly upgrade our midfield given the departures of O'Hare and Hamer. Looks from the outside that our marquee new midfield signing over the summer failed at the final hurdle. These things happen and let's hope that this is resolved next week.
Second. We need to question our tactics. The Oxford game was brilliant with the space allowed for Rudoni, Saka and Wright to look Premiership class. But Bristol City did a real number on us on Saturday to close that space and our key players just didn't have any possession. They pushed us back into our own half - and we lost control of the game, handed over the initiative. One solution to this is the acquisition of a top class DCM to control the midfield and the return of Sheaf. That apart we need to question how flexible we are with in game situations - in this case plan A clearly wasn't working (as it had against Oxford), our tactics should have changed far earlier to counter the Bristol game plan which was working perfectly for them. We don't have to wait until the 55-60th minute to counter the tactics of the opposition. Want to see more in game tactical flexibility from our coaching team. It's always easy to target players but our tactics in game in countering what the oppo is doing - even more key.
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