I thought we let Everton play far too much football. Having said that, although they had plenty of possession, they didn't muster up much in terms of shots on goal. However, playing like that at home against decent sides, conceding that much possession, more often than not we won't get away with it.On the plus side, I thought Albrighton did superbly, NRC got stuck in (although some excellent examples of his inability to pass the ball, as well), and there was no problem with lack of defensive tenacity.On the minus side, Dunne needs to be told it is unacceptable to let yourself "go" that much over the summer, he's still carrying timber, Warnock looked out of it, Petrov really is starting to look like he's approaching the end, and Downing was really poor.Exciting game, though, you couldn't take your eyes off it.I'd also like to say what an incredibly important player Ashley Young is for us. OK, so his crossing seems to go through patches of being poor, but he has a, errr, mercurialness to his play that gets things moving for us. He also chases down every loose ball going.One negative - so many empty seats and an atmosphere of things being "on the slide" - the empty seats must have been a stark reminder to Randy of how badly things could slip away, were we to make the wrong appointment.EDIT and the referee was fucking awful.
Quote from: sfx412 on August 29, 2010, 06:13:24 PMpost match interview and the players want KM. Sky obviously want him. Randy don'tHe's had significant movement downwards at Betfair today. Guess some people have been talking.Edit:He's a fraction over evens now from 7-1 earlier.
post match interview and the players want KM. Sky obviously want him. Randy don't
He sounded to me, in his post match, as if he really didn't want the job.I think it would be a real mistake if he did get offered - and accept - it.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on August 29, 2010, 07:49:42 PMI thought we let Everton play far too much football. Having said that, although they had plenty of possession, they didn't muster up much in terms of shots on goal. However, playing like that at home against decent sides, conceding that much possession, more often than not we won't get away with it.On the plus side, I thought Albrighton did superbly, NRC got stuck in (although some excellent examples of his inability to pass the ball, as well), and there was no problem with lack of defensive tenacity.On the minus side, Dunne needs to be told it is unacceptable to let yourself "go" that much over the summer, he's still carrying timber, Warnock looked out of it, Petrov really is starting to look like he's approaching the end, and Downing was really poor.Exciting game, though, you couldn't take your eyes off it.I'd also like to say what an incredibly important player Ashley Young is for us. OK, so his crossing seems to go through patches of being poor, but he has a, errr, mercurialness to his play that gets things moving for us. He also chases down every loose ball going.One negative - so many empty seats and an atmosphere of things being "on the slide" - the empty seats must have been a stark reminder to Randy of how badly things could slip away, were we to make the wrong appointment.EDIT and the referee was fucking awful.Good summary there Paulie.Particularly agree with the bits in bold.True. Dunne is carrying a bit of timber, but you can tell he's still up for it.
He sounded to me, in his post match, as if he really didn't want the job.I think it would be a real mistake if he did get offered it - and accepted it.
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