Young looked comfortable on the ball but I thought Piennar and Baines got round him too often yesterday, that might be because he needed better support but it stopped him being a mom contender for me.
I thought one incident in the second half summed up NRC perfectly. He won the ball really well in our half, fed Young then bust a gut to get on the end of his return pass only to fluff the cross.
Quote from: Chris Smith on August 30, 2010, 11:55:44 AMYoung looked comfortable on the ball but I thought Piennar and Baines got round him too often yesterday, that might be because he needed better support but it stopped him being a mom contender for me.It was and it was corrected by Albrighton dropping back second half. As to MOM anyone who scores the only goal always deserves serious consideration, especially when he's a full back who ran on into the penalty area and scored with his weak foot, but then Mon rarely picked him so he must be rubbish.Quote from: Chris Smith on August 30, 2010, 11:55:44 AMI thought one incident in the second half summed up NRC perfectly. He won the ball really well in our half, fed Young then bust a gut to get on the end of his return pass only to fluff the cross.Thing is he did that several times and I tried hard to see any other midfield er who even did that, most seemed to be turning their backs and passing backwards and running away. But if that's your preference fine, it was obviously Mon's that's why he rarely picked Reo
Quite a few twitchy bum moments, our midfield has lost their way and the ref was utter gash. Based on all 3 league games to date, my next team would be:FriedalYoung - Cuellar - Dunne - WarnockNRC - CollinsAllbrighton - Ireland - YoungAgbonlahor
Quote from: Chris Smith on August 30, 2010, 11:55:44 AMI thought one incident in the second half summed up NRC perfectly. He won the ball really well in our half, fed Young then bust a gut to get on the end of his return pass only to fluff the cross.Agreed. NRC is aggressive, a good ball-winner and he drives forward powerfully, but time after time he messes up the final pass.
Quote from: frank on August 30, 2010, 12:56:18 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on August 30, 2010, 11:55:44 AMI thought one incident in the second half summed up NRC perfectly. He won the ball really well in our half, fed Young then bust a gut to get on the end of his return pass only to fluff the cross.Agreed. NRC is aggressive, a good ball-winner and he drives forward powerfully, but time after time he messes up the final pass.Not as often as some fans like to make out though. He takes risks I'll admit, he'd often be safer playing backwards like some Mon stalwarts do more often than not
Quote from: sfx412 on August 30, 2010, 01:23:37 PMQuote from: frank on August 30, 2010, 12:56:18 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on August 30, 2010, 11:55:44 AMI thought one incident in the second half summed up NRC perfectly. He won the ball really well in our half, fed Young then bust a gut to get on the end of his return pass only to fluff the cross.Agreed. NRC is aggressive, a good ball-winner and he drives forward powerfully, but time after time he messes up the final pass.Not as often as some fans like to make out though. He takes risks I'll admit, he'd often be safer playing backwards like some Mon stalwarts do more often than notYou did see the incident that Chris is referring to? Jagielka lying on his back in the middle of the penalty area with Young unmarked in the middle and Reo-Coker STILL manages to put the pass straight at the prone defender when it would have been easier to avoid him.Happens far too often. If we could combine Reo-Coker's athleticism with everything else that Petrov gives us then we would have a brilliant player. As it is, we're clearly better off with a tiring Petrov than Reo-Coker there.