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Tom Huddlestone
Friedel - 6: Not much to do, but mostly solid (though he nearly gae away a penalty with some poor control; good to see him have the last laugh against the Lyon fans)
Walker - 4: This guy is now a BIG BIG liability and he is dragging Lennon down with him imo. Poor control and concentration (as usual)
Gallas - 6.5: Mostly solid, but often creative going forwards but poor control at times
Vertonghen - 7: Solid; good tackles and good positioning generally. Kept Gomis mostly quiet
BAE - 6.5: some heart in mouth moments but often with no support (unlike say Walker) and poor use of ball in good areas going forward
Lennon - 4: Poor control, but suffering from having to babysit Walker and not confident of making runs AND being found by Walker and others
Dembele - 6.5: often poor control and poor passing (missing Bale being free in the first half with acres to run into). Late goal earns him one mark.
Parker - 5.5.: poor passing, slows attacks down too much. Making Demebele a lesser palyer imo, but also babysitting Walker a little imo
Bale - 6.5: Tried hard but sometimes you wonder if he is too greedy at times (thoough with the often lack of options up front etc it's undersatndable)
Holtby - 7: Good first half, lesser second, but a trier (if often suffering from poor control and poor passing at times, not as bad as others though)
Ade - 6.5: Tried his best, but again feeding off scraps. Needs a goal and quick.
Dempsey - 5: Poor control in missing one of the few clear chances we created, but didn't hide as is usual with him
Siggy - 5: Tried but nothing going for him, though the passes to him were as awful as most of our passing tonight
Livermore - n/a too late to have a rating but that's twice in a week his late introduction has coincided with a late decisive goal
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We overall had the right strategy in play but our attacks were limited by the fact we were up against a team that wanted to counter-attack us and so we had our lack of a Modric/Moutinho type of playmaker exposed. Our simple lack of ball control, passing and movement was a worry though.
Play like that against the Spammers of the Gooners then we will get Hammered!
Good to see US scoring the last goals now though eh=D>
COYS
Walker - 4: This guy is now a BIG BIG liability and he is dragging Lennon down with him imo. Poor control and concentration (as usual)
Gallas - 6.5: Mostly solid, but often creative going forwards but poor control at times
Vertonghen - 7: Solid; good tackles and good positioning generally. Kept Gomis mostly quiet
BAE - 6.5: some heart in mouth moments but often with no support (unlike say Walker) and poor use of ball in good areas going forward
Lennon - 4: Poor control, but suffering from having to babysit Walker and not confident of making runs AND being found by Walker and others
Dembele - 6.5: often poor control and poor passing (missing Bale being free in the first half with acres to run into). Late goal earns him one mark.
Parker - 5.5.: poor passing, slows attacks down too much. Making Demebele a lesser palyer imo, but also babysitting Walker a little imo
Bale - 6.5: Tried hard but sometimes you wonder if he is too greedy at times (thoough with the often lack of options up front etc it's undersatndable)
Holtby - 7: Good first half, lesser second, but a trier (if often suffering from poor control and poor passing at times, not as bad as others though)
Ade - 6.5: Tried his best, but again feeding off scraps. Needs a goal and quick.
Dempsey - 5: Poor control in missing one of the few clear chances we created, but didn't hide as is usual with him
Siggy - 5: Tried but nothing going for him, though the passes to him were as awful as most of our passing tonight
Livermore - n/a too late to have a rating but that's twice in a week his late introduction has coincided with a late decisive goal
\o/We overall had the right strategy in play but our attacks were limited by the fact we were up against a team that wanted to counter-attack us and so we had our lack of a Modric/Moutinho type of playmaker exposed. Our simple lack of ball control, passing and movement was a worry though.
Play like that against the Spammers of the Gooners then we will get Hammered!
Good to see US scoring the last goals now though eh=D>
COYS
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