OK so Paynter wasn't brilliant tonight partly due to the fact that he doesn't seem to be able to jump. However I noticed he was in midfield for most of the game and often drifted out to the right leaving CMS up front alone. I'm presuming these were Poyet instructions so he didn't look like the out and out forward that some on here were expecting. He shouldn't really be knocked for this and despite not setting the game alight he did make some good runs and decisions on the ball. He needs to offer much more but it's certainly one of his better games for us. Slagging him off without anything constructive to offer is unhelpful and possibly even more damaging.
At the other end of the pitch, Reyes was superb. What a complete natural this guy is. It just felt like he was the best player on the field for me. Composed on the ball, excellent tracking, tackling, passing, movement and positioning. I know he's way out of our price bracket so I'm just going to enjoy watching someone with such all round ability while were lucky enough to have him. I'm a big fan of the Tarrico/Reyes combo at the back.. They have such footballing brains.
As for the game, we were very lucky. But you make your own luck by working your socks off and hoping it comes together. As lucky as we were Forrest were equally unlucky, when you're at the bottom that's how it pans out it seems. I'm delighted with three points though as Forrest get high balls in the box early and are exactly the type of team we were always likely to struggle against. The fact we came away with three points should be commended however fluky. We'll face weaker teams than Forrest this season, there style we find hard to cope with and they did come to play football.
The biggest hand of the night should go to Poyet. Playing two wingers was a massive gamble. It paid off. It also left us much, much more exposed at the back. If this hand gone against us people would be slagging of GP left, right and centre. As it happens it went our way tonight, and yet I see no threads praising Poyet for taking such a risk. Let's try and remember the three points we took today the next time a Poyet gamble doesn't come off and we lose.
At the other end of the pitch, Reyes was superb. What a complete natural this guy is. It just felt like he was the best player on the field for me. Composed on the ball, excellent tracking, tackling, passing, movement and positioning. I know he's way out of our price bracket so I'm just going to enjoy watching someone with such all round ability while were lucky enough to have him. I'm a big fan of the Tarrico/Reyes combo at the back.. They have such footballing brains.
As for the game, we were very lucky. But you make your own luck by working your socks off and hoping it comes together. As lucky as we were Forrest were equally unlucky, when you're at the bottom that's how it pans out it seems. I'm delighted with three points though as Forrest get high balls in the box early and are exactly the type of team we were always likely to struggle against. The fact we came away with three points should be commended however fluky. We'll face weaker teams than Forrest this season, there style we find hard to cope with and they did come to play football.
The biggest hand of the night should go to Poyet. Playing two wingers was a massive gamble. It paid off. It also left us much, much more exposed at the back. If this hand gone against us people would be slagging of GP left, right and centre. As it happens it went our way tonight, and yet I see no threads praising Poyet for taking such a risk. Let's try and remember the three points we took today the next time a Poyet gamble doesn't come off and we lose.
