Dale Stephens brilliant tonight

[Icy Gull]

Stephens was back to his best last night.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Yep best player on the park for us. Great to see him in good form again.

 

[GloryDays]

Yep / very good defensively all match...? I don't recall any poor defending..?

Rewatch it.

Couple of times looked very flustered. Gifted possession twice on the edge of the area. A good player indeed but don't let his attacking threat gloss over the fact he still has some work to do with the ball at his feet. In fact, when the ball is on the floor in general.

 

[drew]

There was a reason I used the word DEFENSIVELY - it may be because a loose pass has nothing to do with defending whatsoever. Learn football before giving out - unbelievable.

I would not expect Hughton to agree with you that losing possession in your own half is not a defending issue.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Stood out from the rest ...imho (apart from maybe Dunk)

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Agreed - he was very good. As we're Dunk & Duffy defensively. March also had a good game & Gross looks a technically gifted player.

I thought duffy was a weak link

 

[Bladders]

Looked way off the pace in the early games, but was excellent last night, lost count how many times he broke up the play.

More of the same please.

 

[GreersElbow]

Yep agree he looked much better tonight. Just need Propper to improve a bit

I think he's still getting use to the physicality of the game - he was knocked off the ball a few times but we're beginning to see a new range of passing from him that's impressive. Baldock wouldn't mind some of the balls he passes...if we ever see Baldock again..

 

[B-right-on]

Listened to it on 5live. Jermaine Jeanas said he was controlling the midfield and the game for the first half and into a good portion of the second. High praise as they were very negative us all game I thought.

 

[drew]

I'm a Stephens fan and last night was his best game but he did leave Surman to run through into the box for the equalizer!

 

[Sheebo]

Ok fair enough. Maybe I missed Duffy not having a great game. Just felt we nulified them defensively for an hour. All about opinions & thought we restricted them to few chances.

 

[Seasidesage]

Thought he was MOM

 

[Bold Seagull]

Ok fair enough. Maybe I missed Duffy not having a great game. Just felt we nulified them defensively for an hour. All about opinions & thought we restricted them to few chances.

He passed it straight to them under no pressure twice that led to clear chances, and fluffed a clearance that led to their first goal. Other than that, faultless.