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Positives from today game
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chucky1973
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Well pleased with today. Team looked sharp and organised. My worry is stilll full backs. They got behind us very easy. Apart from that looked good.
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AFAIK they were full strength.
Horton's halftime iceberg
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Media said it was the full available first team.
Thoroughly enjoyed that too. Matt Ryan must have thanked the gods for that!
Tony Towner's Fridge
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I take a load of positives and a tad of increased confidence in the result.
Roll on next Saturday.
TNBA
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Roll on next Saturday.
TNBA
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Really enjoyed it. I thought we looked decent and very well organised which isn't especially surprising. What did surprise me was that we were so much better and more exciting going forward than I expected. This was due in no small part to the excellence of Gross and Brown who were absolutely superb.
My main positive is therefore how good the new signings look, including Ryan (one mistake apart) and Suttner.
Our second goal was also a thing of beauty. Solly is just so exciting.
I think the game did highlight our desperate need for a new and upgraded striker.
My main positive is therefore how good the new signings look, including Ryan (one mistake apart) and Suttner.
Our second goal was also a thing of beauty. Solly is just so exciting.
I think the game did highlight our desperate need for a new and upgraded striker.
Don Parasol
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- Jan 29, 2017
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Biggest positive for me is the 3 playing behind the forward look a real threat.
Brown should become be a good player at this level - quick, technical, and with a physical presence. Gross has a different threat with his range of passing and set pieces. Enough has been said about March and Knockaert but on today's evidence both could makes things very difficult for defenders at times, given space.
We now look capable of causing problems against most sides, with all the above capable of contributing to the goal tally - which didn't look as likely even a week ago.
Brown should become be a good player at this level - quick, technical, and with a physical presence. Gross has a different threat with his range of passing and set pieces. Enough has been said about March and Knockaert but on today's evidence both could makes things very difficult for defenders at times, given space.
We now look capable of causing problems against most sides, with all the above capable of contributing to the goal tally - which didn't look as likely even a week ago.
I thought Duffy had an excellent game
Thought it was a good performance.
At times the passing was poor and all of their goals were preventable, but this was okay and in the first half our shape defensively was excellent, and in the second we looked dangerous.
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At times the passing was poor and all of their goals were preventable, but this was okay and in the first half our shape defensively was excellent, and in the second we looked dangerous.
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GloryDays
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Lovely. That wing play for number 2 was top level stuff.
Against a full back capped 22 times by Spain!
The big positive is that if we play like that against the teams we really have to beat in the PL - rather than the handful close to Atletico's standard - we'll stand a great chance of winning. And that's with the squad as it stands. I'm convinced it'll be even stronger. Can we get 12 wins and a few draws? Too right.
I think Gameiro and Saul Niguez were the only notable absentees.
Marshy
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All the new signings look a step up on what we had.
Really liked Brown and Gross
Really liked Brown and Gross
Really enjoyed that, second half in particular. With March and Knocky on the pitch, and Gross somewhere between them, we're going to surprise a few teams. Dunk and Duffy resumed where they left off before Duffy got injured (although they'll be asking where they were when Torres scored), The FBs (before and after the changes) all looked OK (yes, Bong included) and Kayal looked like he was somewhere near back to his snapping best. Sidwell looked useful too when he came on - think his experience will be invaluable at times. Brown and Gross were excellent - Brown won loads of free kicks, Gross just looks like a very good footballer with a huge workrate.
More optimistic than I was a few hours ago. If we can get Dutch Dave and a top striker in, we'll be in good shape.
Shame about Ryan's ricket as he was otherwise good
More optimistic than I was a few hours ago. If we can get Dutch Dave and a top striker in, we'll be in good shape.
Shame about Ryan's ricket as he was otherwise good
Lots of positives, march and brown being the stand outs.
Imho it will be close as to whether we stay up. We are not helped by several mediocre teams spending a lot of money.
The major concern is goals. Taking sentiment out of it, Murray, hemed and baldock aren't good goal scorers enough for this level.
I would be delighted if we signed Chris wood. He looks the business, and seems ready. If not him, I'm confident someone significant will be signed this month. How that player fares, will be the difference between staying up or going down imo
Imho it will be close as to whether we stay up. We are not helped by several mediocre teams spending a lot of money.
The major concern is goals. Taking sentiment out of it, Murray, hemed and baldock aren't good goal scorers enough for this level.
I would be delighted if we signed Chris wood. He looks the business, and seems ready. If not him, I'm confident someone significant will be signed this month. How that player fares, will be the difference between staying up or going down imo
Pretty much this!!!