He looked tired, yes, but that's a bit harsh.Rubbish Stephens
He looked tired, yes, but that's a bit harsh.Rubbish Stephens
No not excellent - OK - Not knocking his performance just average.Rubbish Stephens was excellent tonight [emoji276]
I'm a big fan of Stephens, but now we have strength in depth, Chris should give him a much needed break. He played today like he needs a week in the Sun to recharge his batteries.
Both Stephens and Kayal were outplayed, out thought and ought fought by McEachran and Woods who over shadowed Judge.for most of the game. Clubs have got wise to their influence for us and try to cut them out.
Both Stephens and Kayal were outplayed, out thought and ought fought by McEachran and Woods who over shadowed Judge.for most of the game. Clubs have got wise to their influence for us and try to cut them out.
I'm a big fan of Stephens, but now we have strength in depth, Chris should give him a much needed break. He played today like he needs a week in the Sun to recharge his batteries.
Both have been off the mark for the last few games with Kayal losing possession more and having to battle to get it back and neither as influential as they were early season. Not sure of the reason possibly tired, injury or got sussed out but I hope they get back to their high standard of early season fairly soon.
No matter what the team do or how convincingly the team win, 3-0 in this case, (which Stephens was a big part of) some people are unable to enjoy it and have to find something to moan about or a way to stick the boot in somehow
It's just an honest observation, the poor lad has played almost every minute of every match and it is starting to show.
That's not a Dig at anyone, we just haven't had the luxury of resting key players before, but with the addition of Sidwell we can give Dale a break.
Don't be so sensitive.
Not being sensitive, just pointing out we have some 'fans' who seem to get great enjoyment out of finding fault or something negative to bring up, even when things are going well or there isn't really anything there to justify the criticism - It's almost a 'we've won, how do i put a dampener on things?'
He wasn't poor, he wasn't being out played by the Brentford team and he had an influence on the game.
If Kayal is ok, I'd just rest Stephens. Changing both is too much until Crofts and Sidwell have had more time.I'd rest him and kayal for Bolton game.
Judging him by his own high standards, in my opinion, he was poor.