Embarrassing set piece defending, and a ref who was a bit rubbish ruined the game, but really impressed with a few of our youngsters despite the scoreline. Goodrham, Cooper, Nosakhare, Johnson, Elechi and O'Donkor all did really well in spells, Kane looks a REALLY classy midfielder, Agyei was quiet but did what he does best and scored a worldy to hopefully bring his confidence back. I'd have Goodrham, Johnson and Nosakhare in around the first team squad if we weren't already so well stacked! Those three in particular really impressed me.
The players I was disappointed in were the more senior players if I'm honest! It was a harsh red, but McNally put himself in the position to give the ref a decision, Mous was vocal and passed ok but as captain and senior CB has to been organising the defending from those corners better. Surely he saw the lack of players on the post and having Cooper v Smith was a disaster? And then Holland I though looked good on the ball but was so selfish and seemingly refused to pass the ball - especially to the youngsters which was really disappointing because Goodrham in particular made a few really decent runs that Holland ignored. Easty was busy and made a few really decent stops but Jack is so much more commanding from set pieces and I wonder if our tactical setup (which isn't the best even with Jack imo) was so poor because it's set up for Jack.
Overall not fussed about the result, or the scoreline. Without the red it probably finishes 3-2 and it got some really decent minutes into Kane and blooded in some of the youngsters. Weirdly I think it's been an ok night all round.
The players I was disappointed in were the more senior players if I'm honest! It was a harsh red, but McNally put himself in the position to give the ref a decision, Mous was vocal and passed ok but as captain and senior CB has to been organising the defending from those corners better. Surely he saw the lack of players on the post and having Cooper v Smith was a disaster? And then Holland I though looked good on the ball but was so selfish and seemingly refused to pass the ball - especially to the youngsters which was really disappointing because Goodrham in particular made a few really decent runs that Holland ignored. Easty was busy and made a few really decent stops but Jack is so much more commanding from set pieces and I wonder if our tactical setup (which isn't the best even with Jack imo) was so poor because it's set up for Jack.
Overall not fussed about the result, or the scoreline. Without the red it probably finishes 3-2 and it got some really decent minutes into Kane and blooded in some of the youngsters. Weirdly I think it's been an ok night all round.