Fair enough. I felt yesterday he was what Sam is at best, steady. He was fortunate not to concede a penalty which was avoidable and a few crosses/headers were wayward but ultimately when no damage is done as a result of all that, he lives to fight another day! He still, for me, looks like the obvious area of our team to target if you are the opponent and the rest of the team may play well enough that this doesn’t hurt us too often. Ultimately it’s not games like yesterday that really highlight the problem. They played right in to our hands.
I don’t have an issue with saying we can improve on Long, which I’ve already agreed with, but I think some people have a strange compulsion to criticise him at every opportunity and - apparently - at times when there isn’t much opportunity at all.
totally uninterested
Or indeed, like asking how Stockley got his header away in the first place
Or indeed, like asking how Stockley got his header away in the first place
We have already established that we both watched it live, that I watched it on replay, and you didn’t.
Thorniley was weak in the build up as well. He was also done at the beginning of the extended highlights but I didn’t see the whole game so I don’t know how he did overall, but I’ve yet to be convinced from what I’ve seen since he’s been back - I feel like Negru has been the better of the two.
Can’t put my finger on it with Thorniley but I feel the same way I felt about him when he was on loan. I don’t think he has a particular presence about him, he has a preference for long balls and when a chance comes against us, he never seems to be near the action and you’re left scratching your head where he was during it all. Negru on the other hand delivers on all the above and his distribution, though describing himself as old school, is very good. He models himself on John Terry and I can see that completely in his approach.
Why don't we all ignore the fact that we won 3-0 away from home, keeping a clean sheet, and are third in the table and complain about individual errors from Long, Brown and Thorniley instead? It's not as if the other outfield players were faultless for the 90 plus minutes. We're all entitled to our opinions, I appreciate that, but I find the costing carping about certain individuals thoroughly depressing. I was at the game and have had a terrific weekend. Can't we all just enjoy the moment for a few days, eh.
ITV, having taken the programme from Quest, kept the format pretty much the same last season, apart from dropping guests who knew what they're talking about. But ITV are losing the rights (to Sky I think?) so have really clamped down on the costs. No studio, no guests, shorter clips.
Not in the UK. I popped over to Spain for the afternoon and watched it there.
