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This thread does agree it wasn't a game for 'man of the match' awards. With half a dozen positive contributions Stephens would have been mine, as well. That's a pretty low benchmark, reflecting badly on the team. Without them he was 1 goal and nothing, not motm material.

Mainly true, but only if you're going to conveniently forget the fact Oscar sent to team out to attack from the off and Stephens first 2 SHORT passes were straight to 6 foot tall tangerines. We then didn't see the ball for another 5 minutes. The only real choice after Ward. Bruno. TK - Who had...

It's a shame some people are clearly prepared to forgive anything for the sake of one, albeit great, goal. Although not a bigger shame as the fact although poor, today, clearly DS was a long way from being the worse performer.

and yet four minutes later... ...That's because his passing was bloody awful today, he gave the ball away on almost ever occasion he passed the ball forward!

Because Solly got carted off at half-time, and Stephens was named MotM. Clearly I agree with one decision, the other beggers belief, hence the thread. It's not rocket science.

Damning with faint praise. Stephens was better than Solly. Stephen Hawkins would have been better than Solly. Not clouded by having money on March to score today, in any way shape or form.

It was a great goal. We carved them open and it was a tremendous strike. There must have been 2 or 3 times during the game when we put together a 'play off team' move and all but humiliated Blackpool. Then did nothing for 20 minutes. Stephens should have been driving through their midfield onto...

Not for me, I still believe he will be quality, as proven by his performance at Leicester, plus he has just arrived with the team. For that reason I've not rallied against the time he needs on the ball to pass, and his dead ball accuracy. But today wasn't a MotM performance, I thought his...

Ward, because his quality was over the 90 minutes not 10 seconds. Talk me through the first half free kick after the Blackpool fella went down for an age. You know the one, it was the free kick that Stephens had 4 minutes to prepare for, then a further minute after the ref said ok, with the...

Ward, as usual. What was the very first thing DS did? What was the second thing DS did? How did the corners he took today go? How was the free kick late on in front of the NE? How many times did he put Andrews in trouble with a delayed pass? How many clear cut chances did he create?

Shame about the other 94 minutes 50 seconds.

I can't be the only person who thought our 'man of the match' today, was appalling. How many passes did he make to a Blackpool player? He only managed accurate passes after he'd thought about it for 20 secs, by which time everybody knew where the ball was going, and the tackle was made the...