Brezovan 7 - Tend to start keepers on the team average then +/- depending on how well they do what they have to do. Didn't seem to kick it out long as much as he did v Leicester where he had such accuracy, but with the conditions, that is understandable. Wasn't really tested, but have marked him up half a point simply for that moment he lingered on the ball drew a Huddersfield player then turned him and played the ball out to ward. Amused me.
Bruno 7 - Strong performance
El Abd 7 - Strong performance, deserves credit given his rare appearances for Egypt sounded like they were the performance of a man not getting much game time but he seems to have slipped in just fine with us
Upson 6.5 - Not as notable as the right side of defence
Ward 6 - Some poor touches in advanced positions, again, not as notable as the right side of defence
Bridcutt 6.5 - I might give him an extra half point, but I noticed him giving the ball away quite a lot, picking the wrong pass, when under pressure
Ince 6 - Some good moments, some anonymous moments
Agustien 6 - Same as Ince really, some lovely turns and ball winning tackles, some questionable decisions
Lopez 6 - Put in some good corners and set pieces (though one or two hit the first man, and these were met by those around me as if all of them had fell short)
Buckley 5 - Poor game, rarely where he needed to be, and is too soft in the challenge. He could win so much more possession if he wasn't afraid of tackling, or being hit by the ball
Barnes 6 - A lot of people will probably focus on his misses, I though the first bounced awkwardly and the second was too narrow an angle for him to score from even if he'd got it on target, but worked hard, didn't seem to go down as easily, good effort in defence as well as on the attack, and the effort can't be denied, he was regularly the only option in the box because he always put the effort in to get there (though didn't receive the ball too often)
Lualua 6 - no effort to get back and help in defence, no looking when crossing so wasted his opportunities with the ball
Ulloa n/a- Didn't really get a chance to do anything.
I am almost certainly going to relocate if I renew. The people around me are just too irritating. They have no sense of perspective, no idea that there are two teams playing.
Today one guy near me had a bee in his bonnet about Agustien, calling him a poser because one of his passes was intercepted, yet praised other players in similar circumstances.
At one point Ward or Upson played a long ball (hoofed?) it toward the half-way line, Agustien (I think, might have been Buckley or Barnes, I forget the specific identities) took it down and played it back, one of those passes that come from the same touch that was used to control the dropping ball, and it rolled back to Bridcutt, but before the ball had a chance to roll to Bridcutt there were people moaning about possession being wasted. They didn't even wait for the ball to be played and they were moaning about something (a loss of possession) that never materialised.
Huddersfield strung a few passes together, worked it out to the wing and there were the sort of frustrated cries that seem over the top when you concede a goal. It was completely ridiculous. You play 90 minutes, your opponents are gonna have time with the ball. It's not wise to send every player diving in to win possession back ASAP. Sometimes it's about patience, blocking off their options, forcing them back, or into areas you want them, etc.
Two players close together one of them heads the ball behind and the ref gives a goal kick, you think it should be a corner; are you justified to call the referee a paedophile?
People around me, people who haven't missed a game, were acting as if this was the worst performance ever seen at the Amex. These people were at the Barnsley game. They were at the Sheffield Wednesday game. They were at the play off semi final. They were at the watford game last season.
They urged Ince forward, encouraged him to shoot, then when he ran out of space and all his passing options were marked and he lost possession, people criticised him for not passing.
They criticised Oscar and Jones for giving Ulloa instruction before bringing him on ("he knows how to score FFS")
It wouldn't be so bad if there was degree of humour to it, a tongue in cheek at the banality and the hypocrisy, but it is all uttered with anger and venom and unfair/disproportionate disappointment. It's just taking less and less for people to go off these days. I would say something, but it's not just one person, it's as if there's a collection of moaners in the area and my friends and I are in the minority.
Bruno 7 - Strong performance
El Abd 7 - Strong performance, deserves credit given his rare appearances for Egypt sounded like they were the performance of a man not getting much game time but he seems to have slipped in just fine with us
Upson 6.5 - Not as notable as the right side of defence
Ward 6 - Some poor touches in advanced positions, again, not as notable as the right side of defence
Bridcutt 6.5 - I might give him an extra half point, but I noticed him giving the ball away quite a lot, picking the wrong pass, when under pressure
Ince 6 - Some good moments, some anonymous moments
Agustien 6 - Same as Ince really, some lovely turns and ball winning tackles, some questionable decisions
Lopez 6 - Put in some good corners and set pieces (though one or two hit the first man, and these were met by those around me as if all of them had fell short)
Buckley 5 - Poor game, rarely where he needed to be, and is too soft in the challenge. He could win so much more possession if he wasn't afraid of tackling, or being hit by the ball
Barnes 6 - A lot of people will probably focus on his misses, I though the first bounced awkwardly and the second was too narrow an angle for him to score from even if he'd got it on target, but worked hard, didn't seem to go down as easily, good effort in defence as well as on the attack, and the effort can't be denied, he was regularly the only option in the box because he always put the effort in to get there (though didn't receive the ball too often)
Lualua 6 - no effort to get back and help in defence, no looking when crossing so wasted his opportunities with the ball
Ulloa n/a- Didn't really get a chance to do anything.
I am almost certainly going to relocate if I renew. The people around me are just too irritating. They have no sense of perspective, no idea that there are two teams playing.
Today one guy near me had a bee in his bonnet about Agustien, calling him a poser because one of his passes was intercepted, yet praised other players in similar circumstances.
At one point Ward or Upson played a long ball (hoofed?) it toward the half-way line, Agustien (I think, might have been Buckley or Barnes, I forget the specific identities) took it down and played it back, one of those passes that come from the same touch that was used to control the dropping ball, and it rolled back to Bridcutt, but before the ball had a chance to roll to Bridcutt there were people moaning about possession being wasted. They didn't even wait for the ball to be played and they were moaning about something (a loss of possession) that never materialised.
Huddersfield strung a few passes together, worked it out to the wing and there were the sort of frustrated cries that seem over the top when you concede a goal. It was completely ridiculous. You play 90 minutes, your opponents are gonna have time with the ball. It's not wise to send every player diving in to win possession back ASAP. Sometimes it's about patience, blocking off their options, forcing them back, or into areas you want them, etc.
Two players close together one of them heads the ball behind and the ref gives a goal kick, you think it should be a corner; are you justified to call the referee a paedophile?
People around me, people who haven't missed a game, were acting as if this was the worst performance ever seen at the Amex. These people were at the Barnsley game. They were at the Sheffield Wednesday game. They were at the play off semi final. They were at the watford game last season.
They urged Ince forward, encouraged him to shoot, then when he ran out of space and all his passing options were marked and he lost possession, people criticised him for not passing.
They criticised Oscar and Jones for giving Ulloa instruction before bringing him on ("he knows how to score FFS")
It wouldn't be so bad if there was degree of humour to it, a tongue in cheek at the banality and the hypocrisy, but it is all uttered with anger and venom and unfair/disproportionate disappointment. It's just taking less and less for people to go off these days. I would say something, but it's not just one person, it's as if there's a collection of moaners in the area and my friends and I are in the minority.
