I went to that game...gutted about the result
1st half - formation was NOTHING like what MOTD claimed it was. Duff and Milner were basically playing off Martins, but Duff was ending up playing far too deep, Martins had no one to give the ball to when he did get it. Nothing was into his feet which is where he'd be dangerous, and to be fair Melburg had a good game.
We had no width, yet retained the ball well...but it made no difference cos we were 2-0 down at half time! 2nd half was far more balanced...looked like we went to a 4-4-2 and looked a lot more threatening with Duff actually sticking to the wing (right wing too...get N'Zog on the left as a full time fixture!!!). Had Martins not gone off injured, and Emre been subbed in order to avoid getting sent off I think we could have snatched a goal at least.
As soon as Martins went off, it was game over, we were never gonna score.
Babayaro and Carr were woeful.
Parker was good but turned on the spot too often killing any pace in an attack.
Moore and Bramble didn't really do anything wrong - in fact Bramble looked decent.
Emre while he was on looked passionate and determined.
Duff and Milner were rubbish in the 1st half, playing too centrally - GET ON THE WINGS!
Solano - had a freekick and didn't see him for the rest of the game!
Luque - rubbish
Martins - isolated, but looked exciting the few times he did get the ball - very springy leap by the way!
1st half - formation was NOTHING like what MOTD claimed it was. Duff and Milner were basically playing off Martins, but Duff was ending up playing far too deep, Martins had no one to give the ball to when he did get it. Nothing was into his feet which is where he'd be dangerous, and to be fair Melburg had a good game.
We had no width, yet retained the ball well...but it made no difference cos we were 2-0 down at half time! 2nd half was far more balanced...looked like we went to a 4-4-2 and looked a lot more threatening with Duff actually sticking to the wing (right wing too...get N'Zog on the left as a full time fixture!!!). Had Martins not gone off injured, and Emre been subbed in order to avoid getting sent off I think we could have snatched a goal at least.
As soon as Martins went off, it was game over, we were never gonna score.
Babayaro and Carr were woeful.
Parker was good but turned on the spot too often killing any pace in an attack.
Moore and Bramble didn't really do anything wrong - in fact Bramble looked decent.
Emre while he was on looked passionate and determined.
Duff and Milner were rubbish in the 1st half, playing too centrally - GET ON THE WINGS!
Solano - had a freekick and didn't see him for the rest of the game!
Luque - rubbish
Martins - isolated, but looked exciting the few times he did get the ball - very springy leap by the way!