Up the Junction wrote:
Nobody worked harder than Freddie Sears tonight. If his shot that hit the post had gone in, who knows what would have happened after?
Fine margins...
From my seat, the frustration with Sears was due to the failure of the tactics. I am no football coach, but to me, (and everyone around me), that any straight ball was meat and veg to the Brizzle centre backs. To get anywhere, we had to go on the wings. Sears suffers from the same problem that plagued Kevin Keen. All legs and no distribution. The same can be said of Faubert. Baldock had a bad game, but I would have rather him stay on the pitch than Piq.
I read PP's muses and many times disagree, but our main problem is, (and yes Pinky, I now agree), we are playing with 10 men. Nolan is offering nothing. Despite being a big bloke, he is pushed off tackles too easily, and his attacking play is running as fast up fieled leaving the midfield depleted.
I have read many comments on here saying this sort of thing happens...but James did not have a ball to save the whole second half. No excuses, no positives, this was a **** performance. I can not get passed how many times we tried to lob the ball forward to centrebacks that "had our number".
Noble, man of the match? He worries me. Loads of endevour, but can not do the simple things. When he gets lucky, like v Leicester we all vote him man of the match. When he is sloppy and his long passes are off target, we face palm.
Just my opinion