by Ian Royal »
16 Feb 2014 17:47
LOLLY @ anyone who thinks Jobi had a bad first half. His set pieces could have been a little better and he didn't make the most of a couple of runs, but solid 6/7 out of 10. He was outstanding second half.
On the red, Gorkss may have got a nibble of the ball and not actually much of Hoilett, but he went in hard and fast and I'm not in the least surprised looking at full speed the ref's given him a red. With the benefit of multi-angle slow-mo replays a yellow would probably be fairer. Shocking decision to fly in like that when 3-1 up.
As for Barton, I think he got lucky that he'd only just been booked and that saved him.
Didn't actually celebrate McCleary's goal. It was that good I just sat dumbfounded with my hands in the air. He's been really really good the last few games.
Ref was pretty poor ignoring two head injuries and making some inconsistent / poor decisions. But we won and that's all that mattered.
Akpan played pretty well, but he just seems to be so easy to go past for opposition players. It's like he's not there half the time. And then he makes some terrible decisions breaking forward. Great job running over for McCleary's interview and shouting "He shanked it!" though.
Hope Pog's knee is ok. He was limping bad at the end.
Williams was outstanding.