Hoop Blah I thought that was one of Long's poorer performances to be honest. There was a little more creativity (thanks to better movement from Church) but his work rate wasn't as high as usual.
He did his usual winning of headers and closing down defenders at 80% pace, and linked up well with Church a few times, but this mythological work ethic just wasn't there for me. Far too many times he was walking around not making enough effort to get back onside or to close down.
As for the miss. It was pretty poor, and unlike Federici with Chopra's chance their keeper didn't make it as difficult for him, mainly because the run of the ball didn't take it as close to the box.
Agreed with all of the above, although I'll go slightly more leniently and say he had a good first half.
I lost count of the amount of times Shane walked back aimlessly from an offside position whilst their defenders freely knocked the ball about, putting more pressure on our full backs - particularly when Koumas came on.
I'm no Shane hater but his performances coupled with the new deal he's got (ahead of players who I feel have worked for it more such as Tabb) and his constant sound bites in the press about the fans and his performances means my patience is running thin with him.