by SCIAG »
12 Aug 2012 13:05
urz13 royal67 Turns8 My views of the new lads...
McCleary now, first half didn't really do much and made me question if Forest had stitched us up and it was McGugan we were meant to have signed!!...2nd half though he was a different player...very direct, has a few tricks, and is a combination of Kebe, Mcanuff and Hal all rolled into one...He's not as fast or as 'lucky' as Kebe, is very similar to McAnuff in how he attacks the fullback and then has the composure to deliver quite a few decent crosses, slightly better than Hal.
Massive understatement. I'm still not convinced by Hal..... A lot of puff and bluster but he's still far too inconsistent. Yes there were a couple of inspirational moments from him yesterday but he's streets behind our other wing meisters. He will be found out this season......
Hal was superb yesterday, didn't give it away once, fantastic crosses, beat his man, tracked back well. He was better than McCleary, who's crossing was 50% great and 50% crap.
Either we were watching different games or you got McCleary and HRK mixed up. I'm normally a fan of HRK, but he was poor yesterday. In the first half he struggled to beat his man, and his crossing was poor. In the second half things opened up a bit and he was more effective. He's the new Stephen Hunt, great impact player off the bench but a lack of real technical ability means he will struggle to make an impact early on. Cue him scoring a goal in the first minute against Stoke.
Guthrie is brilliant. The only thing he has in common with Matejovsky is he can pass. Stylistically he's more like Leigertwood, except he's a great passer and his all round ability is higher.