by Westwood52 »
03 Feb 2018 18:38
It would be easy to say this was our worst performance of the season-but there have now been so many, that today was just so much like what has gone before.I really do think that apart from pfaffing around at the back;the real problem is Joey. He is supposed to be the teams heartbeat-yet he is just so slow and cumbersome. Its all very well saying get the ball forward more quickly; but with him there it just takes us so long to get organised. Why cant Jaap see it-its not rocket science FFS !
IMHO:
Vito 5: A couple of scary moments 1st half when his pass outs put us under pressure. One good interception, when we were in real trouble. Could have he have done better for the goals ? I was too far away to tell.
Gunts 6: One of our few better players; but he is just not a strong enough a personality to be captain.
Bacuna 4: He has to play in midfield FFS; its obvious. Couple of defensive errors 1st half, and then gave up when the goals went in.
Moore4: The chance of going to Wet Sham has finished him. For 20 mins !st half he was really bad & Moore at his best probably would been more decisive on their goals.
Illori 6: Wasn't all bad, and there is a really classy central defender in there; but he is learning on the job.
Tommy: Got caught out a couple of times-looks like he will be out for some time.
Joey 0: Why is Jaap playing him-we can no longer afford to have him in the team-for all his faults Evans is the better option-Joey personifies why Jaaps system doesn't work.
Edwards 4: Just not suited to this system-he is clearly better with space and picking up the knock downs-just not a footballing midfielder.
Kermit 0: He goes on about the shortcomings of those around him-but he needs to take a long hard look at himself.Whats he going to be like next season ?
Daddi 6: Put himself about and cant really be faulted for effort.
Mo: 9: Shredded their RB; who had to be taken off-if only Martin had started to exploit his dominance.
Tyler: I feel sorry for the guy-on the 2nd goal a bad pass from Joey, just left him with no where to go=heads now gone-such a shame.
Macca and Martin: Not on long enough to judge-but certainly not game changers.
Ref: usual jumped up pip squeak ; but we have had worse-the booking of Edwards was ridiculous.
Jaap: Alright the players aren't listening to him-but why does he keep on playing Joey & Kermit-its just being stubborn-while the likes of Poppa & Meighte & Mendis just havent been given an opportunity.
Millwall : Any team with Jake Cooper in it aren't going to be world beaters-but there is a lesson there for Jaap-just do the simple things well ; when you have an opportunity shoot and don't pfaff around with Hollywood passes and putting limited players under pressure with ambitious tactics.