by Zip »
10 Nov 2018 20:21
[quote="URZZZZ"][quote="Zip"]I have never come way from a drawn game as pissed off as today. It felt like a loss. This lot are lazy. Ipswich worked so much harder in the first half.
We cannot defend for toffee. Thank God for Meite
Jaakkola. 5. Kicking awful. Perhaps could have done better for both goals
Yiadom. 4 One great run in the second half but passing and positioning awful
Moore. 4 Inexcusable defending for the second goal. Passing awful
O’Shea. 4. As poor as Moore for that goal and poor passing
Blackett. 4. Rinsed time and again in the first half. One good covering tackle in the second half
Kelly. 6. Worked hard and one lovely through to ball to GMac
Bacuna. 4. Got an assist but otherwise very poor
Rinomhota. 4. Totally bypassed and anonymous
Barrow. 5. Worked really hard closing down but poor in the second hslf
Baldock. 4 Got an assist but he was awful in the second half
Meite. 7. First goal brilliant. Took his header well but otherwise not great
GMac. 6. We were better with him on the pitch and he won some corners
Swift. 5 Didn’t really do much
McNulty. N/A. Not on long enough to rate
Fair play to Ipswich. They came in their numbers today.[/quote]
I know football brings out different opinions but Mo Barrow getting a 5 is absolutely ludicrous, he was the worst player on that pitch yet again, had Aluko put in that identical performance, I can guarantee he would be getting 1's and 2's, he is the most overrated player in years. Also think Yiadom should be dropped before Blackett, neither can defend, but Blackett played some decent passes out of defence today whereas Yiadom rarely found a blue and white hooped shirt all afternoon and was trying to dribble out of his own box, not succeeding.
I don't think the problem is that the players are lazy, yet again we had no midfield, and the opposition keep just passing through us, that's more down to tactics and Clement's reluctance to play a CDM (Ilori/Meyler/Anyone) and instead choosing three identical midfielders who very much offer similar things[/quote]
Barrow should have had a pen with a good run in the first half. He also worked hard defensively putting in a number of good blocks. Overall he was one of our better players in the first half. Second half he was very poor. Btw I dont do below 3/10 for players.....even Aluko.
Agree about our midfield. I have been saying for a year that our central midfielders are woeful at protecting our back four. I do though think we are a lazy team. There is no way those players worked remotely hard enough in the first half. Virtually every team in this division presses harder than our lot.
CDM is a big problem. Meyler is useless and Ezatolahi is crocked. Hopefully our Iranian will make a difference when he returns to the side because right now we play three central midfielders none of whom are capable of playing that role.