mattjtsmith Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 My opinion was that it was one of the worst performances I've seen in a city shirt in a while!!! Looked like he was totally lost, out of position, I barely saw him make a tackle. Didn't seem to care at all. Broke in to a sprint 1 or 2 times in 90 minutes. Was it just me that saw that?? liked his throw ins mind, they are useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 7 minutes ago, mattjtsmith said: My opinion was that it was one of the worst performances I've seen in a city shirt in a while!!! Looked like he was totally lost, out of position, I barely saw him make a tackle. Didn't seem to care at all. Broke in to a sprint 1 or 2 times in 90 minutes. Was it just me that saw that?? liked his throw ins mind, they are useful! He made maybe the most important block of the season after a lovely save by ROD. Look shattered last 15 minutes or so. Think he's being asked to keep shape and not get too far forward which is what he's known for. Hasn't played too much. Doesn't look a 2m player but I don't think he was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessels Chick Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Apart from that last ditch tackle in second half that prevented them taking the lead .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs4Red Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Made one of the most important blocks that might possibly prove vital in our survival. He did absolutely nothing wrong today. Hasnt played football for months so probably is off the pace. Get off his back and try enjoying a quality win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Between heaven and hell Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Agree in part but the block he put in after the O'Donnell save in the second half was first class and went a long to us winning the game. At least I think it was him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 11 minutes ago, mattjtsmith said: My opinion was that it was one of the worst performances I've seen in a city shirt in a while!!! Looked like he was totally lost, out of position, I barely saw him make a tackle. Didn't seem to care at all. Broke in to a sprint 1 or 2 times in 90 minutes. Was it just me that saw that?? liked his throw ins mind, they are useful! I saw his performance completely different to you. We looked so much more solid with him. Looks like he's joining permanently in the summer. Games of opinions, eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 87 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Did well considering he was completely exposed down the right first half as Freeman was all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Looked fine to me, not a spectacular performance but certainly not a poor one. And the last minute block was priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsham Ed Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Done okay by me as well, had Dembele to deal with who is a very good player. BTW, love the long throws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Was part of a team that dug out a very important win yesterday, so though that doesn't mean he can't be subject to criticism, it's worth remembering he's been here barely any time at all, and asked to play from the start twice away from home inside a week. Let's give him and Odemwingie a week working with the side in training (and with a spring in their step after this win), then we can better judge against Bolton. Plus; have another two weeks after that to have them settle in a bit more, and hopefully helping us to a decent finish in the last 8 matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Seen it a few times over the last few years with Matt Smith was awful, Wade Elliott and James Tavinier. Took a few weeks but once they settled were excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I thought he done quite well didn't really notice him make many mistakes. When up to speed think he will be a decent full back . I was taking more notice of our midfield running into each other and freeman constantly giving the ball away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 He was much better second half, freeman left him horribly exposed in the first. Thought he looked steady and a good addition to the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxo Jr. Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Seemed ok to me, didn't show anything to be more than that, but in the first half he had no midfield to work with. Wilbraham isn't the only reason we were lumping the ball up the pitch for 45 minutes. Nobody offered an outlet and we had too many lightweight players in midfield. Bryan, Freeman and Tomlin were totally muscled off the ball. On top of that, it looked like none of them knew where they were meant to be playing. I'm sure Tomlin and Freeman swapping wings was deliberate, but it just made the midfield look like a mess. Credit to Pack though, he took the game and basically won it. I think it's important to highlight that we only really looked like scoring after Scott Parker went off. It's all very well to say McCormack is their only really good player, but Parker completely nullified us for 60 minutes until Pack swivelled round him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodbarmyarmy Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Popped up in the right place at the right times.......just as important a trait to a defender as it is for a striker.....he covered an area where we have conceded a few goals , the back post..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 19 minutes ago, Luxo Jr. said: Seemed ok to me, didn't show anything to be more than that, but in the first half he had no midfield to work with. Wilbraham isn't the only reason we were lumping the ball up the pitch for 45 minutes. Nobody offered an outlet and we had too many lightweight players in midfield. Bryan, Freeman and Tomlin were totally muscled off the ball. On top of that, it looked like none of them knew where they were meant to be playing. I'm sure Tomlin and Freeman swapping wings was deliberate, but it just made the midfield look like a mess. Credit to Pack though, he took the game and basically won it. I think it's important to highlight that we only really looked like scoring after Scott Parker went off. It's all very well to say McCormack is their only really good player, but Parker completely nullified us for 60 minutes until Pack swivelled round him. It's a credit to him that Parker has stayed and captained the Fulham team during a tricky period for them (sure the likely Prem wages help tbf), but heard a pretty strong rumour from the one 'source' I have in football that he was hours from joining Burnley start of the season. Part of me think it is a shame he didn't; been a good player over the years, and finishing with a promotion not a relegation fight would be fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, samo II said: It's a credit to him that Parker has stayed and captained the Fulham team during a tricky period for them (sure the likely Prem wages help tbf), but heard a pretty strong rumour from the one 'source' I have in football that he was hours from joining Burnley start of the season. Part of me think it is a shame he didn't; been a good player over the years, and finishing with a promotion not a relegation fight would be fitting. Perhaps explains why they signed Joey Barton. Second choice after Parker maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeeebles Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 12 hours ago, mattjtsmith said: My opinion was that it was one of the worst performances I've seen in a city shirt in a while!!! Looked like he was totally lost, out of position, I barely saw him make a tackle. Didn't seem to care at all. Broke in to a sprint 1 or 2 times in 90 minutes. Was it just me that saw that?? liked his throw ins mind, they are useful! I wouldn't go as far as to say it was one of the worst performances in a City shirt, nowhere near but apart from the block near the end I did think he afforded Fulham far too much space down their left side. Together with Freeman they managed to both consistently stand 5 to 10 yards off their men allowing them on several occasions to get easy crosses/square balls across edge of box in. For me he was the weak link in the back 4 first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Are we not going to give him time to get up to speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeeebles Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 39 minutes ago, smokey live said: Are we not going to give him time to get up to speed? Yes, I'm not saying he's a good or bad player yet, I just thought he made very basic errors yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjtsmith Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 On 13/03/2016 at 13:22, Donkeeebles said: Yes, I'm not saying he's a good or bad player yet, I just thought he made very basic errors yesterday Same for me. I asked for others opinions as it was one game, and i just wanted to see if others had seen the same. Nearly always people see completely different bits that you didn't (we are watching the game as a whole after all). Any one who goes on to the pitch in a city shirt gets time for me. Even the best players take a while some times...look at Ozil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady bunch Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Agree largely with the OP, we are all happy as we ended up winning (and rightly so), but other than the throw-in's and the block, there was not much to like about the performance and he needs to get much fitter. We only have 9 games left, so he need to get up to speed quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Another 'done ok' from me but with a fantastic block at the end - so I'll award him a '6' for that performance. On another note, how good was Fredericks! We seemed to have got our Summer targets spot on what with Gayle looking really good, that centre back chap from Hull who was brilliant against us, and Fredericks. One day we will find out the truth but got to feel for Cotts if he'd lined these three up just for SL to pull the rug. Maybe Cotts thought SL wasn't joking when he said he wanted to be in the Premiership within a couple of seasons. With those three and a few additions in the coming summer I think we may have had a realistic chance of being up there competing. As it is, the best we can hope for next season is mid table - assuming we're still in the Championship. Great pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM91 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 On 3/12/2016 at 23:38, CITYAREREDANDWHITE said: I saw his performance completely different to you. We looked so much more solid with him. Looks like he's joining permanently in the summer. Games of opinions, eh. It really is, may I throw a third opinion into the ring? I don't think he was spectacular but the block was important, I think he isn't great in the air but is a very low risk player which is what you want at the back. I concede that it's difficult to judge him comprehensively when he's only just getting back into regular first team football. For me, while he hasn't looked bad by any means, as soon as Ayling is fit again I would put him back into the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 On 12/03/2016 at 23:26, mattjtsmith said: My opinion was that it was one of the worst performances I've seen in a city shirt in a while!!! Looked like he was totally lost, out of position, I barely saw him make a tackle. Didn't seem to care at all. Broke in to a sprint 1 or 2 times in 90 minutes. Was it just me that saw that?? liked his throw ins mind, they are useful! Really didn't look fit.has pace to burn when he is but will take maybe ten games to get there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 On 3/14/2016 at 17:58, Robert the bruce said: Really didn't look fit.has pace to burn when he is but will take maybe ten games to get there!! If todays performance is anything to go by, I can't wait to see him in another 9 games. Apart a couple of wayward crosses I thought he had an excellent game today at both ends of the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: If todays performance is anything to go by, I can't wait to see him in another 9 games. Apart a couple of wayward crosses I thought he had an excellent game today at both ends of the pitch. Agree. He gave so much confidence. First time I've seen him myself and thought he was a marked improvement on anything we've seen at RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berts city Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Agree good addition to the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 1 minute ago, 29AR said: Agree. He gave so much confidence. First time I've seen him myself and thought he was a marked improvement on anything we've seen at RB. Yea he's not Ayling going forward but he's much better defensively and crosses better from what I've seen. Ayling is a good squad player though that can step in at RB, CB and maybe even CM but if we want to improve we have to make tough decisions on some players. Ayling is one. Saw Freeman and Kodjia start on the bench. LJ has impressed me so far putting team and play style first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 7 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said: Yea he's not Ayling going forward but he's much better defensively and crosses better from what I've seen. Ayling is a good squad player though that can step in at RB, CB and maybe even CM but if we want to improve we have to make tough decisions on some players. Ayling is one. Saw Freeman and Kodjia start on the bench. LJ has impressed me so far putting team and play style first. I don't know I haven't seen Luke put in many crosses like Matthews did for Jimmy's goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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