Spot on mate. He was doing my head in, so totally left footed when it would have been simpler to use his right.
Riera bugged the living daylights out of me last night. Coasted. This was a game I was expecting him to have a real influence in - not so much in the attacking threat but in a team sense. For large parts of the game it just looked like he couldn't be arsed. To be fair to him, it was only Leeds though eh....
Can you guess I don't like it when players aren't up for it when it's not a big game?
Ngog was boss I thought. He was on his todd up front and had to deal with a good bit of League 1 defending. But it didn't put him off and he was growing in confidence as the game went on. That's one hell of a good sign from a young striker. The way he took his goal was just pure class. Confidence in his own ability. He knew exactly what he wanted to do when Mascherano shinned a shot directly at him and he turned and finished it with class. It's never going to be that simple for him, but if he's called upon in the future, it's good to see these signs. I like his attitude.
Thought Spearing came alive in the second half. He made some very inch perfect passes. He didn't have a good first half though. He should have got involved a bit more there.
Same goes for Babel coming alive in the second half. But he should know better. Maybe we should get Mascherano to chin him in the first ten minutes?
Always impressed and excited by Aurelio's left foot. He also went missing through large parts of this game but if he's on the pitch, I reckon he brings something extra.
Degen didn't get injured!!! Yay!! To be fair to him, he did bring an option up down the right. And it was good to see him get in a bit of a battle. It's nice to see some fight in players.
All in all, I thought we were gonna be in for a tougher ride last night but we seemed to get a bit of a grip on the game as it went on. It's important our squad players know they have to start playing from the first whistle though. Teams wont miss chances like Leeds did.
But well done!
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