kirsikka
UTC Legend
Positives
Brooks has gone from being a player we thought would only get a start in the FA Cup third round to the go to man in a time of crisis. And looks every inch that player.
Clyne will be an excellent right back in our system when the team is firing.
Pugh will be there doing Marc Pugh things if we need to call upon him again.
Now we get to focus on chasing a Europa League place/securing a mid-table finish/ensuring we avoid relegation (delete as appropriate depending on your personal disposition)
Negatives
Boruc. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Just watch him on the corner for the third goal. Never mind the terrible marking and so on, that was schoolboy goalkeeping.
On that subject, whoever organises the defence for corners on the pitch needs to take a long, hard look at themselves.
Mousset had a horror show of a performance. As the only senior striker in the matchday squad Howe put a huge amount of faith in him to turn up and that was the worst I've ever seen him play. Nobody wants to get a reputation as only being able to perform from the bench but that was completely unacceptable today, even on the level of the very basics.
Rico had a genuine opportunity to stake a claim for a first team spot today and totally fluffed it. That two minutes where he was in acres of space with four men in the box to aim at and he sent it straight out of play followed by running offside to a through ball when he could see all the way along the line resulted in him being subbed two minutes later. He's starting to worry me.
Our shots conceded to goals conceded rate must be near record levels. I think Brighton had five attacks in the whole game.
Howe has finally lost his unbeaten record against Infrastructure FC.
Inbetweenies
Ibe had a weird match. One minute he was sliding past people, getting shots away or bringing the ball down with perfect control the next he was misjudging the ball to such an extent that he didn't even touch it when trying to trap it. Subbed as Stanislas was the obvious option from the bench and you wouldn't want to take Fraser off.
The two youngsters would be harsh to judge on one of our now traditional FA Cup third round performances so I'll give them a pass.
Surman was on the pitch. He recycled the ball. A few decent passes and few stray ones. Not a lot of impact either way really. Also, Fraser lacked his usual vim.
Brooks has gone from being a player we thought would only get a start in the FA Cup third round to the go to man in a time of crisis. And looks every inch that player.
Clyne will be an excellent right back in our system when the team is firing.
Pugh will be there doing Marc Pugh things if we need to call upon him again.
Now we get to focus on chasing a Europa League place/securing a mid-table finish/ensuring we avoid relegation (delete as appropriate depending on your personal disposition)
Negatives
Boruc. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Just watch him on the corner for the third goal. Never mind the terrible marking and so on, that was schoolboy goalkeeping.
On that subject, whoever organises the defence for corners on the pitch needs to take a long, hard look at themselves.
Mousset had a horror show of a performance. As the only senior striker in the matchday squad Howe put a huge amount of faith in him to turn up and that was the worst I've ever seen him play. Nobody wants to get a reputation as only being able to perform from the bench but that was completely unacceptable today, even on the level of the very basics.
Rico had a genuine opportunity to stake a claim for a first team spot today and totally fluffed it. That two minutes where he was in acres of space with four men in the box to aim at and he sent it straight out of play followed by running offside to a through ball when he could see all the way along the line resulted in him being subbed two minutes later. He's starting to worry me.
Our shots conceded to goals conceded rate must be near record levels. I think Brighton had five attacks in the whole game.
Howe has finally lost his unbeaten record against Infrastructure FC.
Inbetweenies
Ibe had a weird match. One minute he was sliding past people, getting shots away or bringing the ball down with perfect control the next he was misjudging the ball to such an extent that he didn't even touch it when trying to trap it. Subbed as Stanislas was the obvious option from the bench and you wouldn't want to take Fraser off.
The two youngsters would be harsh to judge on one of our now traditional FA Cup third round performances so I'll give them a pass.
Surman was on the pitch. He recycled the ball. A few decent passes and few stray ones. Not a lot of impact either way really. Also, Fraser lacked his usual vim.