New Old Cherry
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If Christies shooting is a problem...can it not be fixed with coaching from one who was adept at the skill...send him over to see Ted Mac in the Summer....or Pitman !
It was class. Can’t remember having a player like him before who can beat multiple players with a dribble. In our first Prem season Sterling scored a goal vs us at the Ethiad and this reminded me very much of that goal.Dembele… just seen it back again, knew it was a special goal but didn’t realise how special until seeing all angles. Not many individual goals where a player goes to the byline then comes back inside to score. Superb.
We were saying at half time all our goals look the same and you never get a great individual goal or long range effort.
Fast forward 40 odd mins and we’d had both!
Stanislas would have pulled his hamstring if he sprinted like Christie did to get into the end of that chance he missed.We bossed the game but defensive errors nearly cost us the points…thought Smith…Cook…Lerma and Solanke were major factors in our win plus a great goal from Siriki Dembele…Zemura great going forward and linking up with Anthony but Zemura’s defending was awful..have to add that Christie must improve his finishing as Stanislas would have buried a couple of the chances he had…
Don’t think Zemura’s defending was awful. Our full backs had clearly been instructed to push up high and press the opposition wing backs, leaving space in behind for the centre backs to mop up. It worked well all game aside from 2 occasions, one time Smith got caught out too high (Travers save) and one time when Zemura did (second goal.) It wasn’t executed perfectly by any means and will need to be worked on a bit, but it is definitely preferable to the turgid passive style we’ve been watching for much of the season.We bossed the game but defensive errors nearly cost us the points…thought Smith…Cook…Lerma and Solanke were major factors in our win plus a great goal from Siriki Dembele…Zemura great going forward and linking up with Anthony but Zemura’s defending was awful..have to add that Christie must improve his finishing as Stanislas would have buried a couple of the chances he had…
Both teams looked OK when they weren't sitting back managing the score. Both looked vulnerable when they were.Well that back three or five City played really did for us. A pathetic 25 chances. I’m off to watch Luton if that’s all the team can serve up.
One team looked much better though.Both teams looked OK when they weren't sitting back managing the score. Both looked vulnerable when they were.
Sterling scoring against us….. you might need to narrow that one down a bitIt was class. Can’t remember having a player like him before who can beat multiple players with a dribble. In our first Prem season Sterling scored a goal vs us at the Ethiad and this reminded me very much of that goal.
Lol yeh, I believe it was his fifth goal of about 175 he scored vs us if that helps.Sterling scoring against us….. you might need to narrow that one down a bit
Fantastic game of football I thought and we took the intent from Huddersfield into this game. The patterns were great although a little too similar for my liking, not that that matters when they work which they largely did today.
Good points
Lewis Cook… finally seeing the player he is again and it’s majestic.
Pressing in second half was fantastic
Solanke bullied them as did Jeff.
Negatives
Set piece attacking and defending looks like we just don’t practice either.
Christie. Cost us games earlier in season with his ‘ 5 year old wearing flip flops’ shooting. Could have cost us again. He just simply can’t start in a forward position. If he has to play it should be withdrawn but ideally just play Cantwell. If Billing played like he did every week his detractors would be foaming at the mouth…
A must win today with the fixtures coming up and we did it in style.
An alternative is Dembele who is clearly more dangerous around the box, but doesn't track his man back or help his full back, both things Christie excels at. Horses for courses, not too many complete players at this level. Possibly something to ponder in the summer if the next level beckons.
It was class. Can’t remember having a player like him before who can beat multiple players with a dribble. In our first Prem season Sterling scored a goal vs us at the Ethiad and this reminded me very much of that goal.
You haven't got a very good memory Waza.....we had one last season!It was class. Can’t remember having a player like him before who can beat multiple players with a dribble. In our first Prem season Sterling scored a goal vs us at the Ethiad and this reminded me very much of that goal.
You haven't got a very good memory Waza.....we had one last season!
Tbh can’t remember Danjuma often dribbling past multiple players like that, he was more of a goal scorer than an out and out dribbler imo.You haven't got a very good memory Waza.....we had one last season!