Positives:
- Mings was fantastic, classy, dominating showing. Should be starting regularly when fit based on that performance.
- L. Cook and Ake, same old, same old.
- I thought Brooks, for a first appearance, looked great. Could be the bridge between attack and midfield that we’ve needed.
- Simpson looked pretty good again. Please remind me why we need Mepham for £12+ million?
- Mousset best striker on the night.
- If we could get the Jordon Ibe of friendlies on a regular basis that would be nice. Confident and direct; great goal.
- Smith, should never be benched for Francis ever again.
- Fraser looked pretty good; shame he kept getting hacked.
- I thought Arter looked good, though I feel for the refs that have deal with him for 90 minutes. “REF. REF. REEEF!?!?”
Negatives:
- Wilson looked completely ineffective and off the pace.
- King made no impact whatsoever.
- Hyndman didn’t really standout, which is a shame. Can only see another loan for him.
- S. Cook didn’t look terrible, but Mings, Simpson and Ake all outshone him and all play on the left. Could’ve been better.
- Pugh looked slow, ponderous, ineffective with poor decision making.
Overall, second half better than the first. EH said some of the players in the first half would be disappointed with their performance; I’d agree with that. Feel that we actually have decent squad depth, just need a bit more in certain positions.