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SAFCForever101
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Morning Fellas, hope you all enjoyed the match last night, bit nerve-racking for us but i can imagine great for the neutral. A draw was a fair result, only just mind. We were not at our best by a long shot! A few seasons ago we would have been thrashed, so it does show how far we have come and how much harder we are to beat.
Defensively we were all over the shop imo, and this was down to one thing, Anton Ferdinand. Without Titus or Mensah we lacked presence. He is more mobile than any of our CB's but his concentration is SHOCKING!
Anyways this is how i would rate the lad's last night:
Gordon - 6 - Could have maybe done better with the 1st goal, but he could do nothing with the 2nd. His kicking was poor again, definitely the weak point in his game.
Onouha - 6 - Not the best performance, solid enough. Looks good on the ball. Struggled with Peinaar and Baines (having bolo in front of him didnt help.
Bardo - 8 - Class. This lad has been immense this season. hard working, got forward well, decent deliveries. would have been my MOTM if not for Welbeck.
Turner - 7 - Solid, didn’t really put a foot wrong, got out muscled my the yak late on but bar that a decent performance.
Anton - 4 - The weak link! yes he made a decent stop near then end and you could say grew as the game went on. but for me he is the reason we didn’t get all 3 points. if Bramble or Mensah were playing we would have looked a lot more solid, and they wouldn’t have scored after 5 mins.
Rico - 7 - Did well, good pace. He gives us another outlet. deserves his place in the side for Wolves.
Catts - 7 - Solid, i feel the lad is starting to get back to his old self. He made a few good forward runs like we saw last season. long may it continue.
Hendo - 5.5 - Bit of a headless chicken tbh. The lad needs a rest. No doubt he will become a top player but not yet.
Bolo - 6 - Bar the assist for the goal, which was class. He did very little. adds some composure, but in a high intensity game like last night, i felt Elmo was better suited.
Bent - 4 - Poor, offered very little. No doubt he is not fully fit, but atm he is my 3rd choice striker. No doubt he will regain his form and start scoring again, but he offered precious little yesterday.
Welbeck - 9 *MOTM* - Top class, quick, strong, powerful, confident. Everything you want from a front man. For me him and Gyan to start on sat. He made things happen all night. So much better as a front man than on the wing. I hope we can sign him, one question guys, do we want waggy back now? we were all saying he was a silly acquisition, Could be a very important player this season.
Subs:
Steed - 6 - didn’t have too much impact, had a sued effort after beating a man late on and nearly set up Danny for his 3rd.
Elmo - 6 - looked dangerous; he is fantastic in the air. he should start against wolves for me.
Good point for the lads, hard fought. Considering we got 4 points from Spuds and Chelski away ill take a point. For wolves i would make some changes id play :
------------Flash---------------
Onouha--Turner--Mensah?----Bardo
-Elmo--Catts----Steed-----Rico---
-------Gyan------Welbeck-------
Hopefully Mensah will be fit to take Antons place i'd even have PDS over him.
Bolo is a great player but in a game like last nights and like wolves away i think you need more pace.
Hendo needs a rest, i think we can all agree on this.
Thoughts?
Defensively we were all over the shop imo, and this was down to one thing, Anton Ferdinand. Without Titus or Mensah we lacked presence. He is more mobile than any of our CB's but his concentration is SHOCKING!
Anyways this is how i would rate the lad's last night:
Gordon - 6 - Could have maybe done better with the 1st goal, but he could do nothing with the 2nd. His kicking was poor again, definitely the weak point in his game.
Onouha - 6 - Not the best performance, solid enough. Looks good on the ball. Struggled with Peinaar and Baines (having bolo in front of him didnt help.
Bardo - 8 - Class. This lad has been immense this season. hard working, got forward well, decent deliveries. would have been my MOTM if not for Welbeck.
Turner - 7 - Solid, didn’t really put a foot wrong, got out muscled my the yak late on but bar that a decent performance.
Anton - 4 - The weak link! yes he made a decent stop near then end and you could say grew as the game went on. but for me he is the reason we didn’t get all 3 points. if Bramble or Mensah were playing we would have looked a lot more solid, and they wouldn’t have scored after 5 mins.
Rico - 7 - Did well, good pace. He gives us another outlet. deserves his place in the side for Wolves.
Catts - 7 - Solid, i feel the lad is starting to get back to his old self. He made a few good forward runs like we saw last season. long may it continue.
Hendo - 5.5 - Bit of a headless chicken tbh. The lad needs a rest. No doubt he will become a top player but not yet.
Bolo - 6 - Bar the assist for the goal, which was class. He did very little. adds some composure, but in a high intensity game like last night, i felt Elmo was better suited.
Bent - 4 - Poor, offered very little. No doubt he is not fully fit, but atm he is my 3rd choice striker. No doubt he will regain his form and start scoring again, but he offered precious little yesterday.
Welbeck - 9 *MOTM* - Top class, quick, strong, powerful, confident. Everything you want from a front man. For me him and Gyan to start on sat. He made things happen all night. So much better as a front man than on the wing. I hope we can sign him, one question guys, do we want waggy back now? we were all saying he was a silly acquisition, Could be a very important player this season.
Subs:
Steed - 6 - didn’t have too much impact, had a sued effort after beating a man late on and nearly set up Danny for his 3rd.
Elmo - 6 - looked dangerous; he is fantastic in the air. he should start against wolves for me.
Good point for the lads, hard fought. Considering we got 4 points from Spuds and Chelski away ill take a point. For wolves i would make some changes id play :
------------Flash---------------
Onouha--Turner--Mensah?----Bardo
-Elmo--Catts----Steed-----Rico---
-------Gyan------Welbeck-------
Hopefully Mensah will be fit to take Antons place i'd even have PDS over him.
Bolo is a great player but in a game like last nights and like wolves away i think you need more pace.
Hendo needs a rest, i think we can all agree on this.
Thoughts?