Richard Walker wrote:
Douglas- 6. Another steady game. Too involved first half though. Second half much better when he just got stuck in and made himself a nuisance.
So if he'd been less involved you'd have scored him higher? I thought Douglas had a
superb game. As the "1" in a 4-1-3-2 he's become one of our key players this
season. he provides cover for the back four, offers them an easy ball out and links play
to the rest of the midifield. He does a lot of the ball winning for Delph and Kilkenny
(and Robinson when he came on) and by being the anchorman he gives them the freedom to
get forward and get wide where necessary. That looks like the plan to me and it's a
formation that adapts to the players' strengths given that Kilkenny's tackling is less
effective than Douglas' passing, if you see what I mean. He kept possession better than
any other midfielder yesterday. My mate, who's not particularly a Douglas fan, thought
he was close to being MOTM yestarday. To be honest, I wouldn't disagree.
Delph – 10. I don’t care if he had a poor first half. That was just poor tactics on Macca’s part. Two goals like he scored give him top marks in my book. The kid is a star.
Becchio – 7. I thought he was poor first half but second half after he got his goal I thought he was magnificent. Running all over the shop, controlling the ball, linking up play , winning the odd header (he isn’t that great in the air ! ) and generally causing problems to the opposition. I think he is what we need at the moment, He does however fairly regularly give the ball away to the opposition which is strange.
However, I think I was wrong with my early assessment that he is shit although I still maintain that he is a player who is playing at the right level (I wouldn’t see him in the Championship). Will he score more goals than Kandol – looks like he will get enough tap ins to do it.
Tap ins like the goal he scored at Milwall you mean? Since the Brighton
report where he played a square ball for Beckford instead of having a
shot himself and you said "a natural goal scorer would have had nothing
on his mind but shooting himself" I think he's scored a goal a game,
including that match. Having watched the highlights of today's game the
anticipation and speed with which he reacted inside the six yard box was
nothing if not that of a natural goal scorer. Not only that, but few
defenders in this league are comfortable on the ball, and the way he
constantly harries them creates chances for us and denies the opposition
a lot of pssession. He's been a real find, six goals already this
season, in eleven starts. Kandol scored 11 goals all last season...
that tenner doesn't look too safe, mate :-)
- Sean
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is Michel Kitabdjian dead yet?
