by Douglas Higginbottom » Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:27 pm
Hopefully the results will get better as the season goes on and our young team start to properly get to grips with playing at this level. There were some negatives out there for me tonight but I thought Tosin and Muric did pretty well. Obviously Foden for his two excellent goals and maybe Duhaney but not many others stood out at all.
Wilson at left back seemed a bit lost and they were a problem down his side but maybe that was all because of the experiemce he was up against.It got better when he was replaced by Davenport even though he isnt a full back. Matt Smith worked very hard as he always does and defensively was ok but his passing and composure on the ball wasn't great. Tom Dele was fairly anonymous I thought. Power and strength has always been an important part of his game but playing up makes it harder for him.
Diaz is always a threat even when he doesnt have a great game as he didn't tonight. Too often when he was playing as the center forward his first touch, control or pass let him down. When he moved to wide right he was much more effective and really threatened and it was a surprise he didn't score by the end. Garre was ok but he seems to be still getting used the game over here. Great assist for the last goal though.
Even tho Foden will get MotM for 2 superb goals I still want to more from him in terms of controlling games but he was better tonight than in recent games.