Ted Hughes wrote:john@staustell wrote:Sorry guys he had a few runs but gave the ball away a huge number of times - an incredible number. I didn't see anything different from his performances in the last 12 months. He just doesn't cut it at this level - give the ball away like that against Chelsea, Inter and Scum-of-old and you'll pay dearly for it.
Great fella, great attitude, just not at it.
Compare him to David Silva who shows great runs, skill etc but hardly ever gives the ball away. Cant really follow why people cant see this problem in SWP, it's pretty blatant.
I thought he was close to embarrassing. I used to watch him playing at Platt lane as a kid & he was my favourite player when he got through to the 1st team but his lack of football intelligence is worse now than it was then! Stuart Pearce coached him personally, specifically not to make the very mistakes he constantly makes now. It's just not good enough. He should have worked harder at his game rather than thinking he'd made it when he left City. I would love him to be a regular player in this team but I honestly can't see him being here next season & it's all his own fault. Waste of a huge talent. That makes me sad.
There was one point in the second half were silva gave him a great ball on the the line and he simply tried to cross the ball without looking up.
It was very poor.
I think SWP is City through and through but there are so many good players competing for his place.
A Squad Player at best.
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