Decent half. 2 good balls in the for our goals. They’ve looked good down their left and had a lot of joy from that. Back 3 have looked fairly solid. Particularly Mael, who has put some good blocks in and pinged the ball about a bit too.
Yeah, he is a concern. I know its not proper gametime, but when u see Killip in the warm up shooting practice, he don't save many.
Well enjoyed that way better than Burton and Northampton.. Definitely changed the way we play since Wigan.. much more of a bodies behind the ball and hit on break nowadays than the all in press..
They've certainly pinpointed our right back position as the weakness. Only place they're getting joy really. Pickard on this side has coped much better but isn't pushing as high as Danny Benson. Poor from Killip for the goal, should have been a routine stop. Otherwise, we've played alright. Pressing really well. As you'd expect, Russell is completely bossing the midfield. Our back 3 look a class above.
He had decent pace against Northampton when he kept up with Cole's run for the second, but it's the fact he has no ball control or shot accuracy that is his downfall.
To be honest, in this game particularly, we've looked better when trying to press high up the pitch than we have when we've put bodies behind the ball.
Agree on his control.. as for shooting, he's scored enough in the past to suggest once he gets going he'll be reyt..
Good first half I enjoyed watching that, City looked dangerous towards the end but quite a few of our players doing themselves credit.
The front two still do their bit but we don't play in the opponent's half with a high back line..its now a play in ours then hit em..
Jalo is probably catching the eye of their coach Brian Barry-Murphy and will no doubt deliver a report to Pep tomorrow. "Worth a punt Brian?" "Sure is Boss. £10 million and they'll snatch our hands off"
I've never seen a goalkeeper saving many of those though. I think it's deliberate to build confidence
Since we took the first teamers off not much to lean about the game. Their U21sare better than ours but then again they would be.