Fair enough they camped behind the ball, but we were absolutely woeful in possession in that last twenty five minutes. Too slow, no real creativity, no risks taken to try and play the ball through. Just slow moving square balls. On 65 minutes I cried out for Matty James to come on, probably for Mowatt. He could have sat deeper and got Kane twenty yards further forward. I certainly wouldn’t have taken off Brittain - very effective down the right second half - to then bring on Luke Thomas. Waste of a shirt and made it 10 v 10 in effect.
Other than his shot I thought Mowatt was abso-bloody-lutely fantastic tonight. Won loads of ball, passing was spot on, got us right on the front foot, played our wide men in countless times and weighed in with a brilliant assist. Seems that it's become the in-thing to have a go at him on here since Nudger started his vendetta but I'll judge each player game by game and he was our driving force in a game which but for defensive aneurysms we should have won comfortably. (Agree about Thomas - we were murdering them down the right with Brittain but then lost all that with the staggering introduction of Thomas).
To be fair thinking back Thomas didn’t come on for brittain, he’d been on for a bit when he went off for Schmidt. Same applies though, he’s not looked particularly effective since the first game of last season.
I thought the only moments of real quality came from Woodrow, Mowatt and Kane. Lots of effort, but lots of waste, particularly Oduor, though he got in very good positions. the issues we constantly have are speed of transition, individual errors and decision making. None are especially easy fixes.
Mowatt sprayed it out wide numerous times and played well. Perfectly weighted passes to Oduor to run on to where he should have drilled it hard and low towards goal. He also setup the Frieser goal and played the through ball for Frieser at the start of the game when he chipped it to Woodrow at the back post.
You're right he didn't, but from a point where Brittain had had the freedom of the right wing, Thomas coming on stifled all that, got in his way and slowed things down, nullifying Brittain's previous advantage.
Anyone who didn’t think Mowatt had a good game tonight doesn’t know what they’re watching in my opinion. It’s getting ridiculous. Game after game he’s the hardest working player & the only one creating anything yet he’s getting unwarranted criticism.
Apart from one wayward shot, Mowatt did pretty well when he got forward. He is the best player we have at spotting the right pass around the edge of the box.
I agree completely with you about Mowatt's contribution tonight. I think Murray can get the best out of both him and Woodrow, who also had a very good game.
Spot on. It's amazing how some people appear not to notice all the good work which Mowatt does on a consistent basis.
Imho I thought mowatt and woody were back to somewhere near their old form and it was good to see their effort and industry. Other positives, brittain, and palmer had good games. We also now look dangerous from set pieces (corners mainly) and we scored 2 goals in open play. Negatives, same old really, our passing needs to quicken up 30% and get some more shooting practice in. I think tactically (formation wise) we did well but didnt utilise space well enough when they went down to 10..ie use the flanks, odour and britain were worrying them. Last 20 we seemed very laboured and i thought they were going to nick it. Overall dissapointed we didnt get 3 points but hopefully when we get james in there he will start to make us tick.
