Mine was undoubtedly Kaboul.
There were lots of positives (you never hear this phrase after a win – funny that) from lots of players. But Kaboul was for want of a better word, staunch. He arrived at The Lane with a burden of expectation upon his Gallic shoulders and the old girl never quite bore the weight.
Jarred off then wholesaled off to Pompey he appeared to, in very technical parlance, get a bit better. His return was heralded with the same disinterest as his departure. Part of some debt consolation deal or a kick back on some Premiership Club Card reward program, I forget.
But he looks to be genuinely on the level now. And in a aside that has habitual ‘back four issues’, that’s a welcome addition.
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I’d go with Kaboul, he held the back 4 together…dont know how much he got of Yak but it was a poor place to give away a free kick but other he was fantastic.
I don’t think he touch him;Yak turned went down, and ref bought it.
Defo agree with that, it were a cynical dive. For some reason we often fall foul of those and they often lead to goals. He is a wily old goat that Yak.
I know Beeny Sue has a lot of haters, but for me he is one of our better, more consistant players. Yes he makes mistakes, but generally I think he is superb. I dont care if you dont agree with me, and niether does he by all accounts. :-p
I just hate the way he lumps it upfield and turns it over 2 out of 4 possesions
Sandro looked good as well today. As much as I love Sarge Sandro is going to be better- much by the look of things. Sandro and Modders in the CM for me. The thing about Tugboat Tommy is that if we sold him he would almost certainly be transfering down. IE Villa, Newcastle, Everton etc. He wont be going to Chelsea or Real etc.
Q. Is Tommy good enoough to be the future of out team?
This poster thinks not.
Agree 100% about the Sandro bit, we have found a gem.
we missed Thudd Saturday; end of
Selling him is just not an option
Him and Sandro in the middle will be our first choice in the coming months
Benny has good feet and is a good athlete, but he doesn’t read the game very well. He could become a great player with better coaching, but he’s not going to find it here. So he will continue to give away as many goals as he helps to create. In all, a net liability until our cb situation is sorted out.
Consistent one the one hand, but then his mistakes are generally howling and exploited thoroughly. Especially at Bremen and Inter.