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I watched on TNT too (well, TNT 5 actually). It's one thing when other club stream commentators get a player's names wrong, fair enough reallt. But it does make me laugh when it's supposedly someone knowledgeable, giving opinions as if they know what they're talking about. The one that kept making me laugh was all the discussion during the yellow card incident about our right back "Em-Beng".
Hayden's not a long term replacement, but another way to look at it is that we didn't really look like we were missing Varane yesterday, so if clubs are offering a decent price for him we really should be taking the profit. The evidence is that we can replace with Hayden for now, and should be able to find a longer term replacement equivalent to Varane on current (and past?) form in the summer.
I've been fairly critical of him this season - or at least, increasingly convinced that he's a spent force. But I thought he was superb yesterday, solid, a reassuring presence, just what you'd want from him, and he played the full 120 whilst younger men were collapsing all around him .
Felt like the sort of game where you learn about individuals. Kolli, Smyth, Dunne, Hayden, all rose to the occasion imo, and Cook showed that as an experienced pro he's still a valuable presence in these kinds of games. Fair play.
Yeah like I said on the other thread, he made me quite nervous in the first half, but came through the game with a lot of a credit, and you can see his potential. His positioning was a bit questionable at times but will come with time. If he's the long term plan -- which makes sense -- hopefully it's his spot for the rest of the season, and we let him ride out any development he needs to be a first team championship keeper. Just having some consistency in that position would benefit our back line.
Players looked dead on their feet by the end. Kolli looked done in by the time he came off. Kone was very laboured by the end. Tricky for JS because each sub (Smyth aside) weakened the team. As others have said, squad depth the big difference today.
Walsh had a strange game, I thought he would cost us with his nervousness at crosses, but ended up keeping us in it with some fine saves. Good shot-stopper / suspect at crosses...? Rings a bell.
Feel like Smyth deserves a mention. If the ref is on his side he can be hugely effective, and this was one of those days - he won us free kicks all afternoon. I know he can be limited, but for me his energy and work rate was important to getting us back in to the game.
Yeah it's got me a bit rattled too. A good result here would do wonders for Stephan and the sense that we're moving forwards. But a shoeing and it's going to be "same old QPR" and all rather depressing.
I think Morrison provides good cover for Dunne and Edwards as a really decent looking CB partnership. Whether being second option works for Morrison personally is I guess a different question.
Thinking about what Andy said about floors and ceilings, and the team against West Ham.
Although we've lost Burrell and Varane (first team regulars), we'll presumably still be starting with Kone, Madsen, Dembele, Dunne, who have high-ish ceilings when they really fancy it. If we can turn up and get going, I fancy us to get a result
I mean, that's fair enough to an extent - but I do think giving it "LOL - Wrong! LMAO!" etc and then saying "you wouldn't know her she goes to another school" is a bit having your cake and eating it tbh
I said a week or so ago that id come round to the idea of pulling out all the stops to sign HR, because of what he offers in terms of progressing the ball out of defence etc in the absence of JCS. The gaps in the squad look a bit different this week with all the injuries...
Still, like everyone has said, it's hard to imagine this not being a sound investment, especially as a known quantity, and he'll arrive with a lot of good will and feel-good factor. Plus, despite gaps appearing elsewhere in the squad CB is a position where we remain vulnerable.
I still can't make up my mind on Sinners. It was simultaneously both more and less than D till D. It had far more depth, more craft, more artistry. But as a narrative, it's far less fun.
The musical scene at the hall was a work of art. But overall I just didn't get in to it. Feel like I should have loved it - it's about music, politics, and vampires! An odd one
I was dying for him to take the shot anyway, even after it was flagged offside - I want to see him score one on one with the keeper !
I think that was the passage of play during which Dembele turned his back on the game and strolled back towards the halfway line, rather than - I don't know - bust a gut to support a breakway attack. Disappointing stuff from him. He comes across as a decent guy in interviews, but his in game attitude appears to properly stink sometimes
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