- Feb 13, 2006
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Won't rate all players but just a few points and observations. Thought Rose was man of the match, mainly for his attacking threat and making use of the space he had. Swansea played very narrow, if you look at their heat map they had no width at all until Montero came on.
Speaking of him, he gave Walker the run around. He's a pretty tricky customer though tbf. Walker more annoys me when he does dumb things like waits and waits for the ball to come to him, has all the time in the world then for reasons only known to his brain decides to play a hospital pass across the pitch.
Thought Dier and particularly Mason was excellent. Hugo was also solid on crosses and saved us at the end, was pissed off and rightly so.
Probably Kane's worst game of recent, needs to stop the pot shots and play with his head up more.
Goal aside I thought Townsend was poor, was no surprise to me that he actually did something while on the left side of the pitch. Think Poch needs to realise that not all wingers operate well inverted. Play Townsend on the left or leave him on the bench.
Speaking of him, he gave Walker the run around. He's a pretty tricky customer though tbf. Walker more annoys me when he does dumb things like waits and waits for the ball to come to him, has all the time in the world then for reasons only known to his brain decides to play a hospital pass across the pitch.
Thought Dier and particularly Mason was excellent. Hugo was also solid on crosses and saved us at the end, was pissed off and rightly so.
Probably Kane's worst game of recent, needs to stop the pot shots and play with his head up more.
Goal aside I thought Townsend was poor, was no surprise to me that he actually did something while on the left side of the pitch. Think Poch needs to realise that not all wingers operate well inverted. Play Townsend on the left or leave him on the bench.