Player Watch: Rodrigo Bentancur

[djhotspur]

I said yesterday that we did ok but something just isn’t clicking but I can’t pinpoint what it is . Our forwards are getting pelters but other than the odd half chance I can’t think of many misses.

I think there were big chances but people don’t shoot, like udogies, like Maddisons, solankes, then plenty of other big chances where players take the wrong option like Kulu when he could put solanke in, Kulu when he had 4 players as options and took too long and saliba got him.
I don’t think they really created much bar martinelli when that was clearly a foul in the build up.
The ref didn’t help when he gave fouls that weren’t when we were breaking

 

[dontcallme]

He played 8 progressive passes, the 3rd most of any player on the pitch (Porro 10, Udogie 9).

He also played 9 passes in to the final third, 2nd most on the pitch behind Romero (12).

Yeah but he didn’t see it.

 

[cliff jones]

We all see it differently, and have different expectations I suppose.

Rod was one of our better players, and was clearly asked to play deeper in whats been a stop start opening to the season for him. He adjusted well.

If you split the team in two, the problems in the defensive half were Porro in the first half, then we all know the fine margin on which the game was decided.

They did have the easier job, given how solid that lot have become defensively- and their defensive tactics.

Not the game to reach such damning judgements.

Coventry and Brentford will be.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Such a shame. Fantastic player - absolute shell of himself post injury

Not looking good for him or us unfortunately atm

 

[Trees]

Such a shame. Fantastic player - absolute shell of himself post injury

Not looking good for him or us unfortunately atm

Pale shadow.

 

[funkycoldmedina]

Pale shadow.

Terrible game tonight, I'd prefer getting Gray into the midfield

 

[beats1]

We moved our best no.8 in to the no.6 and then we're angry he's not performing well as a no. 6

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Anonymous first half. Showed a bit more for it 2nd half. Helped when he had a bit more movement around him after the substitutions

 

[DannyNZ]

Just awful, together with Sarr a pretty poor midfield combo.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Just awful, together with Sarr a pretty poor midfield combo.

Yep, didn’t work at all. Sarr tried hard but literally every decision he made was the wrong one!

 

[isaac94]

awful game but great assist at the end, meant he did more than sarr

 

[DannyNZ]

awful game but great assist at the end, meant he did more than sarr

Even with an assist he was poor and doing more than Sarr on the day was an awfully low bar.

 

[midoshairband]

passenger, alongside Sarr.

 

[VDV11 Fan]

How good was this man today. I'd go as far to say one of his best performances for us he was everywhere!

 

[EQP]

How good was this man today. I'd go as far to say one of his best performances for us he was everywhere!

His best game for us in a long time? You know what happens next. He gets a 12 match ban

 

[muppetman]

Immense today, seemed to be everywhere needed to snuff out so much.

 

[VoteMe4Prez]

Was the complete opposite of the Coventry game. Great game

 

[mill]

This is what we need from him every week

 

[Mr Pink]

Will he be availible for next week?

 

[Ribble]

Nice to see some consistency

Surely the FA have fucked themselves here? If they give Bentancur a long ban and we appeal to someone like CAS they're going to get walked all over for it.