- Aug 22, 2006
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did anyone play well tonight? Must be some individual player positives to take?
2nd half only and I tend to see more positives than what feels like everyone bar a handful of posters on here, but...
NDombele caught the eye but from the replay they showed it looked like he was partly culpable for their first by not closing down. Doing multiple tricks just outside his own area is a concern and will leak us goals throughout the season if he continues to do it. On the positive side he almost finished a great move, rarely coughed up possession and he certainly isn't short on confidence.
Bryan has taken a bit of stick but come on guys. He's a kid new to the club, league, and country. He tries to make things happen rather than play safe all the time so if you want players to do that, you can't then stick the knife in if it doesn't come off. It didn't come off for him but he was about 6 inches from Dane's head from getting a quality assist. I really hope the crowd don't turn on the kid as he will be a key player over the coming years.
Dane made a lot of runs in between FB and CB and was largely ignored when it was on. Inches away from connecting with a lovely bit of ball control and subsequent cross from Gil.
I thought the defence was fine. Their 2nd goal Gollini could arguably do a little better but putting it down as a GK gaff is harsh. I'm not convinced by Rodon over Dier like so many posters seem to want.