Skinemrippers 895 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I thought Crooks was awful today but the Gazette had him just off MoM and Warnock gave him special praise. I think towards the end he swapped positions with Howson and looked better at the back. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BearSmog 1,382 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: By the way, this picture is circulating but I'm sure is from after McNair's goal, not Coburn's. Still a good sight but this isn't the moment I was talking about before. I feel bad for Coburn because I'm so happy for Payero and I barely gave him a thought. I'm delighted for him too. I think this shows the end of the celebration of his assist.. Link to post Share on other sites
rutters 53 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 On today's showing would anyone swap Payero or Tavernier for Siriki Dembele? Link to post Share on other sites
BearSmog 1,382 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Skinemrippers said: I thought Crooks was awful today but the Gazette had him just off MoM and Warnock gave him special praise. I think towards the end he swapped positions with Howson and looked better at the back. Watching the stream I thought he did his job pretty well, far from awful that's for sure! Link to post Share on other sites
Skinemrippers 895 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, BearSmog said: Watching the stream I thought he did his job pretty well, far from awful that's for sure! Like I say, he was highly rated by the Gazette so must have been me. I just didn’t have confidence in him in that role, he seemed to give the ball away quite a bit Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,637 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) Watching those highlights back, Lumley 100% punched the ball away and it wasn't a penalty for them. Correct decision from the referee, and we've gotten away with nothing. I still think Lumley should have done better with it though, he hesitated when he should have sprinted out to collect it. Link to post Share on other sites
Johnmfc81 902 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 To be fair the first half was dire really. A team lacking in any sort of confidence, second half they came out and played much better. Payero shown his desire to get on the ball, but often was coming to the ball rather than making space for himself, that is my only criticism of him because his passing accuracy and technical ability was second to none today I think. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 3 hours ago, wilsoncgp said: I don't know if anyone else was close by or saw that but I was coming down the stairs in the North for the build up to that second goal. Payero sets up Coburn and we should be saying first and foremost how good Coburn was as a young lad coming on for those final few minutes and he deserved his goal. Great stuff. But the relief for Payero. Oh my word. Fans and players alike just wanted to hug the lad. Everyone running in to celebrate with him. I've watched him a lot this season so far and I don't just mean on the pitch. Watched his body language as a young lad coming in from a country on the other side of the world. These last few weeks he's been emotionally void, clearly depressed at how it's going so far and the same thing can be said of him first half today. Little bit lost, not quite up for it. Second half has been better. Not the peak of what we can expect from him I hope by any means but more involved, more capable, more willing, more collaborative. Just more everything. And let's not treat this result or goal as anything special in terms of what it means to our season. There is still plenty to say about our performance against this Peterborough side that shows we still aren't playing to the best of the squad's ability. But sometimes football is special even in moments you don't expect. And that's how I felt watching Payero setting up that goal and watching the fans and players run to him. To congratulate, to celebrate with, to love this young man who needs it from closer to his new home and needs it now more than ever. I genuinely nearly cried watching. Let's hope this is only the beginning. Why would anybody notice you coming down the stairs? 😛 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 36 minutes ago, rutters said: On today's showing would anyone swap Payero or Tavernier for Siriki Dembele? No 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,637 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Wahey. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I dare say that getting a penalty helps. What does that contribute, 0.7-0.8, something like that at a guess? Link to post Share on other sites
MMC 1,000 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: Watching those highlights back, Lumley 100% punched the ball away and it wasn't a penalty for them. Correct decision from the referee, and we've gotten away with nothing. I still think Lumley should have done better with it though, he hesitated when he should have sprinted out to collect it. He gets nothing on it whatsoever but it'd be very hard for the officials to spot in real time. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,916 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 minute ago, MMC said: He gets nothing on it whatsoever but it'd be very hard for the officials to spot in real time. Have to agree. He didn’t get anything on it. We got away with one there Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,637 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, MMC said: He gets nothing on it whatsoever but it'd be very hard for the officials to spot in real time. He gets loads on it? The second angle clearly shows him hitting the ball away. Dembele had also spent the whole match diving, so I'm not surprised the ref wasn't fooled, though I'd say he was their best player on the day. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MMC 1,000 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said: He gets loads on it? The second angle clearly shows him hitting the ball away. No the second angle just blocks you from seeing the player's touch. Link to post Share on other sites
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