Exiled_Rover

I'd be annoyed that two of our players sandwiched an attacker off the ball.

He loses most physical battles - that's the big problem. His movement is often very good, but he just gets bullied. Alebiosu put in a pearl of a cross earlier - I reckon the 6'2" Gudjohnsen or the 6'5" Gueye would have scored it had they taken up the position Ohashi did.

And that's not a penalty because... ?

3 at the back?

How the hell did Morishita play as a FB? He's been stood up and done for pace a few times by attackers just pushing it past him.

There's loads to bring on.

Tronstad, very quietly, is just fantastic at this level isn't he?

60 mins, desperately need a change now - we've lost momentum.

That was deflected?

Lovely composed finish that.

There must be some unwritten rule in management "You've done sod all for 45 mins, but I'll waste 15 minutes in the second half giving you a chance to show something". Get Ohashi off and get Gudjohnsen on.

It's the pace for me RE Alebiosu - lets him make mistakes and recover. Brittain never got back once he was beaten. His crossing seems pretty good too. Think you definitely need a competent understudy for him though - he gets through so much work he's going to be burned out if you don't sub him a lot.

He's a funny one is Cantwell. He wants to be the creator, often drifting out to the left wing. However he's playing at the #10, which means there's nobody in the box - it's really hard to see where the goals are going to come from.

Right, that's enough Ohashi for one day. Get the lad that scored twice against France on, please.

All these crosses and Gueye and Gudjohnsen are sat on the bench.

LOL my brain has just thought "Millwall" for 40 minutes.

Sadly he's just missed a sitter.

Should be 1-0 here with the chances we've had. I'm sure that won't come back to bite us.

Disagree with all this - he's clearly working hard (hence why he's knackered on 60 mins). He's a bit too casual with the ball and he's been a little unlucky that his tackles (often as the second man in i.e. he's working hard) has skittered away to Millwall players. Need to see more from him, but I'm not massively discouraged yet.

Wharton is wasted at CB - that cross is the best thing I've ever seen him do.

It's painful to watch, isn't it?

Unlucky for the second ball from either of those corners not to land to one of our players.

I think you'll notice a big difference when Gudjohnsen gets on. As for Morishita - he's clearly a better football player than Dolan, so that's an improvement, even if he's probably only a shade faster.

Shoulda dived there, Yuki - sadly it's rewarded.

He's had a stinker so far. Has actually put a tackle or two in, but his passing (which is meant to be his strong suit) has been poor today. Played us into danger a few times.