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Notes from today

Notes from today

cragtek

cragtek

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Some great positives to take from today. Brilliant performance from North End.

Davies & Hunts - great at the back today. Solid as anything.
Barky - Unlucky not to score, tracked back like a hero, worked his balls off.
Alan Browne - Played with an attacking mindset, covered the whole pitch, excellent performance.
Fisher - Immense. Gets better every game. What a gem.
Earl - Not only did he have another stunner, he showed genuine skill and class as well as composure and delivered a peach of a ball.
Harrop - Maybe trying too hard still but will get there
Maxwell - What a save down to his left to deny Boro
Johnson - Excellent as always
Pearson - Solid as a rock
Mavididi - Probably also trying too hard, but great presence and is working hard
Maguire - Tricky, fast and had Boro inside out at times

All in all, I think we can be really proud of that performance. If we play like that every week we'll be right up there.
 
Agree with most of that,

On Earl, he is what I'd call a defensive fullback, he doesn't look confident when going forward. But the beauty of that is that is the much easier side to develop if you are a natural defender first.

Even on his ball in to Hugil towards the end, he apologised for it, even though it was very nearly the perfect cross... so maybe a small confidence issue. But an absolute star of a prospect.
 
adwilding said:
Agree with most of that,

On Earl, he is what I'd call a defensive fullback, he doesn't look confident when going forward. But the beauty of that is that is the much easier side to develop if you are a natural defender first.

Even on his ball in to Hugil towards the end, he apologised for it, even though it was very nearly the perfect cross... so maybe a small confidence issue. But an absolute star of a prospect.
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He played wide left for our Youth Team, not as a defender.
 
adwilding said:
I'm aware of that; he just looks more comfortable going backward as opposed to forward, not a criticism just an observation
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He said that himself in a recent interview. He's said the pace of the first team was a lot quicker than what he was used to and for the time being he'd class himself as a left back.
 
cragtek said:
Some great positives to take from today. Brilliant performance from North End.

Davies & Hunts - great at the back today. Solid as anything.
Barky - Unlucky not to score, tracked back like a hero, worked his balls off.
Alan Browne - Played with an attacking mindset, covered the whole pitch, excellent performance.
Fisher - Immense. Gets better every game. What a gem.
Earl - Not only did he have another stunner, he showed genuine skill and class as well as composure and delivered a peach of a ball.
Harrop - Maybe trying too hard still but will get there
Maxwell - What a save down to his left to deny Boro
Johnson - Excellent as always
Pearson - Solid as a rock
Mavididi - Probably also trying too hard, but great presence and is working hard
Maguire - Tricky, fast and had Boro inside out at times

All in all, I think we can be really proud of that performance. If we play like that every week we'll be right up there.
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Agree with all of this the only thing i would add fans were fantastic as well out sung Boro for almost the whole match.
 
adwilding said:
Agree with most of that,

On Earl, he is what I'd call a defensive fullback, he doesn't look confident when going forward. But the beauty of that is that is the much easier side to develop if you are a natural defender first.

Even on his ball in to Hugil towards the end, he apologised for it, even though it was very nearly the perfect cross... so maybe a small confidence issue. But an absolute star of a prospect.
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He looked far better than Boro's left back George Friend who is highly rated.
 
Notes from today

Can't disagree with any of that really... thought Mavididi did well when he came on actually. Looks quick and skilful. Certainly more to come. Once again disappointed with Harrop, defensively and offensively.

EDIT: Forgot to add our fans were absolutely outstanding. Quality atmosphere - just shows what attacking football can do. Fantastic. Spine tingling stuff at times.
 
Kingy said:
Very well first half.

Shame in the second half he tired a bit so didn't hold it up when we needed him to, to relieve a bit of pressure.

But happy with his performance. Keep it up JH
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Yep, not sure how I forgot him, excellent first half.

Anyone who thinks he isn't cut out for the Championship only has to look at his hold up play yesterday.
 
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