Carson 8 - solid as ever & one fantastic save midway through the 2nd - untroubled for long periods
Young 7 - good game from Luke often up against the pacy Vassell never lost his man
HH 7 - limited at LB these days but battled superbly
Diawara 8 - gargantuan as ever, defensive lapses kept to a bare minimu & handled Mpenza superbly
Borat 6 - as ever an accident waiting to happen however a few key challenges & a few keystone challenges, poor distribution
Song 9 - all over the park, tackling back & probing intelligently - great game, bossed midfield
Faye 6 - provided solid back up for Song but a shadow of the player he replaced today
Thomas 5 - shocking final ball, had at least 15 crosses from open play & dead balls - only 1 was any good, battled hard though but poor game - should have been subbed
ZZ 7 - intelligent use of teh ball but missing for much of the game
M Bent 6 - anonymous but did track back well at times
D Bent 6 - starved of service which was ashame as the City back 4 was not up to much
Romm 0 - hopeless contribution in the 15 seconds he had
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Pard's secret weapon. Ambrose could have told Romm how it's done.
Can't agree re Song - his distribution was woeful - don't think he found a red shirt at all in first half. Improved a bit in second, but for me that's two below par performances in a row from him. Last two matches the midfield has not been at the races, which is why we have been so under pressure for much of time. Hope he's back to his best on Monday.
Pards must bring in Bougherra for Borat -
Song was amazing - for 19 years old the boy is fantastic - Weegie u watched a different game he was great
If they had come off, like setting up Luke Young's goal at Watford, people would have been raving about him.
You can see what Song is trying to do and, as Ledge says, for 19 years old the boy is fantastic.
Best centre-midfielder we've had since Parker and Kinsella.
Can't agree with El Karkouri. For me he was our MOTM. He was on the end of everything. Don't normally rate him that much, sometimes think he's a liability, but I think yesterday he was superb. I was surprised and impressed. On yesterday's performance, I'd pick him ahead of Diawara - still not convinced about him. I think you got your ratings for these two around the wrong way.
(Again - I'm not having a go, all I care about right now is picking up points, and we have done that.)
Song was excellent yesterday but I felt he occasionally overplayed (I wonder where he gets that from), trying to find the a deft through ball when a more straightforward one would have done. Given how often he was in possession, I would like to see him drive forward more and have a shot, In fact the whole team were guilty of not shooting.
Thomas was dangerous up to the point that he tried crossing it. His crossed were wasted and if I was Pards I'd give him a kick up the arse.
ZZ for me was man of the match. His influence, particularly in the second half mean't that virtually all our attacking options came through him. Pards tactical awareness gave ZZ a freeer role after the break and he looked a constant threat.
All in all I was happy with the point but our increasing control of the game in the second half suggested that we might nick it and a slight disappointment lingers that we didn't.