Also, I know I've promised not to carp about assists, and I'll even ignore that the low cross was cleared by one Wigan defender onto another Wigan defender before Godden smashed home...but it was Ramsay with the cross, not Small lol
Also, I know I've promised not to carp about assists, and I'll even ignore that the low cross was cleared by one Wigan defender onto another Wigan defender before Godden smashed home...but it was Ramsay with the cross, not Small lol
that's not carping it showing me the error of my ways, I'll amend the statbank - thanks Leuth
I would have thought Jones would be below Gillesphey this match, seeing that Gillesphey had an assist plus a decent shot on target from the freekick, but it's small margins really.
Watson was good but their number 18 got the better of him, or at least got his cross in, a couple of times
Watson played for 91 minutes which is unusual for an outfield player in recent times when out for many months. Not sure if everyone notices but the days when every cross has to be cut out at source has changed; when you have strong CB's who are big and strong in the air you can be better off with the ball coming in and tall players like Jones and Gillesphey doing what they have excelled at. The quality of the cross is paramount and its obviously still dangerous but even Walker at City and TAA at Liverpool don't always stop crosses being whipped in.
The balls Dan Burns headed away (as well as the brilliant headed goal) when Liverpool went direct and high in the final ran into over a dozen as desperation took over for the Scallywags.
Watson is a reserve player and Nathan Jones said he was magnificent which may be hyperbole but he did a fine steady 7 out of 10 performance.
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But who should have scored lower?
Watson played for 91 minutes which is unusual for an outfield player in recent times when out for many months.
Not sure if everyone notices but the days when every cross has to be cut out at source has changed; when you have strong CB's who are big and strong in the air you can be better off with the ball coming in and tall players like Jones and Gillesphey doing what they have excelled at. The quality of the cross is paramount and its obviously still dangerous but even Walker at City and TAA at Liverpool don't always stop crosses being whipped in.
The balls Dan Burns headed away (as well as the brilliant headed goal) when Liverpool went direct and high in the final ran into over a dozen as desperation took over for the Scallywags.
Watson is a reserve player and Nathan Jones said he was magnificent which may be hyperbole but he did a fine steady 7 out of 10 performance.