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Its shame we never tested the Norwich keeper today, apart from a curved shot in the first half from Tarrabt and late shot from Tommy Smith.
I was surprised how well Norwich City played and they were very well origanised and could have well scored on the break. I thought Kyle Walker showed some class on the right hand side and whilst many players had an off day thought Derry was excellent especially in the first half.
Not sure if the International breaks are a good thing because you cannot really focus on the upcoming games and anything you try in training would exclude 3-4 players.
I was surprised that Buzsacky was replaced by Leigterwood, but the abuse we tend to give him when he misplaces must be offputting and doubt it does anything for his confidence. It now means he thinks about every pass and would effect the way he plays
Tarrabt was excellent in the first 20 minutes, but his head tends to go down when things don't go his way and he tended to go deeper esepcially in the second half to get the ball. In the end he was rightly taken off, even though was surprised Ageymang came on. I know he has pace and the idea was to play him more central, but it must have been 10 minutes before he even touched the ball. I would be concerned we seemed to resort to the long ball, near the end.
Been complimentary of Helguson this season, but this was not one of his better games and he only started to win headers late in the second half, Hogan and Mackie found it difficult to find space and Hill at the back was was being bullied by Holt most of the afternoon.
All in all, this will show how much character the players have because it won't be getting any easier this week with visits to Swansea and Bristol. Lets hope we can get back to winning ways in at least one of those games, if we don't get at least 3 points the pressure will inevitably mount on the players.
Great position to be in though and after 11 games we are top of the table and every fan would have taken at the start.
I was surprised how well Norwich City played and they were very well origanised and could have well scored on the break. I thought Kyle Walker showed some class on the right hand side and whilst many players had an off day thought Derry was excellent especially in the first half.
Not sure if the International breaks are a good thing because you cannot really focus on the upcoming games and anything you try in training would exclude 3-4 players.
I was surprised that Buzsacky was replaced by Leigterwood, but the abuse we tend to give him when he misplaces must be offputting and doubt it does anything for his confidence. It now means he thinks about every pass and would effect the way he plays
Tarrabt was excellent in the first 20 minutes, but his head tends to go down when things don't go his way and he tended to go deeper esepcially in the second half to get the ball. In the end he was rightly taken off, even though was surprised Ageymang came on. I know he has pace and the idea was to play him more central, but it must have been 10 minutes before he even touched the ball. I would be concerned we seemed to resort to the long ball, near the end.
Been complimentary of Helguson this season, but this was not one of his better games and he only started to win headers late in the second half, Hogan and Mackie found it difficult to find space and Hill at the back was was being bullied by Holt most of the afternoon.
All in all, this will show how much character the players have because it won't be getting any easier this week with visits to Swansea and Bristol. Lets hope we can get back to winning ways in at least one of those games, if we don't get at least 3 points the pressure will inevitably mount on the players.
Great position to be in though and after 11 games we are top of the table and every fan would have taken at the start.
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