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I really have no idea how Moyes can say he's happy with that performance today; was he watching the same side lack any ideas when in posession? We badly missed Arteta/Pienaar today because we kept getting to the edge of their box and then not knowing what the fuck to do with the ball, and invariably took one too many touches and lost the ball. That's when we could actually manage to hold onto the ball for more than two seconds :angry:. We just loped around the pitch for the most of the match like it didn't matter and then we sparked into life once they scored, but we returned to playing with no urgency once we got the equaliser - hello, pass the ball forwards! Our movement off the ball leaves a lot to be desired as well; mainly because it's non-existent so whoever has the ball has to resort to hoofing the ball upfield and then the ball just comes straight back at us. Very frustrating game.

 

 

 

Howard - I thought he did well today by coming for as many high balls as he possibly could.

 

 

Hibbert - Is he on performance enhancing drugs? :lol: . I very nearly gave him MOTM again today because I thought he was really good. He got caught up the pitch a couple of times but he was mostly a rock for us today.

 

 

Heitinga - Looked far more accomplished at CB and had a very good game for us. He mopped up for Hibbert when he got caught upfield, brought the ball out of defence numerous times, and even though they're a physical side he gave as good as he got. My MOTM.

 

 

Distin - Mostly solid with a few iffy moments, but he tended to clean up any mistakes he made.

 

 

Baines - Looked good going forward but I was having kittens every time the ball went near him when they were attacking :unsure: .

 

 

Osman - How the hell can he be so crap and mess up the simple things and then hit a peach of goal like that? He's such a frustrating player for me.

 

 

Cahill - Broke up play a few times and missed two absolute sitters. That's all that comes to mind.

 

 

Fellaini - If I could I would actually strangle him after that game. What is his obsession with passing bloody backwards? ARGH. I lost count of the amount of times he should have turned with the ball but instead slowed the play right down by making a backwards pass.

 

 

Rodwell - Our senior players were relying on this boy to run the midfield today which is a bit pathetic and far too much to put on him at this stage. He did play OK and his passing was brilliant as ever, but he drifted in and out of the match. I think those two Sigma goals have gone to his head a bit because now he's shooting from range a little too often.

 

 

Bily - Not a good game from Bily today and he was another player who annoyed the crap out of me with his backward passing. He should have been taking men on but instead he looked frightened to and was always looking to pass the ball backwards to give someone else the responsiblity. And he's still playing at far too slow a pace, he needs to speed things up a lot. He looked like he had no idea what his role was in the side tbh.

 

 

Saha - I don't know about anyone else but I thought he was disappointing today. He seemed knackered and he didn't even play mid-week! To me anyway, he looked like he couldn't be arsed.

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Well!.....If you add the maximum 10 minutes seen online, and the highlights tonight, what can you say!Stoke came with the intention of making it hard to break them down (and who can blame them)..and they did just that.Pienaar would have made a difference.

Just think if we'd just sneaked it today and won our game in hand we could have been level with our friends across the park :angry:

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