Holmes_and_Watson

Keeping that AA work rate/ goal machine on. With Edozie on the other side and Stewart in the middle, should be interesting. Good tackle from KWP. We are certainly making this a lot harder for ourselves.

They had worked at that one. It wasn;t far away. Baz wasn;t... oh, replay shows it much further wide than I thought. 🙂

Little nod for Edozie. Stu looking to launch it to AA. Edozie makes sure to put off a player looking to tackle Stu.

Their press bettered our possession from the back there. Playing the system a bit, and not the situation. Higher tempo required.

Edozie tackling well, and that went into the middle. Shame no one was there.

I thought Fraser had gone too far across there. But he made the block. They had a good option for a through ball, they didn;t take.

There. A direct ball out wid, gets usa freekick. Although our player ducked into that a bit, I thought.

Smallbone blocks. We're in another spell of getting them to come on to us. But there's the risk of a slip/ misplaced pass when we do that. They had another effort there. Again, need to take advantage of the space they leave after such attacks. Not let them reset to try it again.

Plenty of pace getting back to stop that attack. Doubling up too.

Interesting. Smallbone deliberately not offering himself up for a pass out wider. Gesturing for it to be more direct that time.

I was just about to type that I was looking forward to seeing Stu and Edozie link up. They'e done well in the past, and we just got a lot of good movement between them and AA. Edozie tricky to deal with in the tight spaces, and Stu gives him support and an outlet.

On a booking after putting his team under pressure. Not the right attitude at all.

Nice. A big thump, right down the middle for AA. Good to see us looking to mix it up a bit. They are getting into too many attacking positioins, so need to be taking advantage of that space.

Huddersfield trying to creep up on Mr Cool Baz as he waits and waits to take the kick. 🙂

Off down the tunnel for Sule... took a knock or taking the huff?

Tempo not enough there. Little passing triangles caught out. Need ot be more aware/ sharper than that.

Twice in this spell, Smallbone gets it and we immediatelt look calmer and more structured. Three times now...

They had 2 lining up for that one. Corner to them.

Sulemana really overdoing it there. Just needed to pass it clear. Stu telling him as much. This has come from a misplaced Bednarek pass. We had plenty back to deal with it, which is more than early MartinBall. But we're struggling to get it clear.

Oooft. I thought for a seocnd we wern;t clearing that one. Bree, right at the end.

Excellent AA tracking across to break up their move.

Patient, patient ...they don;t come out... we start stepping it up and with something more direct, it's in. Nice move and goal machine AA on the end of it.

YaaaaaaY!

He's done well more than once, coming on as a sub to see games out for us. The last of which, he looked a lot sharper and more mobile. He linked up well and offered a physical presence we lack elsewhere (Stewart might change that). While he's not as effective in whole games, we might have hoped for, he's definitely filling a roll (not just eating rolls) at the minute, and is worth having in the squad.

As Saint_clark said, he's not really seen enough game time, regularly, to get match sharp, let alone put a run of form together. Young, and not realistic to have expected him to hit the ground running. He did show some nice moments, but they seem a while ago now. Playing him wider didn't work. But again, he's not exactly played there much either. With Stewart now fit, Mara drops down the pecking order. But Adams may go in January, and we could be leaving ourselves too light should both go, without a replacement. "flop" is very harsh, considering the circumstances of our last couple of seasons. He'll have been working away to fit somewhere into Martin's system. If it doesn't work, then a loan or a move away. He's plenty of time to push on elsewhere, where he'll get that game time and perhaps a system that works for him.