Prenn
29 Oct 2002, 06:25 AM
Taken from my post at BWFC.co.uk
Jussi - Pretty solid game, his kicking was better than usual.
Mendy - Looked really good going forward, was our best chance to get a goal. God knows why the ************ he was substituted. Perhaps because he wants to play with the ball on the ground maybe...
Whitlow - Gives 110% but he's past it now, he's always going to be playing catch up with better players.
Campo - I wish Bolton's defence, and English football in general, would learn something from Campo in terms of composure. There's no need to just hoof the ball up front every time you get it. Play it from the back and keep posession. However I think Campo is a bit too composed, he needs to know when to play and when to hoof.
Bruno - 10/10
Nolan - Had a rare off day, enough said.
Ricardo - Had a good game but I think sometimes he over does it sometimes. He'll try to beat the opposition rather than cross it.
Frandsen - Past it. He's definately not Premier League standard anymore, looks slow and lathargic. He seems to lack the vision he once had.
Youri - Didn't have a bad game but he looks out of sorts. His usual close control and vision just isn't there at the moment
Farrelly - Had a pretty good game (I can't believe I said that) but I'm not sure we can play him with Youri and Okocha in the squad.
Ricketts - Working much harder than ever but he's got 0 confidence. His first touch is gone and he seems to drop too deep. If he moves from Bolton he'll start scoring again, it's a sad fact of life. He can't head the ball too well so playing long ball with us isn't going to suit him.
Okocha - Really beginning to settle in, he wanted the ball everytime. He seems to be lacking match practice but that'll come. I can see no reason to leave him out of the team from now on. I wonder whether his exclusion from the team says more about big Sam than it does Jay Jay, after all he was in the World XI after the World Cup. I get the feeling that if he'd have had a few more games under his belt he'd have ripped the piss out of Sunderland. We looked far more dangerous when he came on.
Barness - An honest pro and a solid defender but just another one of Sam's long ball merchants. Bring him on when we need to defend a 1-0 as opposed to come back from a 1-0.
All in all a shite night, tactically inept and technically poor. Nobody in the Premiership will be scared of either team after seeing this. Our early season form is a distant memory now, something needs to be done and ************ing fast!
Jussi - Pretty solid game, his kicking was better than usual.
Mendy - Looked really good going forward, was our best chance to get a goal. God knows why the ************ he was substituted. Perhaps because he wants to play with the ball on the ground maybe...
Whitlow - Gives 110% but he's past it now, he's always going to be playing catch up with better players.
Campo - I wish Bolton's defence, and English football in general, would learn something from Campo in terms of composure. There's no need to just hoof the ball up front every time you get it. Play it from the back and keep posession. However I think Campo is a bit too composed, he needs to know when to play and when to hoof.
Bruno - 10/10
Nolan - Had a rare off day, enough said.
Ricardo - Had a good game but I think sometimes he over does it sometimes. He'll try to beat the opposition rather than cross it.
Frandsen - Past it. He's definately not Premier League standard anymore, looks slow and lathargic. He seems to lack the vision he once had.
Youri - Didn't have a bad game but he looks out of sorts. His usual close control and vision just isn't there at the moment
Farrelly - Had a pretty good game (I can't believe I said that) but I'm not sure we can play him with Youri and Okocha in the squad.
Ricketts - Working much harder than ever but he's got 0 confidence. His first touch is gone and he seems to drop too deep. If he moves from Bolton he'll start scoring again, it's a sad fact of life. He can't head the ball too well so playing long ball with us isn't going to suit him.
Okocha - Really beginning to settle in, he wanted the ball everytime. He seems to be lacking match practice but that'll come. I can see no reason to leave him out of the team from now on. I wonder whether his exclusion from the team says more about big Sam than it does Jay Jay, after all he was in the World XI after the World Cup. I get the feeling that if he'd have had a few more games under his belt he'd have ripped the piss out of Sunderland. We looked far more dangerous when he came on.
Barness - An honest pro and a solid defender but just another one of Sam's long ball merchants. Bring him on when we need to defend a 1-0 as opposed to come back from a 1-0.
All in all a shite night, tactically inept and technically poor. Nobody in the Premiership will be scared of either team after seeing this. Our early season form is a distant memory now, something needs to be done and ************ing fast!