blueatheart Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Some great awareness but looks like he needs to lose a few pounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4oakslatic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) From the radio commentary he made a difference when coming on and he was urging his teammates forward too, which is promising. Maybe the experienced loud presence we need. Edited January 5, 2014 by 4oakslatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOWA1984 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 croft mk2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Matt Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 By just bringing the ball down and opening his belly up he did more than Rooney. Looks like he could be decent at our level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thought the subs were strange ? Was surprised to see Clarke-Harris brought off, would of started Dayton in place of Rooney because he offered us nothing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Matt Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 At least Rodgers coming on ensured we keep the gate receipts ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Dayton has only just come back from injury and is probably the reason he didn't start. Apparently we're signing a couple more players this week if one is a striker I can't see Rooney getting a sniff! I didn't go today but it sounded like a creditable performance....46% possession at a top 4 premier league club is a great effort, it's just a shame we didn't score a goal for all those traveling fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukers1 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... I didnt go to the game mate, it seemed from the radio that the subs got us playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshOWTB Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Taking Rooney off for anyone was a good idea. Would've liked to see JCH stay on though. We played better after the changes - but think that was the goal spurring the players on rather than the changes. Harkins looked alright, will reserve judgement till I've seen him a couple more times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKI1234 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... Agree. Well apart from him taking off Rooney which was the right decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laticsmarra Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 On the face of it harsh to take Clarke-Harris off,but we were lumping it up to him too much and losing possession. better shape when he went off I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... No they weren't. Harkin and Dayton gave us a fresh impetus and we went onto have our best spell of the game after they came on. But - crack on, any excuse for a pop eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKI1234 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) No they weren't. Harkin and Dayton gave us a fresh impetus and we went onto have our best spell of the game after they came on. But - crack on, any excuse for a pop eh? Dayton was cack! Didn't manage to get a cross in and was out muscled by a 8 st midget everytime he tried to do anything Harkin was decent though. Edited January 5, 2014 by NIKI1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukers1 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 No they weren't. Harkin and Dayton gave us a fresh impetus and we went onto have our best spell of the game after they came on. But - crack on, any excuse for a pop eh? I was a bit suppised by Lee's comments, I had GMR online commentory along with LTV with Neil Mellor and they were saying our subs were really good tactical moves and worked in our favour, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 JCH took a whack in the last game, I was surprised to see him on the pitch today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Dayton was done by the ref. He should have had at least one, if not two free kicks against Sterling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dec666 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Nothing wrong with the two subd that came on, it was the players he took off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... In what way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... I normally agree with your point of view. But on this I don't. Rooney and JCH had been largely ineffective and weren't likely to improve. Harkin brought our central midfield duo into play a lot more and we started linking possession in the final third. Dayton was a tad lightweight but was worrying them. Petrasso looked threatening moved to the right. Granted, Rodgers was a token gesture for the press, but the first two subs gave us a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_blue Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Clarke Harris was knackered as was Rooney. The subs and the formation change stepped up our attacking threat. That 15min spell after the changes created more chances than the rest of the game I think they worked although was surprised at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Initially I thought the subs were strange, taking off 2 forwards, OK 1 was playing out wide and did an OK job there, IMHO, and bringing on two attacking midfielders. However, after the change we had a sustained spell of pressure, and I thought they were good substitutions. It's a good job I'm not involved in coaching football then Harkins looks like a taller, bigger (more solid) cross between Baxter and Croft. I think if Johnson can get him performing he could be a very useful addition. Dayton did OK but in all honesty I'd have expected him to do better against the makeshift RB Sterling, but he might have done if he had gotten one or two more decisions, which he probably should have done (I think he got one), and that might be clouding my judgement somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ok, I'll rephrase it : taking JCH off was a joke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The subs were a joke... Best period of play came after the changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshawlatic Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ok, I'll rephrase it : taking JCH off was a joke... Personally I didn't think he was offering much... Felt that his habit of annoying opposing defences wasn't working at all against Premiership opposition. I actually agreed with taking him off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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