imo we're one big striker off a decent team

I've seen us play at Bramall Lane for years, and we mostly lose (only one win and lost the rest when I go)

That was one of the better displays. We were organised, for me I thought Sammy was brilliant, fantastic watching most of his passes land on the foot of the player targeted

Croft fantastically bullied players off the ball and looked very dangerous

Bell and Hoolahan are good players.

I understand why Lupoli doesn't get a game after watching him today. He is lightweight, his first touch isn't amazing. 3 times today the ball broke in the box, either from the keeper parrying the ball, or it breaking loose from bobbling about. He was neither anywhere near it looking for the scraps, or looked like he was interested in chasing it. That was a pity

I'm not saying he played bad, but at times he wasn't working hard enough to make it work for himself

In the first half, he didn't touch the ball from the 20th minute till the 40th

I focussed on him a lot because of all the hype. He's fast, and decent, but he's not physical enough, and I can understand why he doesn't always feature

In a game where it was his chance to show everyone why he's the business, there was some arrogance to him (re the not chasing down or work rate). His header that narrowly went wide was very well taken, and it deserved to go in. When he did that it made me realise he has the magic, but in all honesty, it's really up to him as well to become, instead of being the potential, and getting the opportunities

Posted By: pants on January 10th 2009 at 21:58:30

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