Originally Posted by
The_Moog
Haha - fair play RST for holding your hands up 😂
To be fair I don’t think any of us saw that coming but you can’t say anything but very well done to Del & the lads.
Didn’t see the first 10 mins as I was searching for a stream so missed the pen (well done Joe for saving it) but what I saw after that was pretty impressive all over the park.
My main takeaways were we generally kept the ball on the deck, actually strung some passes together and created chances due to this. We pressed higher up the park & used the channels & players breaking from midfield very well.
Pretty much everything we’ve been wanting them to do all season & they haven’t.
Yet folk wonder why the fans get pissed off - that’s what they can do with the right attitude & tactics.
They can all be very pleased with their efforts but a few special mentions:
Ballon D’or lead the line brilliantly. Great runs, hold up play, lay offs & an absolutely lovely finish for his goal. My only complaint remains for a big lad he goes down far too easy sometimes but I defy you to call him a Donkey today Blowupsheep.
Gallagher was really good. Bundles of energy as you’d expect but he supported that by making a lot of intelligent runs and passes which we haven’t seen often. As we tried to hit on the break his pace terrified them. Very good son.
Vyner & Leigh standouts for me though. Absolutely bossed the middle, pressed, harried, made themselves available to allow us to play the ball on the deck & got forward in support on the break brilliantly.
The best centre mid pairing we’ve had this season. Vyner’s strike an absolute screamer too.
Leigh shades MOTM for me though for his all round display - top notch son.
Defensive 4 were all very good too. Solid & didn’t allow Motherwell many chances at all.
God knows what Del will do for next week now. Me, I’d leave the starting team as is - doubt he will though.
However that’s for next week. Tonight I’m going to enjoy a great performance from a bunch of lads, several of whom were playing out of position but stepped up to the plate & delivered.
So take a bow lads - & more of the same every week please!!