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pass_and_move
Wo tha watching same game as me Nudge? All abart opinions I suppose but I thought Oduor was dominated by Adomah. His defensive ability and inexperience was exposed. Dunt get me wrong, a love him guin forrard, he contributes well in attacking areas and is a real threat but he looks defensively out of his depth at the moment. He'll learn the more he laiks but guin away from home the emphasis will be on him to defend a bit more which is a concern.
A thowt Styles did ok first aif. Put himself abart and linking play, gerrin involved and taking responsibility, probably one of our better players in that 1st aif imo.
Mads Anderson can tackle and head quite well and at times read the game very well to make important interceptions, the fundamentals of defending. However, his concentration sometimes lets him darn positionaly which is costly at this level. I also get nervous when he's trying to play passes across the back line. He should stick to his no nonsense style of play because that is his strength, get tighter to his man and leave the passing to more skilful players in the team.
Defensively I still think it's a worry for us. Dykes gave our defence a hard time last night, physically we didn't cope with his presence despite us having 3 centre backs up against him and had it been 11 v 11 he'd have had a runner going off him. We gave QPR far too much space in that first 20 mins and could easily have fallen behind. However, I will say this- I'd gladly sacrifice the emphasis being on defensive duties(Struber style) to laik a more expansive style of attacking football and go for goals cos I think with a bit more belief we can really hurt teams with our attacking players and marauding wing backs.