by ladida_gunner_graham »
29 Nov 2016 13:43
mambo3 ladida_gunner_graham muirinho Seriously, were you actually there? Won the penalty, provided an outlet, did everything that could be asked of him except score
Yes, I was there and 4/10 is probably about right. Won virtually nothing in the air (1 out of 8 aerial challenges, and that one went directly to the opposition) and all this outlet providing you mentioned simply never happened. He had 16 touches in the entire game, which half were missed shots (2), giving possession away, and poor touches. Yes he did win the penalty, but along with rescuing possession on the centre line after his own bad control, that's his 4 marks. I have to ask you, were you actually there?
Did we win?
Did his positioning create goal opportunities for other players?
How many games has he started?
Is your claim to fame that you can count.
Are you a Reading Supporter?
What's your stats for Yann then?
Did we win? Totally irrelevant. Do you think that when we win every player has to have played well?
Did his positioning create goal opportunities for other players? Nicely done, the old "he did a lot of good work off the ball...you know, closing down and stuff". Didn't really notice that he did. Not standing still is not the same as "creating goal opportunities" for others. He won a penalty, already acknowledged.
How many games has he started? What has this got to do with his performance on Saturday? Does he get extra marks for a low number of starts?
Is your claim to fame that you can count. Now you really are getting desperate.
Are you a Reading Supporter? Yes, but does that mean I have to be blind to what actually happens on the pitch?
What's your stats for Yann then? What has this got to do with anything? Yann's performance, good or bad, has nothing to do with whether Samuels played well or not.
His performance against Burton was encouraging, no question, but the OP's point was that a week is a long time in football, and I'm agreeing with that. Not saying he's a total dud, just that Saturday's performance was a 4/10.