Going to give a report that I guess some will not enjoy. Its difficult because the context is that we were playing Chelsea not Chesterfield.
I thought we passed nicely, good quick crisp passing, yet I came away pleased we'd done this but also disappointed. Disappointed we didn't really have a proper go. Sure we had a couple of half chances and a (rightly) disallowed goal. But a lot of our passing did no damage whatsoever. I understand keep ball is our new game, but for the first time today I got a bit frustrated by it as time ticked on.
I'd also like to have seen us get stuck into them a bit more. But I guess we don't have that type of player anymore.
It was a bit too comfortable and Chelsea could have scored 5 or 6 in the end.
Unfair and unrealistic expectations. Probably.
Having said all that Luongo and Kassim impressed tonight. Luongo was running the midfield for us and looked to get involved in everything. N'Guessen has a nack of getting offside
, wasn't as impressive as Saturday. Pritchard was overly greedy at times and needs to improve his decision making, MOM my arse. Ranger wasn't his overpowering self, well marshalled but possibly hampered by injury. Ajose got into some good positions and looks useful but sometimes needs to shoot rather than pass. The Egyption didn't get chance to impress. Louis Thompson did well.
I thought the back 5 were largely excellent. Wes was back to himself. I feared Hall would be overwhelmed but he wasn't, was quite impressed really. Thought Ward was going to get skinned a lot, but he didn't and had a very good game. NT was also good, he has a bit of bite about him too.
So it was kind of satisfying, yet frustrating. That's how I would summarise.