I was very surprised with King's extremely sloppy loose defending on Rodalega, we seemed so calm, and un-phased at the back with no urgency, despite them almost catching us on the break several times within 10 minutes, and Calamity Cudicini OMG, that sort of goalkeeping error creeps into his game every now and then, Pletikosa was on the bench next to Modders, I would be surprised if he doesn't get a chance soon before Gomes returns. BAE was rightly substituted in the first half, he is very solid most of the time, but like Palacios has moments were he can be a liability, Dawson was solid along with Kaboul, who showed even when given no room can put in a good cross, very good competition for Corluka, who strictly plays the ball on the ground not having the same crossing ability.
In the middle Playing Hudd and Palacios toegther is better defensively but our creativity going forward suffers, outside of him our only options on the bench were Krancjar and Jenas, Krancjar looked great, and dangerous as always. Palacios still gives the ball away too often, and I can't see him penetrating the defence, taking on a few defenders, and smashing a screamer in to the back of the net, even Jenas has more ability in this department, Krancjar has markedly more talent in that area, but not the same defensive capabilities, Palacios is strictly a defensive holding mid, I can't wait for the return of Modric who despite his tiny frame still gets in and makes good tackles, but is our most creativity mid, in front of Hudd, who is Mr fantastic if only we could clone him, any word on Modder's return?
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