Great and very unexpected win for us!
I thought we played well at times, but not sure I would say "our best performance of the season"?
Hudd and Crouch looked a little off tonight, although Crouch had a few good (and decisive) headers, his touch, ability to hold on to the ball and shooting were all off! Hudd's shooting was also awfall tonight and his passing and tacking were not the best!
Palacios again did not have one of his best games and if we are honest was probably lucky to stay on the field after at least 5 tackles that a lot of ref's would have shown yellow for! His passing was suspect, but he did break up play, and do what he does best, harried and chase!
lennon was exceptional against a very poor LB, Defoe looked lively and caused problems all night, a bit selfish on occasion, but hey that is what you get with him!
Kranjcar, was okay, he passing and shooting ranged from brilliant to awful, but he was in the right place at the right time for the goals, and I guess that is good that we are getting MF forward more to support!
back four were all solid, but for me Dawson stood out - looked like a real leader tonight, shouting commands, organising, and most importantly making great tackles and clearances!
All in all a good performance, but Let's face it City never really turned up, Strikers were anonymous for a lot of the game and absolutely no width!
have to say with Bellamy left and SWP right, with bridge and Lesscot in defence I feel this would have been a very different game!
But lets look at the positives, good defence although not really pressured, and we scored 3 goals and got 3 very important points!