Decent first half but nothing more. Lots of tippy tappy nothingness. We had a throw near the corner flag and it was back with Roberts after three touches. Like watching England. Russell and Kane are too slow to play together, both good players but want too much time, lack bite and even a bit of desire today to my eye. Kane I’ve seen stay out of at least two or three fifty/fifty challenges, when he’d have been at least equal favourite to win the ball. Burton have been first to the second ball in the middle third too often. We’ve restricted them to scraps in the final third though - but even still, we have another good Roberts save to thank us for the lead. Lovely finish from the in form and confident centre forward that said, and I do like the look of McAtee. He’s not really a forward though.
McAtee Kane Phillips take yet pick.. to many passy passy sideways n back.. goals win games not possession
Very difficult to get onto this one. Burton offering next to nothing so it feels like a training session. Their only outlet is their left wing and Williams has comfortably snuffed those out. I wish Barnsley were more 'vertical'. Too many good situations petering out to nothing. Not sure what Shepherd did to get dropped, albeit McCart has been fine. My one maybe harsh gripe is I don't think Kane and Phillips are pulling their weight this season.
I'd like to see us go down the left more this half, Nikky cadden not been receiving the ball much at all
Down to an out standing bit of individual skill.. Slender leads can change quickly.. as we saw with the Locpota mistake.. Like to see a bit more up at em than passy passy and get know where side ways back. Plus the crowds nearly falling asleep more noise in the halftime interval
McAtee has been brilliant imo. Tracking back, loads of great tackles, an assist. Think a couple on here are being a little harsh. We've dominated really, restricted them to nothing other than a mistake by Lopata. Its still early with plenty of players still bedding in and learning their teammates and their style, the system etc, we've still got players to come back, especially Connell. Very happy. Hopefully another goal and clean sheet and it'll be 4 games in a row with that scoreline. What's not to be happy about
I don’t think Kane has made one decent pass so far. Phillips is wandering about a bit lost and Russell is almost stationary. Need to all step up the pace coz this is a 5-0 result if we want it
There's also been 2 passes by McAtee and 1 by Kane where only their last defender got to ball in last second. Personally, I think we're steadily improving week by week. Hopefully this second half will be in our favour