Thought he should glimpses and other than his goal DKD was average which makes the result even better because when these two click it will be well worth watching.
Exactly what we've been missing. Only showed flashes of what he's about, but his movement is on another level. Worth more than Watters and Cosgrove combined.
Even though the shots he had today didn’t come off, his link up play and touch was streets above what we saw from Watters, Cosgrove and Rodrigues last season.
That's my takeaway. Three goals on the board and DKD was quiet and McGoldrick didn't have his shooting boots on. This bodes very well for when they get into the groove.
Definitely looked a bit rusty at times, but his movement was on a different level. Creates so much space for others to utilise.
Wasn't a great debut. Plenty more to come. Being an improvement on Watters, Cosgrove and Rodriguez goes without saying.
Our problem this season won’t be scoring goals it will be at the other end. We’re good candidates for btts/over .[emoji6] goals a game.
Connell was man of the match by a mile for me. But I dont think anyone played poorly, including all the substitutes.
I've only seen one game, so I'm miles away from forming an opinion, but after that one game... I thought the most impressive player for us was Josh Earl. Not when he was at left back, he hasn't got the pace to cope with a winger just kicking it beyond him and running. But when he moved into the centre he was so cool. Cooper was better than any keeper we've had since Brad Collins. Connell played better than he did for 95% of last season. Bland looks a right unit. He's only 19? Jesus. Vickers looks like he has summat. And everyone else played well, including McGoldrick, but he didn't stand out for me, he was just part of a team that worked hard and had a lot of professionalism about them. The slight exception was DKD, who looked a bit lost, trying to work the left flank and support McGoldrick, I'd much prefer to see a winger out on the left and DKD between a midfield two and McGoldrick, but his finish was Premier League class.
Cooper seems to have a bit of the Clive Baker's about him - diminutive but excellent shot-stopper. Here's hoping, anyway.
