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4 minutes ago, class not gas said:

Thought he was a big improvement on our other 2 right backs, and will get even better the more games he plays.

And I'm not sure that's a compliment? 

There's definitely a player there, but like Nige said, he's one for the future.

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3 minutes ago, class not gas said:

Thought he was a big improvement on our other 2 right backs, and will get even better the more games he plays.

Good enough to keep his place in my view.

Will be discussing his debut in tonight's FBC Live Podcast @ 6.00 PM:

Listen here: https://www.podbean.com/lsw/voj3TKjf6G?lsid=qyOmghxwuW9

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Struggled to stop the crosses coming in from his side and also overhit a few crosses and had one opportunity one on one with the defender that he just stumbled over the ball. But his link up play in the middle third was good, and grew into the game. Alot of potential there but nervous on his debut as you would expect. Showed enough to give me hope there is alot more to come from him, and a good sign the Pearson has given him a chance already 

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Just now, Ecko said:

And I'm not sure that's a big compliment? 

There's definitely a player there, but like Nige said, he's one for the future.

No its not , but for a young lad making his championship debut, I thought he did OK, but don't think at anytime he looked out of place, very steady debut with plenty of room for improvement.

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Just now, class not gas said:

No its not , but for a young lad making his championship debut, I thought he did OK, but don't think at anytime he looked out of place, very steady debut with plenty of room for improvement.

Agree, he will be a decent player for sure. 

I think i may have been a tad harsh in the original post. It's easy to forget that he's played a game two divisions higher than what he's used to. 

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As I was arriving at the ground today and hadn’t read the team sheet, I saw Matt Parsons coming out to chat to Tanner’s family. He asked them (and there was about 10 of them) how they were feeling and they said ‘nervous’ but you could tell they were all buzzing. They were all beaming from ear to ear  

Onto his performance, I think he was a bit scared to make a mistake and it was a very risk averse performance and didn’t really push on too much. He had a couple of nice touches and made a fantastic last ditch tackle towards the end of the game to keep it 1-1. There’s no doubt a lot more to come from him but it was a steady debut for a player who wasn’t expecting to play just yet. 

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10 minutes ago, Coppello said:

As I was arriving at the ground today and hadn’t read the team sheet, I saw Matt Parsons coming out to chat to Tanner’s family. He asked them (and there was about 10 of them) how they were feeling and they said ‘nervous’ but you could tell they were all buzzing. They were all beaming from ear to ear  

Onto his performance, I think he was a bit scared to make a mistake and it was a very risk averse performance and didn’t really push on too much. He had a couple of nice touches and made a fantastic last ditch tackle towards the end of the game to keep it 1-1. There’s no doubt a lot more to come from him but it was a steady debut for a player who wasn’t expecting to play just yet. 

He and his family must be immensely proud tonight. Fair play to him not a easy debut to make 

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31 minutes ago, Jimbo76 said:

Out of his depth in the first half as QPR targeted our right side.

Better second.

Distribution and crossing poor but defensively did ok.

But we didn't buy a finished product. Definite potential.

I wouldn't say out of his depth, more, horribly exposed by our terrible shape without the ball.  With the ball, pretty tidy, got a bit of pace.

I don't think he really did much if any wrong.  Not his lack of ability that left them with overload after overload.

Good, promising debut imho.

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Was at the game;

Defensively, he had a tough game down his side, especially first half. They were doubling up down that side and he wasn't getting a great deal of support. As a result we really struggled to stop crosses coming in. I wouldn't put it down to his own failings though at all. He was in the right positions, tracked his man (or sometimes men!) quite well. He made no errors, I'd say.

Going forwards he was certainly less prominent than say, Dasilva second half, but we were under the cosh quite a bit and he was working hard defensively so I don't really think it was the right game for him to show that side of his game. The few crosses I do recall, were over-hit unfortunately. One in the first half he did very well to beat his man, but the cross was poor.

More to come from him, perfectly solid, yet unspectacular, start.

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Do you lot watch the football or do you just see cross from right side and assume Tanner didn’t stop the cross? They had a man advantage on the side almost every time. CMs didn’t come across to help. If Tanner charges out to cut out crosses another man runs in behind to the byline. 
 

He wasn’t perfect but he put in a fine display against a good side. Nice to have someone who can contribute on both sides of the pitch. Should be retaining his place off his performance.

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7 minutes ago, Coxy27 said:

Was at the game;

Defensively, he had a tough game down his side, especially first half. They were doubling up down that side and he wasn't getting a great deal of support. As a result we really struggled to stop crosses coming in. I wouldn't put it down to his own failings though at all. He was in the right positions, tracked his man (or sometimes men!) quite well. He made no errors, I'd say.

Going forwards he was certainly less prominent than say, Dasilva second half, but we were under the cosh quite a bit and he was working hard defensively so I don't really think it was the right game for him to show that side of his game. The few crosses I do recall, were over-hit unfortunately. One in the first half he did very well to beat his man, but the cross was poor.

More to come from him, perfectly solid, yet unspectacular, start.

Seems to be a constant problem . Why was he getting overloaded on. Who wasn’t tracking back ? 

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33 minutes ago, Coppello said:

As I was arriving at the ground today and hadn’t read the team sheet, I saw Matt Parsons coming out to chat to Tanner’s family. He asked them (and there was about 10 of them) how they were feeling and they said ‘nervous’ but you could tell they were all buzzing. They were all beaming from ear to ear  

Onto his performance, I think he was a bit scared to make a mistake and it was a very risk averse performance and didn’t really push on too much. He had a couple of nice touches and made a fantastic last ditch tackle towards the end of the game to keep it 1-1. There’s no doubt a lot more to come from him but it was a steady debut for a player who wasn’t expecting to play just yet. 

Some great and valuable context here. Glad to hear he was decent and will surely push on.

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Promising I'd say, was a part of several good bits of build up play in the 1st half, linking well with HNM and Bakinson. Although at times left exposed 1 on 2, I would say he allowed his man to turn back and whip a cross in too often. Overhit two crosses from good positions, but made one really good saving tackle too. Overall promising debut and I'd much rather keep him in at RB than play Simpson or Vyner.

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13 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Seems to be a constant problem . Why was he getting overloaded on. Who wasn’t tracking back ? 

Well, our formation didn't have a right sided midfielder, so it's quite hard to say. Realistically, one of the central midfielders should probably come across and help out. James I think was that side. Saying that it could equally be the right sided central defender of the three, which I guess would be Kalas. Either way, they were getting joy on that side and it was difficult for Tanner, but he coped OK.

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25 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said:

Do you lot watch the football or do you just see cross from right side and assume Tanner didn’t stop the cross? They had a man advantage on the side almost every time. CMs didn’t come across to help. If Tanner charges out to cut out crosses another man runs in behind to the byline. 
 

He wasn’t perfect but he put in a fine display against a good side. Nice to have someone who can contribute on both sides of the pitch. Should be retaining his place off his performance.

Exactly this.

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30 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said:

Do you lot watch the football or do you just see cross from right side and assume Tanner didn’t stop the cross? They had a man advantage on the side almost every time. CMs didn’t come across to help. If Tanner charges out to cut out crosses another man runs in behind to the byline. 
 

He wasn’t perfect but he put in a fine display against a good side. Nice to have someone who can contribute on both sides of the pitch. Should be retaining his place off his performance.

It’s not just your first paragraph either. Championship pro wide players are going to get crosses in. You can’t stop every single one even if you are set up correctly.

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36 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Seems to be a constant problem . Why was he getting overloaded on. Who wasn’t tracking back ? 

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18 minutes ago, Coxy27 said:

Well, our formation didn't have a right sided midfielder, so it's quite hard to say. Realistically, one of the central midfielders should probably come across and help out. James I think was that side. Saying that it could equally be the right sided central defender of the three, which I guess would be Kalas. Either way, they were getting joy on that side and it was difficult for Tanner, but he coped OK.

Yep, shape did him no favours at all.  Kalas wanted him too close to him imho, which meant McCallum had acres on their left.  The few occasions Kalas pushed him onto their LWB we made them hit hopeful passes.  Think we could’ve shunted the whole team across the pitch 10 yards and made it much harder for them.

Just watched interview.  Nice.

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Difficult debut for Tanner against a team who I think will be top 6 at least.

And, as others have said, the shape of the team didn't help him with all their attacks down his side, he didn't have a great deal of support. 

He looked a bit shell shocked at the start and some termed it out of his depth, but he grew into the game and did ok. Big jump from L2 to Loftus Road.

Deserves a start against Fulham imo, get a few games under his belt.

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Being honest, I didn’t looked quite at Championship level yet. He was okay but I felt he looked somewhat out of his comfort zone in terms of the pace and intensity of the game.

However that is not unusual for a player making a step up and there was plenty there to suggest he could be a good player for us in time.

I think he did enough to deserve to start next time out but I think it will be a while until he really finds his level here.

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1 hour ago, Jimbo76 said:

Out of his depth in the first half as QPR targeted our right side.

Better second.

Distribution and crossing poor but defensively did ok.

But we didn't buy a finished product. Definite potential.

I don't think he was out of his depth at all. He was targeted in the first half, without doubt, but as we went in 1-0 up that kind of tells a bit of story! He did not look out of place, so I would beg to differ!

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Interesting reading this thread, not sure I agree with anyone ?

Against a very good passing side, that has very good movement and technical players in advanced positions, I thought he did well.
Got forward a bit and tried to get to the byline on occasions. Tackled well, that last one was important. Looked solid.
My only criticism is with his delivery or final ball, but that will come as he settles. 
All in all, a very steady debut with plenty of promise.

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I thought it was a decent debut. 0verrun occasionally 1st half but he had little to no cover. One very good tackle towards the end of the game. Showed decent technique on the ball, mostly took the sensible defensive options and didn't get caught in possession. If he gains the confidence of Nige and he gets decent game time we may have found ourselves a right back. 

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wow !  What a difference of opinions on this thread.  from did well...to poor....  everyone sees it different.  

 

The main man is NP, and in his opinion, in his interview, TANNER,  did well...I will go with that one. ?   But respect to those who were there and can give an opinion.   The beauty of the game a !

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4 hours ago, pl00peh91 said:

For what it’s worth my Fotmob app says he did well, although I wasn’t there personally!

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I've no idea what that app is but if you pay for it get your money back now. The ratings are clearly taken from the scant highlights provided by Sky.

Ok, Weimann held up Massengo's cross for Martin's opener, later broke and put in a quality ball for the winner - so two creditworthy assists. Otherwise he did sweet FA other than moan, flap, cheat, flap, point, flap, point some more and anonymously lead the line signally failing to hold the ball up or threaten their defence.

Star player? Never in a million years.

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One thing about watching football at the subbuteo type stadium that is Loftus rd is you get a birds eye view of the defence at that end.

The one thing I kept thinking was the lack of communication Tanner seemed to be getting from his fellow defenders. For me Kalas should have been in his ear with encouragement and advice all game but I only saw it once or twice. A lot of the times he looked a bit lost and looking for instructions.

It doesn’t seem to be Kalas’ way, perhaps that’s why he isn’t captain anymore

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13 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

One thing about watching football at the subbuteo type stadium that is Loftus rd is you get a birds eye view of the defence at that end.

The one thing I kept thinking was the lack of communication Tanner seemed to be getting from his fellow defenders. For me Kalas should have been in his ear with encouragement and advice all game but I only saw it once or twice. A lot of the times he looked a bit lost and looking for instructions.

It doesn’t seem to be Kalas’ way, perhaps that’s why he isn’t captain anymore

Having said that I thought he did ok and looks a good prospect 

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1 hour ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

I thought it was a decent debut. 0verrun occasionally 1st half but he had little to no cover. One very good tackle towards the end of the game. Showed decent technique on the ball, mostly took the sensible defensive options and didn't get caught in possession. If he gains the confidence of Nige and he gets decent game time we may have found ourselves a right back. 

Exactly.  I’ve no idea how good it bad he’s gonna be but I like the theory of top club junior, goes down the leagues, wants to make it back up the ladder.  I call it the Kieran Trippier model….who I saw at Burnley, on loan initially from Man City, then moving permanently there….wanting to play to show he could get back up to that level.

If George is of that ilk, it bodes well.

I was more than happy with him today.

27 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

I've no idea what that app is but if you pay for it get your money back now. The ratings are clearly taken from the scant highlights provided by Sky.

Ok, Weimann held up Massengo's cross for Martin's opener, later broke and put in a quality ball for the winner - so two creditworthy assists. Otherwise he did sweet FA other than moan, flap, cheat, flap, point, flap, point some more and anonymously lead the line signally failing to hold the ball up or threaten their defence.

Star player? Never in a million years.

It uses an algorithm, I wouldn’t lay too much stock in it.  Weimann (is he flappy?) got two assists and that weights his scores massively.

15 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

One thing about watching football at the subbuteo type stadium that is Loftus rd is you get a birds eye view of the defence at that end.

The one thing I kept thinking was the lack of communication Tanner seemed to be getting from his fellow defenders. For me Kalas should have been in his ear with encouragement and advice all game but I only saw it once or twice. A lot of the times he looked a bit lost and looking for instructions.

It doesn’t seem to be Kalas’ way, perhaps that’s why he isn’t captain anymore

I watched on Robinstv so cannot comment on comms between Tanner and Kalas, but I thought Kalas’s positional play in terms of supporting Tanner wasn’t great…but I can rarely fault his commitment to the cause in other aspects.

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2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Exactly.  I’ve no idea how good it bad he’s gonna be but I like the theory of top club junior, goes down the leagues, wants to make it back up the ladder.  I call it the Kieran Trippier model….who I saw at Burnley, on loan initially from Man City, then moving permanently there….wanting to play to show he could get back up to that level.

If George is of that ilk, it bodes well.

I was more than happy with him today.

It uses an algorithm, I wouldn’t lay too much stock in it.  Weimann (is he flappy?) got two assists and that weights his scores massively.

I watched on Robinstv so cannot comment on comms between Tanner and Kalas, but I thought Kalas’s positional play in terms of supporting Tanner wasn’t great…but I can rarely fault his commitment to the cause in other aspects.

Yes, I’m loathe to criticising Kalas because he’s immense at putting his head and body on the line. I just remember other debuts, in defence especially and there’s always a Carey, Taylor figure next to them making life easier. 

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I thought Tanner struggled early doors but worked his way into it. That's why they targeted our right side, with success.

Problem with his like, of which we seem to have plenty at AG, is they're not great defensively, nor that great getting forward. They're something in nothing.

Bryan , possibly our most famous recent full/wing back prodigy was an exception and actually pretty good going forward but was little more than a defensive liability. He couldn't defend for toffee. I caught the highlights of Fulham's demolition of Birmingham midweek and was amazed they got anything out of the game, what with Bryan getting royally roasted cross after cross.

Hopefully Tanner will improve with experience.

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1 minute ago, BTRFTG said:

I thought Tanner struggled early doors but worked his way into it. That's why they targeted our right side, with success.

Problem with his like, of which we seem to have plenty at AG, is they're not great defensively, nor that great getting forward. They're something in nothing.

Bryan , possibly our most famous recent full/wing back prodigy was an exception and actually pretty good going forward but was little more than a defensive liability. He couldn't defend for toffee. I caught the highlights of Fulham's demolition of Birmingham midweek and was amazed they got anything out of the game, what with Bryan getting royally roasted cross after cross.

Hopefully Tanner will improve with experience.

I think they targeted our right side because McCallum is so much better than Odubajo, Willock and Chair like to drift left too.

Its interesting that we saw little of Dickie (RCB) coming forward with the ball.

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1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Exactly.  I’ve no idea how good it bad he’s gonna be but I like the theory of top club junior, goes down the leagues, wants to make it back up the ladder.  I call it the Kieran Trippier model….who I saw at Burnley, on loan initially from Man City, then moving permanently there….wanting to play to show he could get back up to that level.

If George is of that ilk, it bodes well.

I was more than happy with him today.

It uses an algorithm, I wouldn’t lay too much stock in it.  Weimann (is he flappy?) got two assists and that weights his scores massively.

I watched on Robinstv so cannot comment on comms between Tanner and Kalas, but I thought Kalas’s positional play in terms of supporting Tanner wasn’t great…but I can rarely fault his commitment to the cause in other aspects.

It almost felt tactical the way we let them overload our right. We tried to close down McCallum or whichever midfielder but were happy to let it cycle back to Barbet for a deeper cross where we had Atkinson, Baker and Kalas to head away. If it was it generally worked even though they hit the post once. They had a few more where they got their head to it but a big man in red was always there with them to make sure they didn’t make great contact. 

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6 hours ago, bcfc01 said:

Difficult debut for Tanner against a team who I think will be top 6 at least.

And, as others have said, the shape of the team didn't help him with all their attacks down his side, he didn't have a great deal of support. 

He looked a bit shell shocked at the start and some termed it out of his depth, but he grew into the game and did ok. Big jump from L2 to Loftus Road.

Deserves a start against Fulham imo, get a few games under his belt.

This bit definitely needs emphasisng IMO- big leap from League Two to Championship debut vs a strong and attack minded QPR- a QPR who were one of the form sides from about February onwards last season, retained their key players loanees included and added some other good signings. He's 20 as well?

His debut had good points and bad points, he was often exposed as you say, with that in mind think he did fine- big test next week though, vs (on paper) perhaps the best side in the division.

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9 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

One thing about watching football at the subbuteo type stadium that is Loftus rd is you get a birds eye view of the defence at that end.

The one thing I kept thinking was the lack of communication Tanner seemed to be getting from his fellow defenders. For me Kalas should have been in his ear with encouragement and advice all game but I only saw it once or twice. A lot of the times he looked a bit lost and looking for instructions.

It doesn’t seem to be Kalas’ way, perhaps that’s why he isn’t captain anymore

Spot on. Needed one of the more experienced lads to take a second to have a little chat, encourage him. TBF, the away fans were giving him a lot of encouragement.

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14 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I think they targeted our right side because McCallum is so much better than Odubajo, Willock and Chair like to drift left too.

Its interesting that we saw little of Dickie (RCB) coming forward with the ball.

I would assume that they had done homework on our weakness in the full back areas. They would have planned to play the same way and attack certain weak spots of ours regardless of team selection - IMO.

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14 hours ago, JoeAman08 said:

It almost felt tactical the way we let them overload our right. We tried to close down McCallum or whichever midfielder but were happy to let it cycle back to Barbet for a deeper cross where we had Atkinson, Baker and Kalas to head away. If it was it generally worked even though they hit the post once. They had a few more where they got their head to it but a big man in red was always there with them to make sure they didn’t make great contact. 

The focus of my “the little things” feature on twitter this morning.

I don’t think we let them….they just took advantage of poor shape.

I won’t bore you with lots more stats / pics, but they generally cross evenly from both sides, and at significantly lower volume.  City the first entry below the average in pale blue..

 

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It was quite bizarre / painful watching the 2/3 v 1 on Tanner throughout the first half, with little support from the tracking midfielders or Kalas, as the closest centre back. As others have noted, all of this was happening in the absence of any protection on the right wing whatsoever, as Weimann seemed to take up a position effectively on the left wing. 

The only conclusion I can draw is that Pearson was happy to gamble on these crosses not coming to anything, and reinforcing elsewhere to clear and then aim to hit on the counter?

Anyway, long way of saying I thought he did OK in the circumstances, although next time we play to allow the overload (if we did), I would like a Pring-esque crunching tackle from him early doors so it isn't all so nice and friendly on their left wing. 

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Tactically George is getting exposed, it’s not his fault.

In a 442 like today, we must be able to shift two banks of four across the pitch and if they cross, it’s touchline crosses, rather than close to the 18 yard line crosses.  We do allow switches too easily.

Its difficult because we are trying to keep two up top, but at some point we are gonna have to accept that either Kalas allows George do give him less close protection or we allow easy crosses in.

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19 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Tactically George is getting exposed, it’s not his fault.

In a 442 like today, we must be able to shift two banks of four across the pitch and if they cross, it’s touchline crosses, rather than close to the 18 yard line crosses.  We do allow switches too easily.

Its difficult because we are trying to keep two up top, but at some point we are gonna have to accept that either Kalas allows George do give him less close protection or we allow easy crosses in.

They clearly tried to and successfully exploited us down that side in the first half. Williams, Kalas and Tanner struggled a bit at times. 

I thought peteborough looked very good at times first half and were quick and slick in the final third but that was about it. Dembele and Szmodics were a handful at times but faded second half. Second half we were clearly the better side creating better chances and knocking the ball around well.

 

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1 hour ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

They clearly tried to and successfully exploited us down that side in the first half. Williams, Kalas and Tanner struggled a bit at times. 

I thought peteborough looked very good at times first half and were quick and slick in the final third but that was about it. Dembele and Szmodics were a handful at times but faded second half. Second half we were clearly the better side creating better chances and knocking the ball around well.

 

Would’ve liked to see Kalas or Atkinson clatter Dembrle and Szmodics.  They have a comfortable afternoon physically….our 2 CBs should not have allowed that.

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48 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

We looked so vulnerable on the right in the last 5 or so minutes. I think other than a slightly silly tug of the shirt by Tanner right in front of the ref that gave them that free kick, he didn't do much else wrong in those final moments.

It was very worrying at the end seeing 6 on 5 in our box as a cross came in, or a line of 7 on 5 if we include Butler on the left who was completely free to cross.

We had changed to 451 and Weimann was right wing. If Tanner goes over to Butler then they then have 6 on 4 in our box which heavily swings the odds in Peterborough's favour to make contact on a cross, so Tanner was probably correct to stay compact close to Kalas. Engaging with Butler might make it harder to put in a quality ball so there is that argument, luckily we dealt with it in the box anyway.

Scott on the left was nice and compact with Pring. Allowing Pring to engage in the wide area with Thompson as Scott sat in for him in the half space close to Kanu.

Tanner didn't have that support. Williams had been moved central with King and James. On a few occasions Weimann looked a liability in protecting that right side.

Obviously Weimann presses a lot up top and makes lots of runs off the ball, but he has never been very good protecting the full back when he's on the wing.

Just as it got into injury time Weimann randomly ran up front out of the picture for a while leaving us vulnerable on the right side. He did this against Fulham too even though he was playing as a right wing back, making a run into a striker position and stayed in that position for bit as Fulham attacked, putting his hands up to apologise to his teammates once he got back.

So probably would have been more solid on that right side if we brought Weimann off and kept Williams wide right and brought on a centre mid to play in the 3.

Not any obvious option from the bench with the current injury problems, but I would say most reliable option playing centre mid to help defend our lead would have been Vyner, and Williams defend that wide area.

Obviously all okay now as we won the game, but just something to think about in future games. Once everyone is fit then we have good options to come on in those situations. Usually Semenyo would come on who we saw last season almost acting like a right back at times as we hung on to a lead sometimes for an entire half of a game!

Semenyo can concentrate on defending and does not need to be in space in a position to break to relieve pressure, as however deep he can easily beat players with space behind to advance us up the pitch.

Really hope we can have the likes of Massengo and Semenyo available soon. Also Wells could have been a good options from the bench yesterday. And I expect Baker would have been brought on into a back 5 in those final moments which may have solved those scary moments. Missing Dasilva too, we really are missing a lot of quality at the moment.

So on Tanner, overall a decent game. Not many mistakes. Gonna be a real player in the future I reckon.

What was obvious to many after the first 3-4 games this season was that we desperately needed a RB and in all honesty throughout the summer. Simpson whilst experienced is not going to do the job that we require in this position and Vyner has been tried numerous times at RB and obviously is nowhere near the quality required 

Getting Tanner in was either opportunistic or someone we have had eyes on for a while and took a punt that he could step up to this standard. So far he hasn’t let anyone down and he appears to be unphased by the step up. 
 

Hopefully we have unearthed a good player who can cement the RB position for years to come 

Looking across the squad there is a nice blend of youth & experience but the most pleasing thing about this squad is no matter who plays they are playing for each other which can’t be said for those who performed so poorly last season 

NP has created a close knit squad and we can now see that battling 100% effort that us supporters yearn for is all there on display 

When we field a midfield of James, Williams and Massengo who in my opinion will allow us to press teams higher and more often with Tanner RB and either JD or CP at LB, the future looks bright 

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13 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Tactically George is getting exposed, it’s not his fault.

In a 442 like today, we must be able to shift two banks of four across the pitch and if they cross, it’s touchline crosses, rather than close to the 18 yard line crosses.  We do allow switches too easily.

Its difficult because we are trying to keep two up top, but at some point we are gonna have to accept that either Kalas allows George do give him less close protection or we allow easy crosses in.

Before the rain Dembele was immense for them, a proper engine on him at one point he broke up our attack and was back in an offensive position before I had time to process him breaking up our attack.  Considering his youth and inexperience at this level I think Tanner copped well with Dembele pulling our midfield around we were exposed quite a few times down the osur right their left.  And Tanner copped quite well for most of their forrays hell get better and so will our midfield.  It's to a degree makes the win all the more gratifying. 

Burrows and Butler had way much of the ball down the left because Williams was getting pulled quite narrow and its no surprise they provided both the assists for Sammy.  It would be interesting what stats you have dave as I think dembele must have had quiet a hand in things. 

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