Bale & Lennon both dominated there full backs but every chance they carved out fell to the hapless Crouch, his touch was diabolical & his decision making was even worse. Every thing about his performance screamed Sunday League here i come.
Defoe looked what he was at times not properly match fit & he lacked sharpness in front of goal.
Modric & Palacios were very good in the middle. Ok a couple of Sargent Wilson's passes went astray again but i get the feeling we're going to see a Bale-esque type re emergence from him as we have no one else so he has to play & i see him getting back to his old self little by little. The hustle was there along with some aggression. Modric was explosive at times bursting from the midfield & a joy to watch.
The defence looked comfortable enough & Assou-Ekotto & Hutton even linked with there wingers at times so Harry's taken heed of my comments lol. Bassong & Gallas looked untroubled for the most part.
There goal rankles with me a little bit. Assou-Ekotto didn't see the big lad Zigic pulling out his side & he was able to put a header across our box unopposed, Modric lost Gardner on the run to head home. But i think the most annoying thing was poor Gomes no one realised he'd saved the last powerful shot with his NAD'S & when he finally got treatment he wasn't really ready for what happened because of the pain. Or i have no doubt he'd have been out & punched the ball away as he did the week before to stop Torres in the same sort of situation.
A point at St Andrews where Brum are very strong is OK, but i'm struggling to come to terms with the fact we never got all three because make no bones about it our performance deserved it. Not sure i've ever seen us so dominant away from WHL in recent times so it's hard to take.
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