And if he is will Nigel play him from the start .....
Bearing in mind Higdon was awful on Friday and McNulty isn't top of his Christmas list ?
I'm not 100% convinced he will.
UTB !
Higdon really wasn't awful, the service to him was though. You put COG in the same team and give him the same service and you'll see no improvement.
I thought the boo's and jeers when he went off were just ridiculous.
Within 5 minutes of him going off we actually put two crosses into the box he would have loved, and Murph score from one of them.
You can't play Higdon and not put in any crosses, or keep beating your man, standing him up again, and then trying to beat him again. He's got nothing to go on, and then the crowd get on his back and it's a vicious circle. I actually made a point of watching him and the amount of time he creates space for himself to not be given the ball is ridiculous.He moves early to good position but the ball isn't delivered, normally we've decide to go backwards or just not put a good ball in.
The players just do not seem intelligent enough or capable of seeing it. It must be incredibly frustrating to see our midfield unable to deliver a decent cross or take all the pace out of the move by holding onto the ball too long and having to go back.
Our biggest problem is that we are lacking the player who will change our tempo up when it needs. I'm all in favor of possession football, keeping hold of the ball and going back to the defence when required but you need that player, normally in the middle of the park who can suddenly quicken the movement by either beating a man, or pass and go and therefore create the changes. That is what works teams down if you are playing that way, but without Wallace currently no one seems able to do it, which is why I'd like Reed in there for Doyle more often and Basham at Centre Half.
