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Magnificentman

Rufer probably found his best position as CB. Played out from the back really well and was winning those aerial balls. 

Man of the match for 120 mins= Pennington
Man of the penalties= PAUULLLLSEEEENNNN!!!!!!!

It's too early to know if that is the case with Rufer. He played well but dived in a few times and was beaten in one on one situations.

Rufer was very solid, got beaten once from memory (maybe Tilio?) but the attacker was forced wide anyway. His tendency to dwell on the ball and be forced into a backwards pass isn't a massive weakness as a CB. His height, tackling ability, athleticism and positional sense work well from the back.

Would be interesting to see how he goes against a team that likes to play through the middle with a central striker (City looked a bit toothless with their false 9 and wide attackers) and with Payne possibly still out with COVID the Jets will be a big test as Mikeltadze looks decent.

Also devil's advocate, I don't think Pennington was that great (good yeah, but not superlative) - better than we're used to with his forward passing but he's no Cam Devlin. I thought Lewis was the better of the two holding CMs, worked his ass off, found his passing range and actually managed a shot with that wand of a left foot.

I'd like to see some consistent reffing and more yellows to the opposition for persistent fouling, but I think winning the FFA cup seems way more likely.

Edit: One final thought, don't think its been mentioned yet; Sutton had the very highly rated Nabbout in his pocket for most of the game.