Had another look at the call on Piper. Not only is it 100% a pass back across for the assist, it is a pretty bloody good one.
Gave him crap last season for his first touch, not knowing where his teammates were and his passing. Part of that would have been to do with that nasty injury and part inexperience. Last game, building on what he’s already shown he played 3 very effective passes I saw, and made a great little run for Nagasawa’s no-look pass inside. As well as other things. He’s improving as a footballer and we’re getting the reward.
I still think/hope we have a run of games where we blow the opposition away coming. Because that was a cagey win. But in other games we’ve attacked relentlessly, but without getting a bit of luck or being clinical.
Gave him crap last season for his first touch, not knowing where his teammates were and his passing. Part of that would have been to do with that nasty injury and part inexperience. Last game, building on what he’s already shown he played 3 very effective passes I saw, and made a great little run for Nagasawa’s no-look pass inside. As well as other things. He’s improving as a footballer and we’re getting the reward.
I still think/hope we have a run of games where we blow the opposition away coming. Because that was a cagey win. But in other games we’ve attacked relentlessly, but without getting a bit of luck or being clinical.