The Kettering Draw...

After listening to the match on the "radio" in the morning, I decided to watch Andreassen, Gera, and Stoor very closely on the TV replay that afternoon. As for Gera looking like "Jimmy on a bad day," I can't go there. He seemed to lose all clue of what to do when he received the ball, when not giving it directly to a defender, he passed to nowhere -- and that's not Yank for "passing into space." I mean he hit it sideways where people werent. Of greatest concern to me were the passes that ran out of gas well before they got to their intended target. This shows tentativeness [if that's a word] resulting from lack of confidence. If you're going to play an attacking midfield position you need to be aggressive. I don't mind the occasional pass that misses because the recepient isn't Ben Bolt, but putting nothing into your passes just invites the several interceptions that did result on the day.

Etuhu, on the other hand, didn't seem to lack in confidence as much as he just looked like he didn't know how to play the game at times. I liked what I saw of him before -- didn't see the West Ham match -- and thought that might have been an abberation. I'm hoping Andranik is getting ready to go, and that we might give Gray another shot.