Kelly vs Worthington

[MBK]

Worthington seems to have asked this team to play when it can't. Playing 16 year old is somewhat quirky.

[Lets Be having You]

well that 16 year old just showed the rest of the twats who are supposed to be playing for city how to do it

[Brainy]

Oh god - trust this to come up.

Come back Kelly

[hebangsthedrums]

Sorry OP I don't understand your first point, do you mean the team simply aren't good enough? As for playing Mattock - who would you have played with Levi and Tiatto missing. By what I can tell from the radio he doesn't seem to have let anyone down.

[Bryn]

Mattock at left back with Porter on left wing could be quite effective.

[MBK]

This is meant to praise Worthington really. The Mattock statement is a point to discuss.

[Wycombe Fox]

Listening online it sounded like Worthington reacted to being 2-0 down earlier than RK ever did and made substitutions in an attempt to change things. I never had any confidence in RK doing that until it was just too late.

Worthington's given a youngster a chance and it sounded like he played very well.

Maybe give some other youngsters a go...cue Thracian

[Joe.]

Mattock's clearly not a left winger. To be fair though, it seemed that Worthington had little choice to play him there though . He had a fairly good game I think, made a couple of stupid mistakes but overall for his first start gave a good account for himself.

[Tubes]

to be fair worthington seems to have drillied it into the players to get it down and play footbal something most of us have been crying for! also his decision to bring in mattock really paid off now its time for king me thinks

[AyewJoking]

Both dimwits but give Wortho the benefit of the doubt, he's trying to ressurect the dead!

He can still fúck off after he's saved us though.

[Thracian]

Mattock at left back with Porter on left wing could be quite effective.

The quicker the better.

[Guest Gist]

The quicker the better.

I agree, I like the sound of that

[Milky]

I wonder how Sheehan feels, falling even further down the pecking order.

[Thracian]

Mattock at left back with Porter on left wing could be quite effective.

The quicker the better.

As for the general question comparing Worthington to Kelly on tonight's showing - apart from team selection where they are both eccentric and mistaken - is like comparing a Roller to a three-wheeler.

The main thing is tempo. We are trying to do things much faster and our drive from midfield had an urgency today which I'd despaired of seeing. It's a major plus.

People were making a real effort to get in the box.

There's still much work to be done on free-kicks and running off the ball. also on the importance of hitting simple passes quickly and in getting the ball out from our goalkeeper quicker.

Trouble is too many of our players seem incapable of passing properly.