Benfica: Julio Cesar, Ruben Amorim, Luisao, David Luiz, Cesar Peixoto, Ramires, Javi Garcia, Di Maria, Saviola, Aimar, Cardozo
Subs: Quim, Maxi Pereira, Carlos Martins, Fabio Coentrao, Weldon, Nuno Gomes, Sidnei
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Benfica: Julio Cesar, Ruben Amorim, Luisao, David Luiz, Cesar Peixoto, Ramires, Javi Garcia, Di Maria, Saviola, Aimar, Cardozo
Subs: Quim, Maxi Pereira, Carlos Martins, Fabio Coentrao, Weldon, Nuno Gomes, Sidnei
ESPN showed Pienarr at RB, silly yanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by sligored
link to watch
http://www.atdhe.net/10007/watch-benfica-vs-everton
Rough start.
very...
:DI got the link from the general thread as soon as I click on it Seamie Colemans mentioned! priceless!:p
I think he's done ok so far , no worse than Gosling anyway
Looks nervous, bad positioning for the goal but he has come into it a bit more as the half wore on. Great to see him getting a run.
Totally agree Gosling having a nightmare, i know it must great to make your debut there but it's nearly not fair to play him out of position like that on such a big day.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
He has done very well overall. Caught out for the goal but Saviola is class and Seamus will learn from the experience. Are you watching Trappatoni?
Meh I'm not sure about the goal. It looks like Everton are employing a zone-man so Seamie wasn't really out of position, the ball across was just brilliant with pin-point accuracy.
(I might just be biased)
Your biased
Everton dont use zonel marking.
I said zone-man. Zonal you don't have a specific player to mark. Zone-man you do but you're not up his arse all game.Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
He just wasnt marking at all there.
Jaysus that didn't take long.
Wow falling apart. 3-0.
or that
Defence getting roasted to be honest...unmarked for both goals.
:eek::eek::eek:
Embarrasing at this stage. Dan Gosling is havng a nightmare, looks like an auld lad trying to play with young lads, done for pace everytime.
five now
Hibbert is pi** poor
In fairness the lad's not a left full, the top RB's in the country struggle out of position, he may have been exposed for goal 1 but in general done well, considering.
Seen on the Sky sports website that he was signed for £150,000.
He looked shattered towards the end.
Who gives a ****e if he played bad. If he's getting a start it shows Moyes has him in his plans not only for the future but the presnt. He'll learn with more minutes on the pitch. Well done lad.
he didnt do too bad all things considered.
The comentators kept going on about the 'two inexperinced full backs'
the centre backs were a hell of a lot worse.
thought he was their best defender, distin, hibbert and gosling had nightmares. he was good on the ball, got sucked in a little for the first goal, dont know if you could call it an error. all the goals came from crosses from the left nearly! he done fine, out of position on his first start, will do nothing for his confidence though getting beat 5-0, not his fault at all though
They don't seem to use any kind of marking going by last night , midfield was non existent and they were ripped to shreds down the benfica left where all the crosses were coming from surprised Moyes didn't switch Seamie across to fix this , would say he was at fault for a couple of the goals as should of got in front of his man but overall it will be a good learning experience for him and another step towards returning to full fitness.Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
Only saw the first half and agree he could have done better for the first goal but I thought he was doing fine overall, especially when on the ball as his distribution was very good. He did not look a bit nervous and certainly did not look out of place. The Russian fella in front of him gave him no help at all and was asleep half the time.
This was a major step up for him. Usually young players like him make their competitive debuts against League 2 sides in the League cup but to go straight in away to Benfica and out of position would scare the sh1t out of most players. The fact he played the full 90 minutes was also significant.
Well do Shamie!
What about it!!!!! It was great to see Seamie on such a big stage, the points been made he's not a left full. But wasn't it great to see him pushing forward! We know he can defend, what I think is important is that he can prove he can get forward and push into the space further up the flanks; which is expected of a modern full-back.
And what about all the mentions Rovers got in the build-up. I heard the commentator mention the €150k, HA!
FROM FOOTBALL365
With 11 players sidelined, Moyes was forced to field a makeshift defence. Dan Gosling came in at right-back while Seamus Coleman made his debut on the left.
The rookies were given a torrid time, especially in the second half, but Moyes lauded them for their efforts.
He said: "Tony Hibbert came in at centre-half, Gosling is not a right-back, Coleman is a right-back playing left-back on his debut on a big stage.
"The boy has only come over from Ireland a few months ago and been injured in that time. But that was it. That is what we had. I will tell you one thing, they never gave in.
"I have only got praise for the young boys because they came up against some serious players.
"When you go out there you still have to swim. That's your job. You are put out there as a professional.
"You have to find a way of dealing with it and they have seen the level they need to get to."
The lad was caught out due to a lack of experience (nothing wrong with that). Can only do him good long term.
Totally agree. The Russian didn't pass to Seamus even though he consistently went on the overlap. Seamus will be on the Irish team before we know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redie
Seamie is on the bench today for the bolton game. Fingers crossed he can stay fit and get a run in the side. Best of luck seamie.
Came on in the 80th minute for an injured Johnny Heitinga.
unlucky for the goal, tried to make a block put took a slight nick off him. great to see him make his premier league debut :)
Seamie was on the bench for the carling cup game vs totteringham, but he didn't get a run.
Has the cheque arrived yet!!!
hopefully it has. would be a nice we boost. we'll get about 40k or something for finishing 7th if we do. hopefully another 100k or whatever for the cup if we win it, and whatever the add on was for seamie. 25k i heard
great to see him getting in the squad now, hopefully he'll stay there when the injuries improve
Hes on the bench again today:)
Everton v Aston Villa
Everton: Howard, Neill, Yobo, Distin, Baines, Cahill, Rodwell, Heitinga, Bilyaletdinov, Fellaini, Yakubu. Subs: Nash, Saha, Jo, Gosling, Coleman, Duffy, Agard.
Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Milner, Petrov, Sidwell, Ashley Young, Heskey, Agbonlahor. Subs: Guzan, Luke Young, Carew, Delph, Reo-Coker, Shorey, Beye.