Agree to an extent, Ward is most culpable though. Very weak one foto challenge on Kebe.

Needed to be stronger there, had he been he'd have won it.

After that Barnett is on a hiding to nothing really. Its 2v1 and although cover was coming from midfield it was never going to get there in time.

He's got a hard decision to make, stay with Long or go to the man with the ball, stick or twist. If he sticks Kebe gets a free shot at ghoul effectively, if he twists Kebe can just lay it off to the unmarked Long.

In the end, Barnett did neither really and ended up losing Long (good movement by Long though to ive him credit and perfect ball across). Barnett needed to make a clear decision one way or the other then cross his fingers. He didn't, which is an error. Like I say though, after ward missed a very winnable tackle, Barnett was on a hiding to nothing really, as was ruddy.

Needed to protect his near post so Kebe doesn't have an easy gap to aim at, doing that leaves him stranded on the ball back across. We had to hope one of them made a mistake, they didn't.

Posted By: megson on February 14th 2011 at 09:14:38

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both centre backs at fault for the reading goal (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 14, 08:42:11
- our tactics were wrong 1st half though (NCFC) - dear prudence, Feb 14, 10:14:06
  - That was more Lansbury for me. Wasn't covering him enough and playing (NCFC) - megson, Feb 14, 10:21:46
- Agree to an extent, Ward is most culpable though. Very weak one foto challenge on Kebe. (NCFC) - megson, Feb 14, 09:14:38
  - I thought Shane Long was a differnect class, should be in the Prem his (NCFC) - lovely old job, Feb 14, 10:46:17
  - his problem was he couldn't stay with long (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 14, 09:27:32
    - Agree to an extent, I think he was in two minds, started to move to Kebe, lost long (NCFC) - megson, Feb 14, 09:35:50
      - hopefully we can improve defensively (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 14, 09:39:16
        
        Agreed, its conceeding very stoppable goals that is costing us. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Feb 14, 10:17:50
    - and the defending for the den equaliser still makes me shudder (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 14, 09:28:32
  - foto? Foot of course. But even Brom knew that. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Feb 14, 09:15:34
- I felt Ruddy's positioning was poor for the goal as well (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Feb 14, 09:02:17
  - not sure what he did wrong tbh (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 14, 09:11:26
    - standing a yard or two back would make it more difficult for Long and no easier for Kebe (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Feb 14, 09:12:26
      - maybe (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Feb 14, 09:12:37
  - yes all at fault which is why we cant beat leeds (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 14, 09:05:06

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