[FAC] Exeter City (A): Post Match

[danperkins]

Danny Murphy, and the rest of them for that matter were desperate for him to be poor.

Live football on the BBC is even worse than ITV now.

cringeworthy

[Lecter]

Good game, well done to Exeter they were great. I reckon we'll beat them with the kids in Anfield.

Thought Smith done great today, good engine, very lively & positive. Tex and Kent done well in the first first half. Think most of our players were lacking match fitness and looked exhausted in the second half.

Bogdan, Enrique & Benteke were ****ing ****e. Illori was average in the first half and shocking in the second IMO. Decent result all things considered.

Don't get why you think Ilori was average first half

He did nothing wrong, second half he tired

[Lecter]

I thought Ilori got better as the game wore on. He needs games.

Thought he did ok first half but tired second half, understandably

[danperkins]

Don't get why you think Ilori was average first half

He did nothing wrong, second half he tired

Alot on here said as much. Thought he was neither good nor bad. Decent on the ground but very suspect in the air. Struggled hugely in the second half and looked exhausted.

[Montana]

I thought Ilori was OK apart from his heading and just quite rusty which is understandable

[Lecter]

Just relieved we're still in it, especially with a squad full of half fit youngsters.

Smith was great. I've been impressed with him in the few games he's played for us so far.

Ilori looks as though he hates balls in the air. Mistimed a lot of them, and was shattered. Not surprised due to the extreme lack of game time and probably nerves playing his first game for us.

I thought Randall did well for us in the first half.

As for Benteke, Enrique and Bogdan...

That's one thing that would concern me about Ilori

That said his partner was Enrique so there is mitigating circumstances

[Slinky Skills]

Think Ilori will be alright, it would be difficult for any player to go into a game like that without a single minute of football under their belt. It's like one of us ****ers being thrusted into a game.

He actually looks calm and strong too. Stewart played well.

In Klopp's post match interview, I'm sure he said the words "chatting ****"

[Exiled_red]

Player by player

Bogdan - poor, that 2nd goal
Randall - I thought he struggled. Is RB his position? Because I thought he looked like a midfielder playing out of position, wanted to get forward but looked positionally uncertain
Ilori - I thought he looked decent for a while, looked good on the ground perhaps a little suspect in the air. He needs to be a bit tougher, you can tell he hasn't played in England
Enrique - looked like an average player who hadn't played for a couple of years.
Smith - looked good worked hard, deserved his goal, pleased for him
Brannagan - I thought he had a good game, alot of what he did wasn't doing eye catching stuff but was effective
Stewart - Decent game again not doing the eye catching stuff but kept things moving
Teixeira - Looks technically ahead of all the youngsters in the side and was good first half, tired in the second
Kent - I thought had a very good first half was one our better players while he was on, looked like a player who has been playing football recently I think the loan was good for him
Sinclair - Showed some good moments, took his goal well but I thought he was on the fringes for much of the game although that wasn't necessarily his fault
Benteke - had some good moments but nowhere near enough of them, should really have been the best player on the pitch by a mile, but wasn't.

Ojo - had some good promising runs looked like he could make things happen and created 2nd goal
Chirivella - had a mixed game in his time on the pitch
Maguire - not really on long enough to judge

[shanks69]

In Klopp's post match interview, I'm sure he said the words "chatting ****"

He must have been listening to murphy's commentary.

[Tee]

Total makeshift side with so many youngsters did well to come back twice. Reaction and all that. Not ideal to have a replay but at least we are still in all the cups.

[Slinky Skills]

He must have been listening to murphy's commentary.

Clearly.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Benteke didn't look out of place.

Saying he looked like a league two player would be putting him at a level or two above how he looked tonight.

[Mattshark]

I'm surprised by how many people thought Kent played really well.

[danperkins]

He was ok, was positive and tried to do things.

[Buzzo]

He got on the ball and looked decent for about 20 mins in the first half. Not near Texs level though.