Naby Keita

[SB]

Yes played 78 minutes. Scored two and set up one. Came off injured in the 79th minute, running up to take a penalty for his hattick. He tripped over the penalty spot and simply broke in two. Rip Naby.

So they won then ?

[Harv]

Yes played 78 minutes. Scored two and set up one. Came off injured in the 79th minute, running up to take a penalty for his hattick. He tripped over the penalty spot and simply broke in two. Rip Naby.

The thing I cant even tell if you're really joking

[rudedog]

So did he actually end up going away with Guinea?

Don’t think so

[Jas]

Thought Naby had a very good game today other than bottling the tackle that lead to the Spurs goal.

[Tribute]

Thought Naby had a very good game today other than bottling the tackle that lead to the Spurs goal.

Far and away the best of a makeshift three.

[Shaggy]

He had a tough job in such a dysfunctional midfield unit. Milner kept going awol - and wtf was with his underhit passes all day? - and while Morton did alright on the ball I thought without the ball he struggled badly. Not his fault mind. Naby did ok, but it was a tough gig for all of them.

[danperkins]

I thought he was poor to be honest, most of our lads were though. I expected nothing less from that midfield line up when one is a kid & the other two are not match fit... we looked lost in there & we looked bolloxed.

[Buzzo]

Yeah, I doubt many teams could have survived such a big away game with a midfield that has never played before, 2 players just back from injury and a kid who only recently made his debut. I am pretty happy with the fact we got a creditable draw (so close to a win), but it felt like the dark days of last season when you looked at the team sheet and saw Rhys Williams and Nat Phillips at the back.

[Charly]

Didnt Rhys and Nat win us 9 out of the last 10 games last season?

I thought the problam was the gap. I am still unclear who was holding but nobody was there to cut out those balls. I dont think you can or should play a kid to do that job. There is too much responsibility to quietly sit. I thimk you need a lot of experience at that level to get the positional instinct required

[Buzzo]

Didnt Rhys and Nat win us 9 out of the last 10 games last season?

I thought the problam was the gap. I am still unclear who was holding but nobody was there to cut out those balls. I dont think you can or should play a kid to do that job. There is too much responsibility to quietly sit. I thimk you need a lot of experience at that level to get the positional instinct required

They may well have, but I dont think I ever looked at the teamsheet with anything other than a feeling of dread.

I agree though, as ever, our midfield is much maligned but if you remove a few key players who understand very well what their jobs are then we quickly see the solid foundation that these guys provide.

[fabinho]

I thought he was poor to be honest, most of our lads were though. I expected nothing less from that midfield line up when one is a kid & the other two are not match fit... we looked lost in there & we looked bolloxed.

not sure how anyone thought that was a decent performance from Naby. ****ty circumstances though, so I'm going to write it off.

[Fosterbloke]

And Spurs fans were happy because we had our front three and they got a draw.

[Shaggy]

Changed the game tonight. Need more of that! He's a quality player when he's on it.

[frank the tank]

Brilliant alright tonight when he came on...... Expect him to be brilliant for the next 3 games and then play with a dislocated knee in the opening afcon game

[Fosterbloke]

Yeah he was excellent alright.