Byram same as last season when we saw him, likes to tug and cling onto defenders, he really is a Red Card waiting to happen on that basis. I thought he would cut that out over the summer but its still a habit for him. Other than that though he looks ok. He either needs to gain a yard of pace so he doesn't tug or cling to people, or he needs to position himself better.
Baracks, its a tough one. On one hand, if he goes alone and misses then people will say he should've passed to antonio. I think he made the right call because it was the easiest/logical option.....why go one v one with the keeper when the much better odds are to take the keeper and defender out of the equation by passing to antonio. I'd say most of the time Antonio wouldve finished it but late on in the match and early in the season he was just exhausted when he caught up with it and lost a bit of technique as a result. Browne slightly over hit it to make it abit more difficult but nothing terrible, just one of those things which if you dont score, you can look at.
I thought Byram did well but probably gets caught abit too much over at times, by tucking in more he would allow himself the opportunity to recover and react, but getting caught out too much across only results in space between him and the CB, him getting too tight and having to either let the OPP pass him and get 1 v 1 with our CB (and drag the other 2 defenders out of position as well) or to foul and most likely get booked. Its a learning process but he has all the attributes to be a fantastic RB and IMO could be one of the surprise packages in the season for us.
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I thought Byram did well but probably gets caught abit too much over at times, by tucking in more he would allow himself the opportunity to recover and react, but getting caught out too much across only results in space between him and the CB, him getting too tight and having to either let the OPP pass him and get 1 v 1 with our CB (and drag the other 2 defenders out of position as well) or to foul and most likely get booked. Its a learning process but he has all the attributes to be a fantastic RB and IMO could be one of the surprise packages in the season for us.