beatlesaint Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 I thought he looked good both going forward and defensively......certainly not bad for a first game. Mind you he is a left footer playing as a left back which at Southampton is almost unheard of these days
derry Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 Anyone know how he did today? Looked a decent player. the whole back four were solid. He has a good left foot and hit in cross for Raziak to head home.
Roger Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 Thought he looked patchy. Kept drifting in and leaving his man free. Am sure he will be fine though.
paulwantsapint Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 What a left back on left side of defence? What next striker up front?
Clifford Nelson Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 He was better than "reasonably competent". He had a good game, and will only get better when he gets to understand his team mates. It's good-bye to Molineux.
musesaint Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 He was better than "reasonably competent". He had a good game, and will only get better when he gets to understand his team mates. It's good-bye to Molineux. Lets hope Molyneux is off - he is truely Sh*ite
glkdcdes Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 Talking to Ipswich season ticket holder. Rated Harding very much, would have preferred that he had stayed.
The9 Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 Thought he looked patchy. Kept drifting in and leaving his man free. Am sure he will be fine though. I'd rather he drifted in than drifted up or out, at least he's defending the box then rather than out of the game... OS says he set up Rasiak's first from a free kick too?
madsent Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 I thought he looked good both going forward and defensively......certainly not bad for a first game. Mind you he is a left footer playing as a left back which at Southampton is almost unheard of these days Apart from a few games with Jermaine Wright and Ostlund at LB, we've had left-footers at LB in the last 3 years. I'm pretty certain that Bale, Surman, Skacel and Vignal are all left footed. It's not as if we've been lacking left footed players in the that time.
kpturner Posted 25 July, 2009 Posted 25 July, 2009 He was better than "reasonably competent". He had a good game, and will only get better when he gets to understand his team mates. It's good-bye to Molineux.too many dodgy moments to say he had a good game. Reasonably competent describes his performance pretty well but I am sure he will be fine for us - I hope so.
matthieu Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 I thought he looked ok, played quite well and linked up quite well with Mills and Gobern. A couple of positional faults but nothing major seeing as he's not match-fit and he only joined on tuesday, he did well. Will turn out to be a good signing IMO.
Toomer Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 Looked a decent player. the whole back four were solid. He has a good left foot and hit in cross for Raziak to head home. I think you will find it was Murty that crossed from the right for Rasiak to head home. Harding looked steady but tended to drift into the middle, give him a couple of weeks to settle in and he will do well.
Katalinic Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 I think you will find it was Murty that crossed from the right for Rasiak to head home. Harding looked steady but tended to drift into the middle, give him a couple of weeks to settle in and he will do well. I think Derry meant the free kick for Rasiak's first. Was an excellent delivery.
Bailey Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 He looked OK, a little rusty but to be expected. Great delivery for Rasiak's first goal. Should be a decent enough signing for us.
saints-til-i-die Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 I think people need to judge him at L1 level. Obviously we will not be signing the same calibre of player that we are used to seeing. We have to lower our expectations now. People will need to accept this sooner rather than later. He had a fairly good game - especially as it was his first game!
J Bizzle Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 Thought he looked patchy. Kept drifting in and leaving his man free. Am sure he will be fine though. He was 'box' defending, doubt you know what that means though.
eurosaint Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 Apart from a few games with Jermaine Wright and Ostlund at LB, we've had left-footers at LB in the last 3 years. I'm pretty certain that Bale, Surman, Skacel and Vignal are all left footed. It's not as if we've been lacking left footed players in the that time. I guess that he was being a bit flippant, but if you consider that both Surman and Skacel were listed on the OS as midfielders then the point is that we have not really had a consistent 'specialist' left back for a long while now ! Ps. sometimes our subs in that position have been starnge as well, I remember Jake Thomson being forced to play there late last season !
kpturner Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 He was 'box' defending, doubt you know what that means though. I know what it means. It means drifting in and letting your winger get a clear run in - doesn't it? I saw that Egyptian bunch playing Barcelona today were also 'box' defending.
SaintJackoInHurworth Posted 26 July, 2009 Posted 26 July, 2009 My view was that Harding was defensively solid and in defensive positions generally got the ball under control coolly and got it clear without resorting to the big hoof. He was also adventurous going forward and looked to build attacking plays from the back. However, on a couple of occasions he tried to dribble the ball towards the box but in that situation did not have the right level of ball control to be attempting any such thing and lost the ball. Of course, this may be because of lack of fitness rather than necessarily a lack of ability in such situations. Nevertheless, my gut reaction was that he would be better sticking to defensive duties and building forward plays rather than trying to dribble! With players of the calibre of Lallana, Rasiak, John, Mills and Gobern who all showed the flair to be able to dribble, I would say leave it to them and encourage them to do it more rather than expect it from Harding. Neverthless, I think he could do well for us.
Ponty Posted 27 July, 2009 Posted 27 July, 2009 Obviously we will not be signing the same calibre of player that we are used to seeing. Should get some good ones then.
derry Posted 27 July, 2009 Posted 27 July, 2009 I think you will find it was Murty that crossed from the right for Rasiak to head home. Harding looked steady but tended to drift into the middle, give him a couple of weeks to settle in and he will do well. Harding put the free kick in from the right for the second goal and Murty crossed for the third.
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