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[metalhead]

He was poor in the first half, but grew in the second half, showed some decent skills and crossing, also showed glimpses of intelligence with his passing. However, overall he was okay, not the best I've seen of him.

[bunglemark2]

He was poor in the first half, but grew in the second half, showed some decent skills and crossing, also showed glimpses of intelligence with his passing. However, overall he was okay, not the best I've seen of him.

Were you watching the same game as me ?

[LegBarnes]

He was poor in the first half, but grew in the second half, showed some decent skills and crossing, also showed glimpses of intelligence with his passing. However, overall he was okay, not the best I've seen of him.

I thought benny had a better game tbh and that is saying some thing lmao. 

[metalhead]

He was poor in the first half, but grew in the second half, showed some decent skills and crossing, also showed glimpses of intelligence with his passing. However, overall he was okay, not the best I've seen of him.

Were you watching the same game as me ?

Yes, he was poor first half, losing the ball too much and just bumping into players. second half he did cross well, and he showed a bit of skills taking on defenders before he got substituted, not the best game for him tonight though

[bunglemark2]

Mate, he was muck in both the first half AND the second half....Nit havin' a go at you, but he's gone to pot in recent weeks.

[metalhead]

I thought he was ok in the second half.

[Rush Job]

Toothless, spineless and something else ending in less.

[bigmick]

Yes he's definately gone off the boil has Riera. I still have faith he can be a top player for us, but I thought he was poor against West ham to be perfectly honest. Neat and tidy is all very well, but they were defending so narrow it really should have been a field day for him and Benayoun. As it was, he was innefective and failed to dove tail at all with Dossena, while Benayoun constantly tracked inside and congested the midfield even more.

It might even have been an idea to take Riera off and bring Benayoun over to the left. I'm fairly sure the manager would have considered it, as the Israeli tracking inside would then have pulled Lucas Neil away and given us an out ball every time.

Not Riera's best effort tonight though. I think the most urgency he showed was when running off to be substituted. Curiously, it was probably the first time in my life I can remember the bloke coming off (Riera) showing considerably more gusto than the bloke coming on (Babel), who was doing his lounge lizard bit on arrival.

[benjy]

i agree he did slightly better in the 2nd half, but considering what a poor first half he had, that's not saying much really.

at the start, we seemed almost scared to pass the ball to him, perhaps thinking lucas neill would tear him to bits. but we mainly attacked down the right through arbeloa and benayoun.

we really need a better right winger - benayoun does not cut it there.
if we had two attacking wingers, then we can at least keep both full backs occupied and worried and we have better choices to attack down either flank, rather than just one flank all the time.

[metalhead]

I saw the Riera goal, and scott brought something up before about his long shots.

well scott there ya go,

[Zidane]

Now that he's shown that he is capable of that hopefully it opens up more space for others.

[Petar]

Yes he's definately gone off the boil has Riera. I still have faith he can be a top player for us, but I thought he was poor against West ham to be perfectly honest. Neat and tidy is all very well, but they were defending so narrow it really should have been a field day for him and Benayoun. As it was, he was innefective and failed to dove tail at all with Dossena, while Benayoun constantly tracked inside and congested the midfield even more.

It might even have been an idea to take Riera off and bring Benayoun over to the left. I'm fairly sure the manager would have considered it, as the Israeli tracking inside would then have pulled Lucas Neil away and given us an out ball every time.

Not Riera's best effort tonight though. I think the most urgency he showed was when running off to be substituted. Curiously, it was probably the first time in my life I can remember the bloke coming off (Riera) showing considerably more gusto than the bloke coming on (Babel), who was doing his lounge lizard bit on arrival.

He is good player,not the best crossing ability,but he is tricky,dangerous. Again i am not so sure is he our best shot for long term LM. This player is mystery for me,but he is ok!

[Rush Job]

Crackin goal but another below par performance IMO. Hopefully the goal gives him the confidence to kick on and become a match  winner for us.

[benjy]

think the rest by rafa did him some good!
he was more lively in the last game and against psv, he had nice touches - in particular, the one at the touchline where he hooked the ball back into play. great touch.

[JamCar05]

Sweet goal that! All in all an ok performance yesterday, but nothing spectacular (well, except the goal of course ). I too hope the rest has done him some good, as we need him to truly rediscover his early season form. Still he has been an excellent signing, especially when you think of the relatively low fee paid for him.