Dundalk wrote:Cant really comment as I only seen MOTD last night but was he really that poor?
He will need to start finding a bit of form soon but he will have to do it at home as he is not allowed to play away!!
I was there and pleased he started, but apart from the assist for the first goal where he deserves credit for getting into the box, he was very very poor.
Even the most simple pass often went astray, he was just a few yards from Carra, right beneath where I sit, for a throw-in and knocked it over Carra's head for a throw to Bolton.
We looked a lot better when he went off and Lucas came on and Mascherano, who was outstanding, looked in a different league to Aquilani.
Lost count the number of times he gave it away and looked well and truly fed up when he was subbed.
I know it's early but he looked far from a top player yesterday.
I understand the lad needs time, but some of the mis-placed passes were not killer balls, just simple lay off's to a team mate.