by Snowflake Royal »
19 Jan 2019 21:17
Denver Royal Ranty McRantface Just to clear up a couple things here.
Their first goal was 2 yards offside.
Aluko was brilliant when he came on and that is coming from someone who wanted him gone in the summer.
And their 2nd was a wicked deflection.
Yep, Aluko is much improved under Gomes, and so are Barrow and Swift.
I'm interested in there being so much praise for Aluko. Whilst he's certainly far better under Gomes and he scored, I didn't think he looked a much cop. Every time I saw him receive the ball he seemed to be controlling it into his own shin and then having to take another touch. Some poor decision making with when and where to pass and walking into a couple of challenges. He was certainly involved a lot, but bar the goal Ejaria created on his own, I don't think we looked much like scoring second half. I thought Swift and Ejaria looked more integral to our better play.
His stats are better than I expected on Whoscored though, and I didn't see how bad we were in the first half. So maybe I'm being harsh because I just don't like him, and maybe it was his influence that lifted Ejaria and Swift.