Jesus, Macdonald

[MaidenheadMick]

Cost us the penalty against Brighton by mucking about, now again today. Just clear the bloody thing

[bill taylors apprentice]

True !

[Bill2]

Sloppy mistake which cost us the goal, but still plays a good game. I am sure he will learn from this.

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Sloppy mistake which cost us the goal, but still plays a good game. I am sure he will learn from this.

Not sure, the team are coached to play like that from defense

[f321ffc]

When I saw the thread title I thought it was the name of the half Spanish half Scottish striker we are after. fp.gif

[fulhamben]

Sloppy mistake which cost us the goal, but still plays a good game. I am sure he will learn from this.

Not sure, the team are coached to play like that from defense

they are not coached to gift them an easy goal though

[davew]

Why didn't Cairney run back, it might have helped?

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Sloppy mistake which cost us the goal, but still plays a good game. I am sure he will learn from this.

Not sure, the team are coached to play like that from defense

they are not coached to gift them an easy goal though

OBVIOUSLY NOT, but to pitter-patter around at the back (including Button) there were several times when we
were a 'miss-trap" away from disaster

[HatterDon]

When I saw the thread title I thought it was the name of the half Spanish half Scottish striker we are after. fp.gif

Me too!

[MisfitKid]

When I saw the thread title I thought it was the name of the half Spanish half Scottish striker we are after. fp.gif

Me too!

I was thinking half Israeli and Scottish... :Get Coat gif:

[Darkside]

QPR knew we would be trying to play out from the back, and pushed up whenever Button had the ball.
MacDonald's was a howler, but there were a couple more close things.
Why not just clear the ball up to the oppo's half?

[westcliff white]

Slav clearly wants them to p,at out and across the back, mistakes therefore can happen. However, for me (and it is easier sitting at home) that was a case f pass back to Ream or the keeper rather than across the back completely.

[toshes mate]

McDonald gained possession near the left touchline on halfway, appeared in two minds as he moved towards his own defensive half, and eventually made a pass which was neither struck for Button nor anyone else.  It was an awful lapse in concentration.

[Bill2]

I am pretty sure McDonald didn't intend to play that pass, he was being pressured from behind and I think he just stumbled. He has done too many good things to be pilloried for a single mistake. I am pretty sure he knows what he did and will be more careful in the future.

[filham]

It was a real howler of a goal, we worked the ball from well into their half towards our goal and the layed on a lovely pas for them to take full advantage and score.

We have seen things like this before and it is a product of the tactics we employ which probably require players right out of the top draw.

[FulhamStu]

It's the price you pay for trying to play a high possession game.  I was a bad mistake, it happens.  McDonald has been huge for us this season and we would massively miss his presence if he was out for any length of time.  I do wonder if fatigue is starting to hit some of the players.  The squad needs more quality depth so players like McDonald and Johansen can have a break.

[filham]

Remember when Ian St John was a popular centre forward at Liverpool and  a church poster asking "What Will You Do When The Lord Comes" had graffiti added by some fan "Move St John to inside left.

[Jims Dentist]

I'm a big Kevin McDonald fan and I wish he had just leathered the ball into touch.

However although he nor anyone else has said as much so far, I wonder if the miskick was caused by a rut in the pitch.
The pitch has been criticised by Joca, and if a genuine unforced error, it would be very untypical of KM.

[andyk]

McDonald was under pressure for quite a while. He was moving backwards from the halfway line.  The central defence should have moved back with him, but they didn't and he ended up being the last man. Even if he hadn't screwed up the pass, he was still vulnerable to being dispossessed and leaving the Rangers player one on one.
He was playing the way he is coached to play and, I suspect, Jakanovic will be, secretly, pleased that he didn't do what most Championship defenders would do when under pressure and lump the ball into the stand at the first opportunity.

[kiwian]

FulhamStu, who told you you were a bad mistake? I'm sure you are a really nice guy.