Better than what Coleman has been giving us.
Hit the woodwork
Made quite a few good tackles.
Gave 100% - which can't be said for some of them.
Had a decent game, especially considering how little he has featured in recent months. What more were you expecting from him?
I expect four things from a RB at a minimum (beyond defensive positioning): win your one on ones; execute simple passes; make intelligent overlapping runs; put in consistently dangerous crosses. He does the first well, and fails at the rest by some distance.
Passing accuracy in the first half: 36%. Lowest of all outfield players. It’s just embarrassingly bad, that. Most of his passes are 5 yards to Walcott or Keane. The simple passes to Walcott that went directly out of play. The toe-ended cross at the end that went straight into the stand.
Take the point on Coleman needing time out. And not saying he was the worst on show or the reason we lost. But why are we cutting him *excess* slack just because he is a graduate? We need to have standards and not be sentimental. He was 5/10 at best. (If Martina puts in that performance, are we as generous?!)
We need to balance promoting youth with realities of the PL, and I think those saying he’s done well have got that balance completely wrong.