A lose but

[sedwardsdrfc]

What do we think of Pearson by the way? He's pretty slow. There was a phase of play early in the first half where he looked favourite to win the ball but their player got it and nipped it away, he then went for a full blooded tackle but was so late he missed the player altogether. It looked very erratic at the time. Good job he was so slow as if he'd connected, he'd have been in trouble.

Pearson is a solid centre half imo. Wins his headers well and his tackles. A big upgrade on Anderson.

He’s not a ball playing defender so it’s always very irritating when we try to play short to him from GKs. Even short GKs to very comfortable defenders rarely end up in anything other than a long ball. The games moved on from that recently.

[Spud]

I’m not having a go at Timmy here because I rate him.

But both goals were low shots accross him into the far corner.

Does he have a problem getting down to these? And if so have teams now worked this out?

Initially I thought he could have done better with the first, it wasn't exactly in the corner. On the replay, it seems he might have been unsightly though as it came through players. The second, no chance, great finish. Maybe Pearson stood off him a bit too much, he's a great striker at this level though, clearly.

[i_ateallthepies]

What do we think of Pearson by the way? He's pretty slow. There was a phase of play early in the first half where he looked favourite to win the ball but their player got it and nipped it away, he then went for a full blooded tackle but was so late he missed the player altogether. It looked very erratic at the time. Good job he was so slow as if he'd connected, he'd have been in trouble.

Pearson is a solid centre half imo. Wins his headers well and his tackles. A big upgrade on Anderson.

He’s not a ball playing defender so it’s always very irritating when we try to play short to him from GKs. Even short GKs to very comfortable defenders rarely end up in anything other than a long ball. The games moved on from that recently.

I agree Pearson is ok but absolutely isn't 'a big upgrade on Anderson'.