Quote: Deadcowboys1 "The lads did ok given so many were p/t last season & some still are against a top SL side.
Oli very good under the high ball for a small fella but neither the speed nor strength to make that really count.
Found the commentary team particularly irksome with some fairly inane comments.
No doubt it will be tough again next Friday in front of a supposedly packed Plough Lane, so let's hope we have no more injuries.'"
Oli must be the smallest fella on the pitch so to have him as FB seems completely counter intuitive but he did well. Having said that IIRC he was only challenged in the air twice and he won both times although to me seemed to be fouled the second time.
To give Barry due credit, the worst I’ve heard was on our league where Robbie Hunter Paul and a regional BBC ? female commentator (not ex WSL) who just blathered on the entire time. Really took away from the game. Barry’s points of interest to things said ratio is appalling and he really would benefit from letting the game breathe.