I've said it before and been shot down but I'll say it again and no doubt get shot down again, but Jamie Day does nothing for me. During the first half, I finally realised who it is he reminds me of - for those of you with long enough memories: Butch "the Crab" Wilkins -"Crab" because so many of his passes go sideways. He was particularly guilty of this today in the first half, and to compound his sins, it seemed as if half of his passes either went to an oppo player or were easily cut out by an oppo player. I will concede, though, that he improved in the second half, but still not enough of a play-maker for me. So guess who won't be getting my Player of the Year vote this year.
Shot down ? You should be poisoned, strangled, stabbed, hung, drawn & quartered and blown up !
Jamie Day is technically our best player. I can't believe that we've got a player of his quality in the team and you can't even see it. We're very lucky to have persuaded a full time professional player of that quality to sign for us and I just hope we can keep him next season.
As for the Ray Wilkins comparison , that can only be a compliment:
"He was being picked up for his incredibly accurate long passes from midfield, which made many Chelsea goals. He scored a fair few as well, one in particular being effectively a long ball over the head of the keeper from near the half-way line, reminiscent of the goal that brought Beckham to the fore early in his career. Wilkins scored 30 goals in 179 appearances for Chelsea, before moving to Manchester United in 1979."
The Crab nickname was a joke started by Ron Atkinson, who was his manager at the time.