- Oct 3, 2005
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Ok, this is more a muse than anything else but I'm interested to hear what other people think.
Watching the second half of the Chelsea match in the east stand on Sunday I really got the feeling Hutton and Lennon, while playing well, didn't really have a very good understanding.
I thought both were good in the game individually but just didn't feel they were on the same wavelength as a pair working the wing.
For example, there were a few instances where Hutton (I'm not necessarily blaming him here) kept releasing the ball to Lennon at the wrong moment.
By this I mean not when he was taking off but a little bit early or a little late so by that time Lennon had stopped and was ready to start again (but was by then stationary).
It resulted in us not taking full advantage of a few really good position those two found themselves in.
We're only talking small margins here, but they're small margins I thought Corluka and Lennon when they played together last season managed to get spot on.
For me, there is something beautiful about the understanding Corluka and Lennon have. Corluka instinctively seems to know exactly when to release Lennon and it works, there's end product.
The problem however is that Hutton has been playing well and Corluka (except his last outing) hasn't.
What do you think?
Watching the second half of the Chelsea match in the east stand on Sunday I really got the feeling Hutton and Lennon, while playing well, didn't really have a very good understanding.
I thought both were good in the game individually but just didn't feel they were on the same wavelength as a pair working the wing.
For example, there were a few instances where Hutton (I'm not necessarily blaming him here) kept releasing the ball to Lennon at the wrong moment.
By this I mean not when he was taking off but a little bit early or a little late so by that time Lennon had stopped and was ready to start again (but was by then stationary).
It resulted in us not taking full advantage of a few really good position those two found themselves in.
We're only talking small margins here, but they're small margins I thought Corluka and Lennon when they played together last season managed to get spot on.
For me, there is something beautiful about the understanding Corluka and Lennon have. Corluka instinctively seems to know exactly when to release Lennon and it works, there's end product.
The problem however is that Hutton has been playing well and Corluka (except his last outing) hasn't.
What do you think?