++ [ originally posted by Stuart ] ++
That's such an unfair comment, Andy. Like Vinman, I think DP played a pretty good game. He was IMO one of our best players in the first half (I know, that's not saying much, but the effort was clearly there whereas Trez was completely invisible). He had a lot of touches on the ball and did some nice things with it, including start the move that saw Kapo nearly score, and beat his marker to win corners a few times. In the second half he was asked to play out of position and did a good job. He kept possession well and unlike most of our players, moved into good positions to get the ball. He distributed the ball well up until the final minutes when he had no support on the left and had a nice interchange with Zlatan. He also came very close to scoring, only a super save from Antonioli denied him. I'd start him in tandem with Zlatan against Palermo this weekend, or maybe in a trident attack seeing as Camo, Neddy and Kapo will all be unavailable.