Cornelius' effort - pathetic!!

The difference with Maynard's effort when he came on tonight was staggering.

I can honestly say after his performance tonight, I never want to see Cornelius on the pitch for us ever again! For a start, it was the wrong decision putting him on. It was correct to take off Campbell because as usual, Campbell run himself into the ground, but when defending a lead, you need pace to counter. Cornelius is a target man who you throw on when you need a goal, but we didn't need a goal, we needed an outlet to run the ball into the corners, close the defenders down to make them rush their clearances. So I thought it was the wrong choice, but you would still think as a sub on the pitch for 10-15 minutes, Cornelius would actually TRY to put some effort in!

If it was up to me, I would have taken Campbell off and put Maynard on. If only Maynard was running at their last man one on one instead of Cornelius late on, if only Maynard came on to chase their defenders so they could panic, lash the ball into touch to kill time for us or pass back to their keeper to give our team time to push out and squeeze up the pitch, but no! On comes Cornelius to jog around for 10-15 minutes so their defenders can take their time, carry the ball forwards into our half and start attack after attack after attack! Cornelius' effort was absolutely pathetic, I never want to see him on the pitch ever again for us and he was the main reason we conceded the late equaliser!

You state that 'you need pace to counter'. Well when Campbell was asked and a few of the other players who was the fastest player in the squad ( on CCFC Player ) they all said Cornelius. It is too early to tell how good a player he is as he has not had a full 90 minutes. However, against Liverpool he held the ball up well and caused a few problems.

The difference with Maynard's effort when he came on tonight was staggering.

yet both games ended the same way.... with 2 late goals.