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Curtin's second half was perfectly fine. At the level required. It was just his first half that was disappointing. Glad he was afforded the chance to work his way into the game.

Laird and Crouch were both great in their roles. Yes, they get a lot of little handballs etc, but that's what they're best at, and they have players all around them who have great legs but less ability to accumulate the ball than Laird or Crouch. It's absolutely their role to win the ball and dish out short passes - backwards if needed - to better users. I was happy with both today.