Sorry I definitely RCL’d us with my comments about us looking dangerous going forward. Ever since then it’s been all West Ham! (I’ll save you the bother RCL).... “When will you bastards ever learn... “
Walker-Peters dragging Antonio to the ground. Lucky to get away without a booking. Followed up by a decent save by Gazzaniga. Our defence looks rickety.
Winks looks like he's hurt himself, there. Good tackle on Hernandez and he takes a whack. Hopefully it's just a bit painful.
1-0 HT. A good start and we deserved to take the lead, but we eased off far too much towards the end. Need to come out with more intent after the break and get the ball moving more. I think that Llorente might end up being sacrificed, as he looks miles off the pace. N'Koudou, perhaps?
Foyth the best player on the pitch for us so far. Really impressive. Gazza with some nice saves as well. No one else has really done much yet, bit of a “meh” performance. Glad we’ve got the goal though.
Good first half of the half. Not so good second half of the half. Tried some decent through balls early on and our attacks had some pace about them. But then we got sloppy and got caught out of position a few times. Full backs getting quite a hard time. Certainly not a bad performance considering the changes. Foyth and Sanchez doing well. KWP struggling a little, Aurier hasn’t been comfortable at all, and Llorente might as well not be on the pitch! No idea what he offers us...
Foyth and Walker-Peters have been disappointing, both look off the pace, not reacting quick enough. Derby games are a tough situation to be thrown into though tbf. Alli and Winks have been really good though, sums up Winks' luck that it's been punctuated by an injury worry though. Playing Llorente is like giving the team a flat tyre to drag around. Put Son up there second half if it continues like the half finished, get someone on who can cover more than 20 meters a half.
Surprised you think that about Foyth. I think he’s been great. Lovely ledleyesque tackle towards the end of the half to deny Antonio(??).