For me it was Fede, class performance and certainly saved 2 if not all 3 points. Rondons goals are a welcome change from the usual shower from our lot up top but I thought Fernandez was so good today, 2 blocks for shots on targets, the one where Yedlin and someone else got done on the right and he picked his moment to come and shut down the cross - **** material!!!
Yes he was and so was Schar aswell. I thought we did well but on another day we could have had more goals but so could they. It just shows you there is not really much difference between everyone else outside the top six and this is where Rafa makes his crust. We have an average squad but they appear well drilled. We had a difficult start to the season. We are now where I expect us to be at the end of the season. There are worse teams than us. Lots of them!
On today’s performance and if we play to his strengths I see no reason why not. I would still like more possession and control of the ball mind.
I thought it was a good performance against a decent side in Bournemouth. I had a sneaky feeling we'd win. Nice to see the shackles finally coming off the last few weeks, much better side when we get Ritchie and Kenedy into the last third. Rondon was very good. Better to come from him as he is still hefty. Signs of work rate today. Rafa has done a much better job the last couple of weeks and so have the players. No point looking back, the season is up and running. Win at Burnley and we could get a bit of momentum. I still think this side is good enough to stay up despite all the naysayers. Its by no means a top squad but it is competitive with those around us. Our strength lies in our defensive options of course. Other teams are weaker there but better offensively. We've battled all the way this season. Team spirit and commitment will always stand us in good stead. I still expect us to end up 12th-17th.
It was a good battling performance with both sides having more chances ( We nearly blew it at the end but for a shocking miss ). One thing though, we are terrible at defending set peices or crosses and I do believe we have conceded the most in the league this season from them.
