The manager needs a pot, so yes I think they will play a fairly strong team. I want to win it while we're in it and hope we field a good mix. Something like this... Adrian Hoever Gomez VVD Milner Fabinho AOC Jones/Keita Salah Brewster Origi
Seemed a pretty standard performance for early rounds with a very mixed team away to half decent lower league opposition Only saw bits but keeper did very well, Hoever got forward well, Elliott looked the most promising with ball at feet as should have scored at least 1. Jones must have had a very good half as didn’t see him touch the ball in the second half so was surprised he got motm?
I don't know who picked that but he's way off, Milner was the best player on the pitch by far. Some saying Keita was not good but I don't think he missed a pass fore the hour he played. Yes he wasn't full of running but early days after a few injuries.
After a dodgy start he was sort of ok in a vague, Lovrenesque way. He made a few important interceptions, but was caught out a few times as well. We're used to seeing Virge in that position now, and nothing at all gets past him. In comparison Lovren is pants, but tbf there are very few who wouldn't suffer by that comparison. The only one of the senior players who really looked the part was Milner, but no surprise there. Gomez was ok, though Milner almost bit his head off after one chance given away.
Hey they wanted this **** system where as i never wanted it and feel fully vindicated by what we have seen so far.
and i will say you're clearly wrong . The only good thing about it is listening to the whinging from people who were so keen to have it .
I never wanted it either, but I was looked upon as a miserable old get that doesn't like change (cue the "you are" comments). I was expecting it to get more things right, but at the expense of the flow of the game - however it seems that they've sacrificed the former in order to preserve that flow so I don't really know what the advantage is. Just can't have it both ways - either it stops the game and lets the ref consult a pitch-side monitor for every contentious decision, or it doesn't, and the human limitations of the ref's decision-making is maintained. However, in true miserable-old-get tradition I'm repeating myself here.
I'm not enjoying the after goal experience with it if I'm honest. Goal yaaaayyyy then ugh wait for var decision.
Not read back too far but I'm going against what most have said about Lovren. Apart from one glaring error early on I thought he had a good game, goal line clearance and stopped an attacker through on goal. He's no Virgil so any comparison is useless. Also unlike everyone else, I wasn't impressed with Hoever - great goal aside. He was outrun every time. I've seen him play much better than that so my assessment of him is only on last night's game. I think he's a good prospect.
