'Ready to play a part' and 'ready to start' aren't always the same thing. Our games really aren't terribly meaningful...we were never going to catch Man U, so it's a battle for 8th and 9th (possibly 10th if things go horribly wrong). No reason to throw him straight back in against a physical side.
I'd be tempted to play Ramirez from the start in the following games, were much more creative with him in the side.
Amazing when Poch picks Wanyama to start everyone goes barmy because he's rusty, yet barrack Poch for not starting Dejan after a serious injury....
No, they've actually been pretty bad. Still, no reason to take chances with Lovren. I really expecting him to start. Think if we'd done better he would have come in second half.
Um, let's start with the fact that Carlton Cole scored. And then we let West Ham score 3. Neither of those are acceptable.
Is it? who else have we got that can replace a cb? Hooiveld is out so a non match fit Lovren has to be on the bench.
Anyone who really believes this, doesn't understand sport and sporting performance. I don't mean that rudely at all, but you just can't understand this topic.
I echo this. Can't help but think we should give this team a go regardless of others players form: Boruc Clyne, Fonte, Lovren, Shaw Schneiderlin, Wanyama Ramirez Lallana, Rodriguez Lambert Cork and Davis have been brilliant. We need that creative spark in the centre of the pitch, and at the moment we're to defensive.
Maybe not against Liverpool, but against Palace or Norwich? Sure. We need to make a decision on him in the summer, and that means starting him a few times to see whether this energy in sub appearances can translate to something meaningful in a full game.
