Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal Nice from Siggy
I thought commentators were supposed to inject some excitement into the game, or at least sound as though they are enjoying it!
I'd subscribe for that. Maybe the chance to mix the levels of home and away fan noise. Here in DE they don't have pundits so there is a lot of just crowd noise.
No, he's more Townsend, who is more Bale. One footed, left footed, quick, sometimes quiet and ineffectual but frequently changes a game.
A very controlled and sedate performance, on the whole. Townsend's doing his best to keep himself in the side, Holtby's done some very nice stuff, Defoe looks hungry and Carroll's recycling the ball well, but most of the other players look a bit disinterested, understandably. Nice to see a few coming back from injury, but I could do without seeing Naughton and Sigurdsson playing down the left again, to be honest.
Defoe's shaken off the rustiness tonight, I hope he stays and fights for his place. Enjoying watching Carroll and Holtby working in midfield, even if the German is looking a bit rusty. I'd take Townsend off at half time and Walker in the second half with Kane and Fryers coming on.
Holtby looks class, Carroll is coming of age. Walker looks super class, hopefully he can do the same against better opposition.
Why is AVB getting stressed? Surely if there was a match to watch and chill out with your feet up this is it!
Two quick things: 1 - I might have to start a thread listing all the reasons why I love Sandro so much. ONe thing though - Sandro with competition for his place?! EVERYONE should be very afraid. 2 - First goal was a delight in that it contained so many of the positives from tonight - ridiculously commited, impressive win of the ball from Sandro, nice, intelligent pass from Carroll, lovely little run and ball from holtby then the finish you expect from Defoe. Perfect.
