Not at all he looked good. Unfortunately Grealish left a leg in and then threw himself forward to get Pascal booked and then he clattered another Villa player a few moments after. Bielsa did the right thing and protected him from a possible red card. We struggled for a short time after he went off with Klich dropping into the Phillips role and Shackleton in advance of him...I was praying for half time to be honest as we'd lost our fluency playing out from the back and lost possession a few times. All worked out in the end and Klich adapted to his role much better after the break as did Shaks
He's a great prospect but still think he would have been disappointed having to come off, when he did
No doubt...but it's all a learning curve and he'll be better for it. Bielsa is just a genius so he's not exactly going to be pissed off with him is he ?
Just watched Wolves share the points with Barcodes, good result for us, BUT Newcastle are a poor side, am i starting to see that teams are already upping there game against us???? Wolves were nothing like the team that played in the second half against us...... thoughts!!!
He will learn from it, and as he left the stadium he would see Billy's statue and understand, side before self everytime.
Don't worry about Struijk. He's been helped a lot by KP, & he'll definitely be aware that even KP got hooked early whilst learning the job. Next team selection might be the most unpredictable yet if Coops doesn't make it.