Because he's not quick enough. Was close to MOM yesterday so well deserves his place. Not a bad effort for a team which is a work in progress. Two thoughts.
Thought he did enough to win MoM one assist and the winning goal. Think Stan should stick to grid iron as his knowledge of football could be explained in a nano second.
Always supported Stans right to his opinion, but he sees everything in black or white and misses the grey. He sees players as either great or hopeless when most are neither. Not many great ones and hopeless ones don't play for top teams for too long.
Of course everybody has a right to an opinion but when it’s just slagging off Alonso who is one of the leagues better players in his position and ‘Cescy nil party’ at every chance people don’t value that opinion.
Again Alonso's position in D is untenable because we have only one Defender in back 4.
Given the defence is playing a different game to last 2 seasons, it will take more than a couple of games to get it right. The defence is also dealing with the fact that the midfield is letting too much play through them and exposing defenders. This is also because the best midfield defender in the League is being asked to play further forward. That will take time to get right as well. Mendy at City is young and talented and played exceptionally well. When he continues to do so for 4 or 5 seasons, then perhaps your opinion of him will be correct. Until then I am very happy to see Alonso play each week until our new style is settled, and those best suited to it become apparent. Maybe then Alonso might well be played differently, but he is a top player and proves it week after week. That's why he is rated highly by all our recent Managers and the public in general.
Again, I can't agree with your opinion. Our CDs are not "clowns", both are International players in their prime. Rudy has been played largely as left back and now moved to CD in a back 4, not 3. Luiz, before Conte spat his dummy ,Trump like, at any criticism of him , was playing out of his skin. Luiz sat on his arse for 6 months and came back, like Rudi, to a back 4 as CD. Give them some time and a decent midfield in front of them, and you will see they are far from clowns. We also have Christensen to try out, RLC to try out, Hazard, Ampadu and Hudson Odoi, Giroud and Tammy, plus Zappa, Moses and the Italian left back. Until Sarri has got the team playing in his fashion, and tried all the players at his disposal, no one including Sarri, as he himself has said, has a clue who will play where, who might switch positions or change their approach as Kante has. Far too early to be writing players off or declaring Kovacic to be the possible midfield fix. Make those assertions after Christmas and you might find a kinder audience.
This sentence just goes to show what we already knew. That you haven't a clue.
Indeed. Sarri said that it could be a bit ropey for the first couple of months, so we have to be patient. Our defence was exposed in the first half but things improved in the second. We look really good with the ball imo, and we will get there. KTBFFH.
Bugger it, let’s just sell Alsonso, Cahill & Cescy no party to keep Stan happy and wait to see who will take their place on the hate list.
.Agree the defensive situation needs to improve....Anyway after 2 games we're level on points with City.....suits me.
I enjoyed the game apart from the last 20 mins of the first half
not going to criticise anyone lets just see how it goes.Great to see Morata score,feel we're gonna score more
than we concede.
Good call, there are some very positive signs and more than a couple of players looking extremely good under the new system. I really enjoyed the game, early goal, then another, then Arsenal exposing, some problems and at half time the Manager and players pretty much fixing those problems, then Alonso, my MOM scoring late. Georghino and Kovacic looked really good and Morata looked as if he's toughened up and stepped up. All great signs. And we still have a heap of excellent players to get their chance, in our outstanding youngsters plus Moses, Zappacosta, Cahill and Emerson.Best of all players seem to be enjoying themselves and showing fight and togetherness. All encouraging.
Same thing happened in 2016-17, we finished 10th the season before so no one had us in contention, but the ******s forgot we were the team who had won the Premier league in 2015 at a canter, the problem was Jose and the players falling out, with Jose replaced with Conte, it stood to reason that we would be up near the top again, and we won the league again, despite huge ******s saying there was no way we would challenge and we would find it hard that season etc.
Our squad is more than capable and with no champions league who knows??.
.Gonna keep my gob shut til after xmas.
