I'm doing that British thing and sticking up for and supporting the unfairly victimised. He played very well last night but I have to agree that Morgan was the real man of the match. PS Just had a kiss on the cheek for writing that.
Does Morgan pick up a ban for the yellow card? It is mouth watering to think that we have Lallana to come back into that team. Get him Fit and Joes/Forren in ther and we can be a real threat. Teams won't know how to deal with Lallana/Ramirez/Punch coming at them.
I'm dreading the return match of Hooiveld vs VP. If they win, will they be the first team to do the double over us this season?
I wouldn't bet on it, Hooiveld hasn't really done anything wrong (this time) so Forren would have to be considered a significant improvement to justify dropping him, and Forren won't have got up to speed yet. I'd expect him to be on the bench.
It is a target to be avoided if possible, we are still at the top of the FairPlay League tied with Norwich.
I definitely agree. He's ranked at 10th in Interceptions per game in the Premiership, and he's the only player in the top 40 who isn't either a defender or defensive midfielder, and also ranked at 25th in tackles per game, again the the best from any non-defender/defensive mid. Early in the season he had a few lapses and wasn't quite as responsible as he should have been, but I think people are still tarring him with that brush despite him improving significantly and putting in some real defensive shifts.