sorry lads (and lasses) , just signed up and going reply crazy. i think wickham was on a hiding to nothing against samba ,same as jones was in his time, he's dominated bigger and better players than him. the same would have happened with ji, i think it was a case of knock on the door for long enough, keep them occupied and use pace and fresh legs later in the game.
Yes, I wondered about young Mr Noble, there must be something managers and their staff see in training that decide against him, Ji came on instead and in addition a young left winger made an excellent debut, but it is curious about Noble. Rico just panicked at the chance in the 1st half would a natural goal scorer like Ryan have done so?
Sorry, put Noble on for Wickham so he is playing the lone striker? Dont think it would have worked, he would need to play alongside either Wickam or Ji.
