Hughton now HAS to ring the changes. We have plenty of midfielders, lets start utilising them Fox, Tettey and Hoolahan in for Surman, Howson and Snodgrass. Surely thats not rocket science?
Agree with perhaps Snodgrass being kept in but put on the left although would say Pilkington now deserves to start
Drop Surman definitely. Completely ineffectual today. Lost count of the amount of times players looked up, especially Garrido, to play a ball down the left only to find no-one there because Surman had drifted into the centre and wasn't out on the left where he should have been. Snodgrass shouldn't be playing on the right. I don't care if it's his favourite position, he hasn't got a right foot. He missed two great chances against West Ham because he was trying to switch the ball to his left and today he was constantly cutting the ball back onto his left foot instead of crossing which allowed the Liverpool defence to get back. If Hoolahan plays he needs to play behind the striker/s, not out on the left wing as he did when he came on today. Johnson works hard and runs around a lot, but his passing isn't great, so maybe Tettey or Fox should get a chance simply so we have someone who will put their foot on the ball and build up the play from midfield. Not a midfielder, but Turner needs to be dropped. He's played three games for us now and we've conceded five twice and he's given away two penalties. I don't know whether it's a confidence issue or whether it's an ability thing, but he looks terrified when ever someone runs at him at the moment and doesn't seem to be reading the game well.
