As soon as Lucas pulled up I feared the worst for the team and expected us to lose maybe 3-0 as Shelvey was coming on but I'm happy to say Shelvey proved me wrong and stuck to his task well and put in a great shift and performance. Over the past two weeks its clear to see when Shelvey plays with quality players such as Lucas, Allen and Gerrard he performs much better. Compare that to when he has had to play with Adam and Spearing and his performances havent been that great as the quality around him has let him down and kind of influenced his game.
Joe Allen keeps impressing me the more I see of him. He's so composed and he does all the simple things effectively. The highlight for me was that disguised pass to Suarez it kind of reminded me of how Alonso used to pull the strings in the midfield under Rafa. I think come the end of the season we'll look back to the acquisition of Allen and see it was a real bargain at 15 million.
I was happy with the whole team performance, the first 10 minutes or so we looked shaky and not with it but as soon as we settled down it was all us and our passing improved and it was great to watch. Young Raheem Sterling did himself proud, he put in a great performance and cause Toure all sorts of problems. Him and Suarez were always a nuisance to the City defense.
The whole team played very well it was just a shame we made two mistakes for the two goals conceded but I think its clear to see we're still getting used to the way Brendan wants us to play.
I was also impressed that Adam and Spearing were not in the squad at all, maybe this is a strong hint that both of them are going to be sold to help fund getting Dempsey. I still think we need another striker as Borini doesnt look clinical enough (mind you he's playing on the right it would be nice to see Suarez on the right and Borini down the middle).
We can take heart from todays performance and hopefully replicate this performance (minus the mistakes) in the future both home and away more often.
What are your thoughts and who would you like us to sign before end of next week?
Joe Allen keeps impressing me the more I see of him. He's so composed and he does all the simple things effectively. The highlight for me was that disguised pass to Suarez it kind of reminded me of how Alonso used to pull the strings in the midfield under Rafa. I think come the end of the season we'll look back to the acquisition of Allen and see it was a real bargain at 15 million.
I was happy with the whole team performance, the first 10 minutes or so we looked shaky and not with it but as soon as we settled down it was all us and our passing improved and it was great to watch. Young Raheem Sterling did himself proud, he put in a great performance and cause Toure all sorts of problems. Him and Suarez were always a nuisance to the City defense.
The whole team played very well it was just a shame we made two mistakes for the two goals conceded but I think its clear to see we're still getting used to the way Brendan wants us to play.
I was also impressed that Adam and Spearing were not in the squad at all, maybe this is a strong hint that both of them are going to be sold to help fund getting Dempsey. I still think we need another striker as Borini doesnt look clinical enough (mind you he's playing on the right it would be nice to see Suarez on the right and Borini down the middle).
We can take heart from todays performance and hopefully replicate this performance (minus the mistakes) in the future both home and away more often.
What are your thoughts and who would you like us to sign before end of next week?
. I actually do think they could be dark horses to be honest, but obviously it's way to early to judge. It will be very interesting to see who we bring in if Rodgers still in the market. It's been a fairly good window so far 
