mosssideblue
Well-Known Member
Great game. Merlin absolutely magnificent. Others mentions for Ota, what a game he had. Delph starting to show really positive signs. KDB great as usual. Keep everyone fit and the future looks good.
Shame he didn't bring on Garcia or Roberts but entertaining enough performance, more so when the game opened up after we took Bony off and brought someone on who can run.
He stood out last season when we played them too. A real talent.Their left back should be on our scouting list
Roberts would have to have been on the bench for that to happen,Shame he didn't bring on Garcia or Roberts
Feel a bit sorry for him because he was looking great before he lost his place (for no other reason than we were obliged to play Otamendi given what we had paid for him). Looks like Mangala is the type that needs a run of games, which is probably a bad thing in our set up as he is unlikely to get them. So in that case, we night as well shop him out and bring someone in who can maintain a steady and reliable pattern of form regardless of how often he is selected.Made hard work of it but class shown in the end. Otamendi is an absolute beast. Silva good but not at his best yet which is understandable and KDB needs to be taking the free kicks from now on rather than yaya Only downside is Mangala still looks a bit shaky
Really, I didn't see the subs list, that's surprising though. Paid a lot of dollar for a youngster who is seemingly miles away from being ready to play any part against lower league opposition. Shame because from what I've seen, he looks quality. Can understand Manuel though in a way. He knows he won't be here to see the benefit of these kids maturing so he's going to go with the line up that's more likely to get him the win.Roberts wasn't even on the bench, no idea what's happened to him.