Ah well, it’s never nice to be well and truly thrashed. As soon as I saw our team today I knew it would be a long afternoon. I know you probably get a lot of money comments, about how you’ve bought it all and what not...but there are teams with as much money who just don’t come close to you lot. Last week vs Chelsea I thought we were very unlucky to lose 3-0, this week I feel very lucky to have ‘only’ lost 6-1!
Our midfield was decimated pre match. Just one fully fit central midfielder (Billing). Hogg injured, Bacuna injured, Williams just started training after a broken leg, Mooy’s wife was in labour. We’ve ended up with a centre back (Stankovic) (who has been out with an ACL for over a year playing his first competitive game back in midfield), Sabiri (a 10, for the u21s) and a right back in midfield, a complete mess basically. On top of that we selected zero pace, leaving our four quick wingers on the bench. Our keeper Hamer had a mini nightmare. And Schindler and Kongolo had a reyt old job on with Aguero on that kind of form.
I never expected a result, but we just didn’t have any fight in us today. Our battlers in midfield weren’t playing and no one stepped up. Silva just took us to pieces, one of the best individual performances i’ve seen against Town (granted i’ve seen us play in league 1/2 for a loooong time).
A thoroughly deserved win for you lot, hopefully that’s our last big pasting of the season. I guess our season starts vs Cardiff next week.
Good luck to you, without blowing too much smoke up your arse you’re a genuinely incredible team to watch. As for Town, we’ll stay up, I think...
