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Right, a few more comments, and I was at on the third row so didn't have a great view of anything in the far half.
They were all muscle and workrate, we were all misplaced passes. We can't rest all from Sterling, Silva, KDB, Yaya and Sane. All those we brought in might, and I stress might, do a good job when surrounded by class players but not when we bring them all in at the same time. Navas has had one good season, but that was three seasons ago, and Nolito has never impressed me.
Bravo was OK today as was Stones; I'm less convinced by Fernando but that's because he set up an early chance for Huddersfield. But he wasn't the worst in that respect and most their first half chances came from our inability to play the ball out and our refusal to hoof it and give the defence a break for a few seconds.
As for playing the kids, I'm not sure it would have been a great idea against a bunch of cloggers with an average height of nine foot six. Though it might have given us creativity.
Hope we don't end up 0-0 and extra time in the replay as we did when we played them in the cup 29 seasons ago.
They were all muscle and workrate, we were all misplaced passes. We can't rest all from Sterling, Silva, KDB, Yaya and Sane. All those we brought in might, and I stress might, do a good job when surrounded by class players but not when we bring them all in at the same time. Navas has had one good season, but that was three seasons ago, and Nolito has never impressed me.
Bravo was OK today as was Stones; I'm less convinced by Fernando but that's because he set up an early chance for Huddersfield. But he wasn't the worst in that respect and most their first half chances came from our inability to play the ball out and our refusal to hoof it and give the defence a break for a few seconds.
As for playing the kids, I'm not sure it would have been a great idea against a bunch of cloggers with an average height of nine foot six. Though it might have given us creativity.
Hope we don't end up 0-0 and extra time in the replay as we did when we played them in the cup 29 seasons ago.