It's weird to get the sort of fear one used to get when we had the likes of Duberry or Frank Sinclair at the back. Thought those days were long gone.....
LOL Atkinson gave a goal and then the VAR chalked it off. Y'know, the SAME VAR that DIDN'T give us a pen for the hack on Dave's knee.
First win of the season. TFFT. Tammy and mount leading the way today. Major questions about the defence and in particular the captain. Add a healthy kante, rudiger, rlc and CHO to the regular squad and this team can do damage.
Well we did better in tactically controlling the game in the second half - after an entertaining first half. So we should all be happy right? Defence? wtf. Dave is too slow and Zouma is Zouma. Although he did score a legit goal. I like Christensen a lot. Jorghino and Kovacic. Nice. Perhaps time to make Jorghino Captain? Because Dave is not a certain anymore. Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount - clinical finishing. Pulisic will get there. Everything considered. Injuries et al. A really nice result from Frank. Three points.
A good start to a great day of sport. Rugby and cricket to follow, no forget the cricket it is too painful.
The sun is threatening to make an appearance so probably should get on with things. Lively discussion, was good chatting with you all. Thanks for helping keeping me awake
. The thing is, I think Dave can still do a job for us with Kante in front and with Rudi in the back four. He hasn't become THAT bad a player just since last season and, in truth, it was ALWAYS a matter of whether he was better bombing forward down the wing than defending.
Good win. Lots of questions defensively. Totally tired with 20 minutes to go where they just waltzed past our midfield.