Zizi – he definitely is reluctant to play Guiu. The sporting directors apparently face no scrutiny, and out of the list of players you gave, Ugochukwu made us a profit so that goes down as a win; in fact they probably make a point of that if and when they have an appraisal! I guess they think that Delap will become a lethal striker but when we have had success, it was when we brought in players like Drogba and Costa that had been performing strongly in the previous seasons.
3 points at Tottenham is a plus of course. However, I watched the game and it was a win against a totally rancid Tottenham performance.
Caicedo is world class – I’m really worried that someone like Real will come in with a silly offer and the club take it, whilst high fiving each other over the money they’ve made. Fofana looked good on his return, Joao Pedro scored with a good finish but also missed other chances that a top striker would put away. Playing Reece as a DM is testament to his quality, but it’s not a long term solution – let’s hope Lavia’s fitness can hold up under this rehab regime as Aindro points out.
Sanchez didn’t have a lot to do but he did claim crosses well, he stopped what shots were fired at him and his decision making was broadly ok. Nevertheless, there are mistakes in him – I guess they’re waiting on Penders’s development.
In any case, if a team sets themselves up to double up on our wingers and not play out from the back (which allows Caicedo to nick the ball as he did against Spurs), then we have no answers. Spurs didn’t do that, just as Liverpool didn’t, because they think they’re too good to play negatively against us.
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