Cochise
Steve Carr
So what did we learn?? Not a lot when the opponents have 70% possession but I'll try.
1) We need a real backup for Kane. Moura isn't strong enough to play as a lone front man and Son, whilst better than Moura still isn't comfortable.
2) I'd be more comfortable seeing Skipp start in the midfield than Sissoko or Dier.
3) Dier might never regain the fitness to play as a DM. He's probably best used sparingly in games like Burnley where the direct ball is going to be more frequent. Tonight against a passing side he was chasing shadows.
4) KWP is too slight to be a Premier League footballer. He was badly exposed for most of the game and as the pundits said, Coutinho being free and moving central forced him into leaving Coman unmarked at the back. However, he gets outmuscled way too often and I worry that like Onomah (same class IIRC), he lacks that fight to rough it up.
5) Sessegnon: Great goal, puts a good shift in but I didn't see enough to allay my fears that he's not a winger. I was hoping for some quick footwork in tight spaces, but he doesn't seem to have it. If anything, I'd like to see how he fairs as a left sided wing back.
6) GLC dissapointed. He still showed some good moments, but we had so little of the ball in their half he couldn't get into the game.
1) We need a real backup for Kane. Moura isn't strong enough to play as a lone front man and Son, whilst better than Moura still isn't comfortable.
2) I'd be more comfortable seeing Skipp start in the midfield than Sissoko or Dier.
3) Dier might never regain the fitness to play as a DM. He's probably best used sparingly in games like Burnley where the direct ball is going to be more frequent. Tonight against a passing side he was chasing shadows.
4) KWP is too slight to be a Premier League footballer. He was badly exposed for most of the game and as the pundits said, Coutinho being free and moving central forced him into leaving Coman unmarked at the back. However, he gets outmuscled way too often and I worry that like Onomah (same class IIRC), he lacks that fight to rough it up.
5) Sessegnon: Great goal, puts a good shift in but I didn't see enough to allay my fears that he's not a winger. I was hoping for some quick footwork in tight spaces, but he doesn't seem to have it. If anything, I'd like to see how he fairs as a left sided wing back.
6) GLC dissapointed. He still showed some good moments, but we had so little of the ball in their half he couldn't get into the game.