Bentaleb and Dier, you don't drop your first choice starting CM one game in to the season
Just cos they started at OT, how do you know they are Pochs first choice starting CM? ITK?
I was referring to Bentaleb, individually, who people want to drop after/because of the United game. I think Dier is holding the fort until Mason returns/a new CM is signed - but he played well in the last game and offers the defensive contribution a lot of people have been calling for this summer, so it's a given for me that he will be starting
Isn't Mason supposed to be fit again? On the basis of Pochs choices last season, isn't the Masaleb pairing seen as his first choice atm ?
Well yeah that's why I said Dier is holding the fort until Mason returns - I'm not sure Poch will throw him straight in to the lineup though, especially as Dier played well and I don't think Bentaleb will be dropped for having a bad game on the opening day of the season
So not first choice at all then. Just temporarily at best.
Are you not reading my posts? I said I was referring to Bentaleb not the pairing the first time you quoted me
Your original post said Bentaleb AND Dier. You said you don't drop your first choice pairing.
Don't you read your own posts?
Are you on a windup or something?
For a laugh, we should just keep kicking them and playing for throw-ins and set-pieces for 90 minutes; see how they like it.
Correct. We are only bad tackle on Kane away from a striker crisis. Luckily we arent playing a team that has a Charlie Adam-type player in their side......oh wait a minute
Hopefully he will go easy on us for a change.
Hopefully he will go easy on us for a change.