I don't know what exactly we did differently today, but we weren't exposed at the back at any time. Keep doing that.
I don't know what exactly we did differently today, but we weren't exposed at the back at any time. Keep doing that.
We sat a lot deeper, mainly due to city having a lot of the ball, so we had more bodies available to defend
I Haven’t seen the gameI don't know what exactly we did differently today, but we weren't exposed at the back at any time. Keep doing that.
I Haven’t seen the game
Just the stats and my mates comments
We obviously didn’t have as much ball
But also defensively we didn’t mark space
We had the man and stopped the man
That’s so different to how other defenders play for us
I can’t comment as I haven’t seen it yetand the wingers were back in the box defending too
City only had a man unmarked at the far post 4 times in the whole game, not 40 times a half like we are used to
Agreed. Very solid performance. His problems on the ball mitigated by Davies taking responsibility, good to see.He was excellent today, he is like Carragher or Skrtl or Vidic rather than like Rio or Romero.
But in terms of pure defending, he is great.
He had a few "interesting" passes today but they were fired down the flank and out of play i.e. if it comes off and Deki can run on to it, great, but if it doesn't come off and it goes out of play, that is also fine.
Very good.
And Davies playing with a left footAgreed. Very solid performance. His problems on the ball mitigated by Davies taking responsibility, good to see.
Hopefully he'll push on from here.
He gives the impression that he has a good head on his shoulders, and has that thirst for learning and constant improvement.Showing what a good player he is. Great to see.
For me still also showing that he's not a great fit to the system on the ball. But still fairly young and could develop further on the ball. Defensively he's a wonderful player though. Really glad we have him, the difference to last season when we were without Romero and VdV is massive.
Thought he did really well today.
madness dropping him for someone not proven fully fit
FtfyMadness dropping him for someone not wanting to be here