I agree it was a gamble that would have made sense if Son kept Moses pinned back or otherwise posed a threat, but it just never worked, and it was apparent from four minutes in. Verts being drawn wider shot our three-man back line all to hell, and Son was useless out on the touchline, utterly lost in defense and attack and unable to bring any of his offensive talents to bear while being easily muscled around by Moses and left stranded otherwise.
And, of course, he conceded the penalty and was hooked after being driven at three or four times and utterly bypassed over the course of the game.
I said during the game, I don't blame Poch for gambling (even if I was mystified with exactly why he chose to gamble in this way). Better that than never experimenting and getting figured out. But he needed to change it. And that was done even more clumsily - putting Trippier on the left when we had Davies on the bench was just utterly indecipherable. Led to two more goals coming directly from that side - Trippier losing his man and forcing Verts to come over and concede a corner we then let Hazard score from, and then Chelsea playing utterly freely on the left before rolling it to Matic for the fourth.
So, when I say they should have asked about Son playing at LB, I mean that they should also have asked about why he was hooked for Trippier going over to the left-hand side, when Davies was right there on the bench waiting.
