Because Carroll scored in the Monaco game, is generally thought to have controlled possession well there, has Premier League experience (at Swansea) and is 23, thus needing game time.
And Onomah isn't a CM
Because Carroll scored in the Monaco game, is generally thought to have controlled possession well there, has Premier League experience (at Swansea) and is 23, thus needing game time.
And Onomah isn't a CM
I really like Carroll, but don't think he'll be good enough
I agree with this and cant see him getting enough games to want to stay much longer than another 18 months. Was a surprising decision to play him today, rather than Alli in CM and Son further forward
Because Carroll scored in the Monaco game, is generally thought to have controlled possession well there, has Premier League experience (at Swansea) and is 23, thus needing game time.
But he's 23, isn't actually that good & isn't as good as Onomah.
Don't think he' worse than Onomah, per se: he's just the safer option.
I don't think he's the one responsible for today's loss: he was fine up until he started flagging around the sixty-minute mark, and we barely noticed his featherweight attempts at defending because we generally spent the first half at least somewhat comfortably. We comprehensively lost the midfield battle when he was subbed off, and I'm not sure if that's because of him going off or because his replacement (Alli) also had a sh*te game.
The point about Alli is fair, however all the attention will be on Carroll given it was an unusual choice to start
The point about Alli is fair, however all the attention will be on Carroll given it was an unusual choice to start
That's not his fault though and he didn't do anything wrong that I saw
Alli didn't step up when dropping back and looked lost
That's not his fault though and he didn't do anything wrong that I saw
Alli didn't step up when dropping back and looked lost
Where do you get your evidence from? Jesus I've seen both play a fair bit and they are different players. It's commenrs like this that anger meBut he's 23, isn't actually that good & isn't as good as Onomah.
By the way, did you have a look at his passing map which I posted above? For a creative midfielder, its dreadful