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Comment | Saints V Leicester City The Verdict
at 09:24:51
I have deliberately waited until after the bank holiday before venting, in the hope it will make me comment more rationally. Not sure it has helped.
Hoedt - Constantly out of position and pressing too high when we are out of possession. This results him making last ditch lunge tackles to try and save the day. Sometimes this comes off, more often it doesn't and leaves us exposed. This was the case on Saturday and cost us. Either Yoshi or Bednarek are better choices and if playing three in the centre I would put the both in along with Vestergaard.
Vestergaard - Did make a mistake, but one can be forgiven, given the fact that he at least seems semi interested in playing with some grit. I think he will become a strong player and fan favourite.
Cedric - I have never been a fan of Cedric, even when we he was supposedly at the top of his game I wondered what all the fuss was about. Above all, his final product is awful! The guy cannot cross accurately with any sort consistency. Defensively he is OK, until he has to challenge aerially. Personally I would like to see us playing Targett at RB, he is a better player, a great crosser of the ball with both feet and more than capable of playing RB. I would actually say that Stephens is a better option at RB, although he has been disappointing in the centre, whenever he has been shifted to the right he has looked more effective.
McCarthy - His decision making worries me, some of his choices are very dubious and he has been lucky so far this season that one of his mistakes hasn't been punished. We spent £15mil on Gunn, an amount of cash that could have been well used on someone else (Marlon/Gibson), so lets get him involved.
Hojberg - Silly mistake, but I won't condemn him for it, say what you want but he is one of a few players that seems up for a scrap.
Elsewhere - Are we better putting Gabbi up front and playing Ings off him? I think so. Ely didn't look that fit, the jury is out. Redmond was strong, he just needs to find some consistency and not worry about goal tallies. Armstrong should be on from the start, he has the ability (along with Lemina, who was very good) to boss games, we need that.
All in all there are positive points, but as many of you have mentioned there are far too many recognisable problems for blind optimism. Hughes has to find his starting 11 soon, a win or two will help settle the players prior to what looks like a bit of a battle. We do not have one of the worst 5 squads in the division, but if we don't find a way to bond as a team then we could well end up in that group (again) come the season's end |
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Comment | Ings And Cedric In Contention For Burnley Game
at 11:58:32
Agreed. Targett looked sharp last week and is the best option against Burnley with Cedric looking unlikely. I must say I was pleasantly surprised at the actions of Klopp over the Ings piece. I'm not a Klopp fan (man not manager), as he seems like a bit of a petulant clown, however he did display some class yesterday. |
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Comment | Ings And Cedric In Contention For Burnley Game
at 11:38:51
Sounds like the probable (& wisest) course of action. Having been disappointed at 5pm yesterday (cursing the fact that we had spent 15m on a GK that however good an investment we didn't need, and having not invested in firepower) it seems to have come good. I am optimistic that Ings will produce the goods and hopefully his presence will spur Gabbiadini and Austin along too. We need to take full advantage of a depleted and possibly tired Burnley on Sunday, the intro of Ings in the second half will give the team and the fans a boost. Roll on the free ice cream! |
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