I think if you call them a **** repeatedly it’s different but I think the double yellow was harsh considering the pen was also soft AND the striker would never have got to it. So I can understand calling him a **** at least once.
Nothing wrong with the penalty tactics. Salah puts loads down the middle. If he’d dived early and Salah had gone down the middle we’d all be crying out for him to do his homework.
The pass out from the back was a howler tho.
We’ve been rumbled. It’s gonna be ugly.
Some bad luck today. But a distasteful flavour of unprofessionalism coming through. Driving with our hands off the wheel. Thankfully we have some points on the board already but we made Villa look like City. Awful performance.
Feel for Hinch. That was a mauling. Not happy with Veltman today...
I’m converted. Jean Claude Van Hecke all the way. The guy is my kind of psycho. Getting better and better. Certainly a long term Dunk replacement IMO re: similarities.
I do think Webster is good, too. Feeling spoiled.
Tbh I think Bissouma was our most skilful and we never got to see him in 5th gear in that respect.
There’s a Zidane-esque quality to his game which was tamed under his mgmt here. Vincent was obviously good but I think people are looking through some rose tinted glasses and also need to consider...
What is the strength? Coming for crosses, or catching them? Because they're two different things. Ok, the stats say "blah blah blah" but also, from experience with my own eyes, watched him drop the ball several times from crosses and get totally abused by some teams targeting him from corners...