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Dont really have a choice (which is what I posted). Rodwell's probably the most comfortable and technically gifted central midfielder we have available at the moment.
Spot on KB
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Dont really have a choice (which is what I posted). Rodwell's probably the most comfortable and technically gifted central midfielder we have available at the moment.
The second half was a nightmare but we'll just have to keep things in perspective. We all know the injury problems we have and how short we are at the back in Europe so we'll just have to put last night behind us. A win at Goodison on Nov 5 will see us with one foot in the next round.
Exactly...we've got 2 home games now and 1 away against a team we beat 4-0. Benfica have 2 away games and 1 home.
Balls in our court.
Because GOT was down I was on BlueKipper most of the day.....
Please, someone stop me from doing that again....please....I have seen the darkness.
You'd find it funny Goat.
It was sad to see we lost by that many goals, Benfica are a good team but honestly they are not that good, at least not a team we can't get a result from.
I hate to say it Hibbert good performance in CB was only a one off, CB would never be a position for him and last night match shows, felt sorry for Gosling & Coleman, they are simply not ready to be thrown into the deep end, Benfica was just too much for them to cope.
Distin was the only defender to be playing in his normal position and without a doubt the best defender for us on the night and the only one who could cope with Benfica attack. I truely felt sorry for him as he has done his best to keep them out, but there is only so much he could do on his own.
Howard, what can I say? Only Distin could help him last night and I couldn't see him did much wrong, he just have no protection from the defence, honestly if it wasn't for Distin and Howard we would have lost by more than 5 goals.
I still feel the player we picked last night was not totally wrong, the formation was not right, should have been something like this:-
------------------ Howard ------------------
-- Coleman --- Hibbert --- Distin --- Billy ----
--- Gosling --- Rodwell --- Cahill --- Jo ------
------------------ Fellaini ------------------
------------------ Yakubu -----------------
Billy has been playing in the LB for Russia when needed, and he would be much better than Coleman who is right-footer, who would be more suited in his natural position.
Cahill is a waste in the RM midfield position he must play in CM or ACM, and Gosling would have been better off than Cahill in the RM position, I certainly feel this formation would give us a better chance to have done better last night.
Overall, the reason we lost badly was completely to do with our defence and our midfield who are not winning enough possession in the center of the park and failure to create enough chances for the striker.
I won't be too disappointed with the result, as we were playing so many young inexperience player, I just hope Gosling, Coleman, Hibbert, Fellaini & Rodwell would not be too downhearted from it and they should learn from this experience and becoming a better player in the future.
I agree.
Especially with the formation. He played a 4-5-1 at home against Wolves but 4-4-2 away against an attacking side. I know we had problems but I said after the game we should've just packed the midfield and try and grind something out than incorporating 2 strikers.
Anyway, I hope its a good kick in the arse for players and manager.
And I'd honestly **** the carling cup off. Seriously a game that is not needed.
We know some players have had serious injuries like Yak and Mikel. Buit one has to ask how is it that so many other players are picking up injuries and apparently regularly. Is therer is something in the training schedule that makes them vulnerable.
It just seems so strange to have so many in the treatment room.
Im hoping that Yobo, Baines and Bily's injuries are just precautions - light pulls so have been pulled from the game.
Osman's one is a worry. Could be out for a month.