Last two seasons Stoke at home summed up our season, pitiful petering out 1-0 loss in one and 4-3 crazy loss in the other. We played well today but were wasteful with our chances. I thought Bolasie looked good but Barkley and Rom should both have scored
Even Martinez won his group West Ham. And got into the bloody group. Losing to a club that didn't play its players for 4 months last season and lost 5-1 to FC Cluj recently? Embarrassing
When we beat Arsenal 3-0 at Goodison and played them off the park, I thought we had Champion's League. I thought this was the beginning of us becoming a genuine European threat. I don't think anyone in the stadium that day doubted it.
At the very least we need him as a backup to Gueye if he is our first choice defensively. Besic and gibson are made out of dry spaghetti. In a defensive system he will thrive