Barry has been great so far. I had him scheduled as a sacrifice to the soft tissue gods at the end of the pre-season, but I'm delighted to be wrong. He's very smart and fits the role he's currently being asked to do.
Outside of his terrible backpass, Funes Mori has been very, very good. I'm combing through Vickery's previous comments now for other FM transfer gems.
Stones was the sex he always is, which says a lot about the squad's performance this weekend that he was relatively unimpressive.
A happy, smiling Kone is one of my favorite sights.
Despite that he screams like bambi when the wind changes direction, Geri D is a murderer when he puts in the cross. He was great Saturday.
Lukaku is a terror, I love watching him play hungry.
But Barkley playing smartly and picking up the scraps for two goals was MOTM for me. He still has a lot to learn if he's ever going to be great, but sometimes he needs to relax and play simply great to be masterful. Watching him get into position for those goals was exciting (in terms of his development), but more than that I want to see the lads in blue picking up the unexpected goals too.