jesus if newcastle hadn't give us two pens and scored their sitter you wouldn't be buzzing off ross so much. at 1-1, ross messing around in the box rather than passing it is more of a liability than kone doing nothing but run himself into danger.
eh?
Ross didn't 'mess around in the box' at all last night. There were two occasions where he hesitated to shoot which is a shame, but our other players were in a position to win the ball back/all Newcastle could do was hoof it clear. He played the entire game on the front foot. Kone playing himself into trouble cost us a lot more as our players were up there supporting him, and then Newcastle could counter quickly. Talking tosh there mate.
I trust Ross with the ball. I don't get worried when he's on it. He knows what he's doing and last night proved that.
We played well yesterday. That chance came from a good cross and a bad bit of defending from Mori. It's all they created though and if they'd have scored I reckon we'd have had the ability to come through it.
Stoke will be a huge test but they've hit a bit of a slump so hopefully we can take advantage.
Same team for me, bar probably Baines for Oviedo and I imagine Lukaku will be out. Can't imagine Niasse will be fit to start, so unfortunately looks like Kone will be the one.
Cleverley looks 10x the player on the left though. Allows him a free role and he switches with Barkley superbly.
