Unsure how we failed to deal with Crouch, who was even doing fancy deft flicks in the first half, such was his confidence against our back line. All in all a pretty meek effort from our back three in dealing with him and Arnautevic. Just delighted we had Robles who was by and far man of the match! Gueye coming back into the side should help us out massively, as he'll cover every blade and stop players having the freedom of the field as Crouch did last night. Gueye 100% to start against Bournemouth.
...it's difficult with a bean pole forward, the challenge is to cut off the supply which is one of the reasons he brought McCarthy on. Adams hit some fabulous crosses in (as well as that ball over Holgates head for the first goal), sometimes its easier to let Crouch win the header unchallenged and concentrate on the 2nd ball. It's what many teams did with Duncan Ferguson.