Hold the Phone!!
We paid 2million EUROS for him!!!. He was good from the start and I don't think you can say he significantly improved under our patronage. So we pay what...? the equivalent of £1.8 m for a player 2 years before (so you can take that playing time off his value for the onward...
Refs being influenced by the home crowd.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/apr/28/referees-home-team-sean-ingle
Personally I think that the opposite is true at the Amex. I don't think we get over half the 50-50's. I've always suspected we're not well liked by the refs. Perhaps...
He drifted into front. I saw him in the centre and he was there in defence, hands behind back, shepparding the wingers into the Corners. Worked real hard. I hope we see Bruno and cauld doing this a lot more
The whole team looked tired. I think that fitness has suffered under SH. Teixeira cramped up and Ince ran himself into the ground. To be fair Teixeira looked less light weight than he has. Cauldron looked done in at the end. Smash the Fitness training. But we played with confidence. Great to see
I had been thinking him further up the field with Bruno behind him was an option we hadn't entertained enough. It looked like it worked well tonight. Less hit and miss than kaz. I though he looked threatening going forward and happy to track back when required. Hope this happens more.
Thoughts?
Don't get a people carrier. You're effectively telling the world your giving up. Next stop caravan. Also people carriers come at a premium, you always pay over the odds for them for what your getting compared to an estate for example. But if you need to seat 7 what you gonna do???