Brendan Fraudgers!

He made great subs today, appropriate players at appropriate moments.

As for our defending, we conceded two really stupid goals. First one was just a moment of complete stupidity by Boyata, which wouldn't happen in 9 out of 10, and for second goal KT was all over the place when ball came to his side, he even touched it while it was heading towards our goal.

Problem here is that we need to see more of a Hendry-Ajer-Comper trio at the back, which is good with the ball, decent with pace, and good with anticipation. Today we had three guys who are slow and lack mobility to cover open space, so whenever * played a ball behind our defence, there was complete mess in our lines.

 

He's a cut above claw hammer teeth.

 

Made some good calls, made some bad calls.

I thought it was an absolute joke how exposed Ajer and KT were, real tough day for the two of them, especially when Ajer was struggling adapting at times.

Thankfully their end product was mainly useless in the end and at the end of the day he deserves the credit for throwing on another striker when down to 10 men. A great change!

 

what a moment to bring Eduard on! some balls Boss!!! loved it

 

I’d belly flop intae a pool of junkie needles just to put my name in a hat with 1 million other names for a chance to caress his thigh whilst wearing 99p magic gloves bought from a local corner shop.

 

We all knew we needed something to spark us after rogic went off and we seemed to lose the midfield a bit, so I was happy to see Edouard come on. Wasn't until I remembered Armstrong was there at his substitution I realised how ballsy the Edouard sub actually was

 

* it a bit with Boyata but he was in a difficult position. It was either start Hendry or Boyata with Compper presumably unfit and he went with the better(maybe not anymore) more experienced player.

But he's just smashed the hun with 10 men so all is forgiven

 

Boyata was a howler of a call, he really earned his money when jozo was sent off however.

 

starting Boyata was not good but the Edouard sub was genius lol

 

Thought he made a mistake by playing Ajer at RB & bringing Boyata in..

We got away with one today and we really need to address our defence in the next window..

Also we need to sign a ball winning DM to replace Brownie

We were excellent when we went down to 10 tho..

 

BR: "It was a big step for us to go nine points clear with a game in hand but there's still a lot of work for us to do."

BR: "There was a lot of talk before the game but the guys kept their humility and came from behind twice to come up with a brilliant win.

BR: "I think when you come to one of your rivals and perform like we did and be up against it with 10-men for 30 minutes, then you’re entitled to celebrate. It was a great victory for us and I think we deserved it."

BR: "We have a plan when we go to 10-men and that was clear in the game. You could see what the players were doing while also having that goal threat. I thought they dealt with that final 30-minutes of the game really well and I’m very proud


BR: "When you lose a man you can either put on more defenders and then see what happens. But I always feel in that moment you can put on an extra attacker and reshuffle the balance in your team. The other team will look to force more players forward into the game."

BR: "When we put two strikers on that made it two-versus-two on half a pitch and I’d always fancy Odsonne and Moussa Dembele in that situation against most centre-halves. They worked it brilliantly.

BR: "I’m delighted for Scott Bain. When we brought him in he’s been absolutely brilliant in training but, of course, for goalkeepers it takes something to happen for them to get an opportunity."

BR: "I thought his performance showed his nerve, his calmness and his agility, particularly when he makes the save and gets up again for the second one when it comes off the post."

BR: "Edouard is one of the best young players I’ve worked with. He has everything, a good touch, speed, movement and work ethic. He has a natural inbuilt brain for football. I see it every day in training.

 

Hero.

Absolute * legend.

Tim O’Brien and freit * must be swimming in tears

 

67 points in the league too.