This game would look a lot different with Doucoure and Allan bossing midfield. Gomes and Siggy are too slow to play together. I think Davies is about the only player we could bring on to make a difference here.
Your logical skills are failing you. I downvoted a post that said Rio Ferdinand rating him is good enough to give him the benefit of the doubt. Rating someone’s quality and mentality are two very different things. Someone’s mentality can change overnight.
How is that what you take from that statement?
Rating a player has nothing to do with questioning his desire, mentorship or not. You can’t force a player to care.
Godfrey is everything that Holgate is not. Even when Godfrey is out of his depth at fullback, he plays with desire and grit. Holgate looks like he would rather be anywhere else. He wasn’t always like that and I don’t know what changed.
Yeah Holgate no longer cares. Really a shame because he looked very promising last season, but that goal was 100% down to him waltzing around. He didn’t even turn on the burners once he realized how open Alonso was.
FWIW, commentators on American broadcast are hinting that it should have been a card of some sort and probably a red. I’m not even bothered. We’re about to beat the shite at Anfield!
I’m an Ancelotti believer but it is frustrating to start this second half with the same gameplan as City. We need to be far more attacking against such a poor defense.