How many times did a deep lying player pick up the ball with acres of space in front of them yet just pass it sideways. Run into the space ffs. Commit the opposition. Try and open the game up. No one has any confidence to try something, anything.
We did and they did, but I think you're doing him a disservice. he's still better than most of our attacking options. Not that I think he's good enough for us, more a measure of our lack of quality striking options
Yeah sorry I wasn't sneering; i like him. Yes, I'd gladly have him over most of our attacking options right now. And with the greatest of respect, that's Shane Frickin Long
I think perhaps he needs a run of games again after missing a few weeks. I think the goals will come too. Could really do with him stepping up without Lallana and Coutinho.
Very little talk of Wijnaldum. How did he do? I would have hoped in games like today where we struggle to break teams down his more attacking tendencies (than Henderson & Can) would have really helped us.