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Jimmy McCormick
You can see why Sherwood is unhappy about us spending big money on the likes of Capoue and Paulinho when we have Bentaleb and Carroll coming through the ranks. The kid was a star out there today.
Cool it, cool it. 30 minutes against a strangely disjointed Southampton side does not the new Hoddle make.
He had a decent game, looks reasonably assured in possession and tracks opposition runs well. He needs to bulk up a bit, and though we got away with it today, it's a bit unfair playing him in a lightweight midfield comprised of Eriksen, himself, Sigurdsson and Chadli (any goals scored by an opposition midfielder will inevitably be blamed on him to some extent). Next game, if Tim decides to go 4-4-2 again, then by all means put Bentaleb on in central midfield if necessary, but move Eriksen to the left and get someone more defensively minded on to partner him.
Still, promising signs, all told.
he played 2 against 3 in central midfield