Denmark Spur
Michael Carrick
The best part was later. When he did a fist pump! Twice! Lol
Found a better one - including the fist pumps
It really is brilliant
The best part was later. When he did a fist pump! Twice! Lol
We must show a more energy/urgency from the off IMHO.
We are going to be tested on Sunday from the first whistle.
I like the win don't get wrong but we just looked sleepy all night.
Happy late birthday mate, good that we got the three points to help you celebrate it.
Happy Birthday Nigel - wasn't it almost EXACTLY the same last year?? Birthday AND a late Kane goal?
Have to admit I didn't see their game at Swansea so I assume the scoreline was flattering. I would like to think they will raise their game on Sunday. The thing I like about this squad is we appear to have more players these days that 'get' the rivalry. In the past I have felt too many of the team have just treated as just another league match.
Exactly. Our inexperience is showing, unfortunately
Yeah. Have faith fudgeers! I think Lamela has had a great game tonight, and his last 15 mins have been mature and majestic.
Lamela was really poor in the first half. Him and Rose were by far our worst players in the first half. We lost midfield control and hold up play when Mousa went off. Lamela redeemed himself somewhat with a good last 15 minutes but for 75 minutes before that he was non existent and looked to be suffering from no confidence with his crazed eyes of last season. However, he never gave up and helped settle us down towards the end, especially his set up for Kane, which was classy.
I don't agree with a couple of things there. I think that we lost control of the game after the goal, we forgot our game plan and started chasing the game, that this was after Dembele went off I think was coincidental. I think that Lamela had a good second half and off the pace a little, was not as bad as you are making out in the first.
We are not going to play like that on Sunday and I think that it was because we have such big games on Thursday and Sunday that we were holding a little back tonight. Surely, that is far better than going hell for leather tonight and running out of steam half way through Sunday's game?
I hope your right. We need Son back, he gives us that spark we need.
But a wins a win - so happy tonight
Have to say it's hard to dislike Lampard when he's not wearing the Chel53a shirt. Seems a decent bloke
Suggest you watch the game again. I was calling for Lamela to be replaced by Mason after about 40 minutes - he really was poor.
It could be just a coincidence that we lost control to coincide with Dembele going off. But it certainly wasn't the goal. We were rocking before that and their goal came at the end of a relatively sustained attacks from Villa. My comment at the time was that it had been coming.
If Alli can be half the player he was, I will be really delighted
A brave call but I would guess that Poch was looking for someone to hold the ball up the pitch for a bit to relieve the pressure, which he did pretty well (and Lamela did too of course).I love Poch's thinking towards the end: 'hmmm...we are losing Control of the game. I think I'll put on an 18 year old boy'