Credit where it's due, Downing played pretty well today against a defence that I haven't seen the like of in a long time, christ they have some serious problems at the back. Could of easily been double figures and the 6-1 in no way flattered us, to be honest I think we deserved more than what we got.
Carroll was superb for most of the game, needs to cut out the moaning though as it is too often and predictable and he'll just have the reputation of a whinger and get less decisions go for him in my opinion. Suarez was lively all game and good to get an easy game under his belt and a goal despite a pretty shocking pen miss. Stevie looked fitter and a nice run out for him, thought Johnson had a tough game against a very promising young player in LuaLua who scored a decent goal despite obvious questions needing asking of our wall or lack of it in fact. I can see why Henderson is getting the stick he is because he did very little in the game in which we won so convincingly, he was almost not involved in the game and when Shelvey came on the difference in their attitudes towards the game and working with the ball was obvious and I truly believe he deserves a chance ahead of Jordan at the moment as all the potential in the world gets you nothing if you don't apply your talent. Overall very convincing win and nice set-up for the cup final, something tells me we're gonna have a tough game against Stoke in the next round though, hate their style of play and just hope we can let our class show through as we march on to another final!
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