F***ing atrocious that!
If you shell out 32 million pounds on a striker you best be prepared to give him the service his game requires. We may as well have had Carroll or Balotelli up front. Two up front from the off would have been ideal, wasn't sure about the line-up beforehand, Benteke if he isn't going to get fed the crosses supplied, then he at least needs a runner/partner to work with upfront and Ings is ideal for that.
People moaning about people moaning that our fullbacks don't get forward enough need only look at this game as to why that is a requirement in today's game. Especially with a narrow three midfield. Clyne will provide width, Gomez won't and I thought this just killed our attacking game down the left. We couldn't even begin to stretch the width of the game to make space as there was nobody in our team looking to do that. We were predictable with our build up play which makes Benteke's use in the team even more head scratching. We now have the option to do something else apart from intricate little triangles on the edge of their 18 yard box, namely whip in some crosses and feed Benteke, but we didn't have the system or personnel to do this - it's waste of fecking time putting him in the team if you're not able to supply him.
I think Rodgers got the change wrong at HT; we shouldn't have gone to three at the back we should have brought Ings on an replaced Firminho with him. Midfield should have switch to a diamond and Moreno (for all the havoc he can cause us defensively), should have come on for Gomez.
F***ing stinking game that, and Lovren showed us again why the bum twitches when he's in the team. Absolutely shocking play that by Lovren, to award West Ham their second goal.
Thought this was gonna be tight, couldn't share the optimistic/arrogant cricket scores some predicted beforehand
turns out fait had been tempted.
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