Excellent performance from the lads, stand outs being Bobby, Mo, Sadio & Joel,sounds like a boy band 😉, thought the Ox had his best game for us so far, thought the balance was superb and you could see we worked like a team,
It was almost machine like, we were more solid at the back and that helped with the flow of the game, apart from their spell in the second half i didn't feel threatened at all,
So 4-4-2, have we finally found a way of playing that gives us a more solid footing while we can still attack at will ?
Possibly, but this was West Ham with a skeleton defence and not a side with top class defender's used to playing in a well drilled system,
But it is food for thought and perhaps in time and being worked on at Melwood it could be the answer,
Ratings;
Captain Migs...5 ...being generous here ?
Gomez...6
Matip.....8
Klavan...6
Moreno..7
Gini........7
Emre......7
Ox..........8
Mane.....8
Salah.....9
Bobby....9
Subs....not on long enough but....
Milner.....5
Lovren....5
Solanke..4
Chuffed to F**k with that win, 3 on the bounce, and just when we pick up some momentum....another international f***in break.....AArrrrghhh!!!! Does my f***in napper in, but fear ye not, i feel this is our turning point, Mane is back, Lallana on the periphery, Salah on fire, Bobby in comfort zone, Ox settling in nicely, Coutinho pulling the strings(hopefully) , can & Gini showing consistency, looking better defensively (fingers crossed)
Not forgetting the CL knock out rounds, to have us at full strength would be massive for us,
Jan window on the horizon, could we see Naby come in early with one or two others,?
I got that feel good factor back, i dunno but after this past week i feel we've got rid of the shackles a bit and our luck is changing, ....Mane back early....Gini's not really injured, Lallana training again, Hendo didn't play, Ox settling.....Lovren player of the month....and Migs as skipper 😉
Its all coming together nicely my Red brethren.....we just need to go on a charge now and we'll be fine !!
Edit; Ox..he..settling welding us together
Geddit ?
I'll fetch ma coat 😀
YNWA
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