Totally agree with the statements angled at Andy Carroll, absolutely no passion in the way he plays for me, discussed it with someone on the Andy C thread and I get the impression he's not trying very disheartening from me as a fan to see that from our centre forward. Our number 9 is typically our first defender, well Andy Carroll doesn't even do that part of the game, should be dropped from the bench in favour of Maxi now he offers absolutely zero!
On a much more positive note we destroyed Villa for most of the game, to be honest I did 3-0 and 4-0 to us so a bit gutted as this is the worst Villa side I've seen in a long time but you've still got to put them to bed and we did that inside 15mins. Great defensive display, granted not playing against much, Shelvey did quite well, deserved better service and had decent movement just wish he'd stop trying to absolutely smash the ball and just relax into the shot, definitely has pressure on his shoulders a goal would release all that. Bellers fantastic again, tireless and a joy to watch for me, played with real passion. Luis looked a little below par but came to life in the second half, understandable with the hearing etc going on, unlucky not to score, damn woodwork again!!
Charlie had another solid game as did Enrique as ever, Pepe barely troubled. Glenn Johnson was man of the match for me, absolutely ran the socks off everyone it felt like and the only other negative was Henderson, neat, tidy, boring would be how I'd sum up how he plays. Need to see much more from him but in him I have much more faith than Andy Carroll sorry big man but you're doing nothing to deflect the criticism and I'd gladly take a £15m loss on him if we could grab £20m for him in Jan, never gonna happen I know.
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