Back on topic,
Think we're starting to see the new lads dovetailing nicely, getting Sturridge back will be like a new signing to,
While Lallana is much better I'm more than impressed with Can, I believe this guy will prove to be the best of the lot, I'd love to see this guy in a trio midfield with Henderson & Sneiderlin,
Markovic has the potential to be a worldy to, however I'd prefer to see him attacking from either flank or straight down the middle , loads of pace, close ball control, can shoot & score to, not so sure about him defending tho,
Moreno, frightening pace has this lad, but needs to learn the art of defending for defendings sake, he could be pushed forward of course but I'm not convinced his final ball is all that impressive, got lots of potential tho and could develop into a top class player,
Manquillo,
I like the lad, has a good attitude can defend pretty well but must do better, not a going forward type but could be nurtured, personally I'd prefer Flanaghan at RB, you get what it says on the tin, no messing about just simply defend, with his life if it came to it,
Lovren,
Big disappointment if I'm honest, after Carra we needed a organising mouthpiece at the back, we missed that last season , like most thought he'd be ideal and bring about some solidity and confidence with it, alas it hadn't as yet happened but I've not given up on him yet, I still think he can be the player he was at Saints, trouble is tho, he needs to get himself sorted real soon quicker the better,
Ballotelli,
Like Lovren I still think this lad could do well for us, he can't do sh*t on his own that's for sure, however, stick him up top with Sturridge and see if a partnership can be formed, let's be honest here, it's something that's yet to be tried, Brendan didn't sign him to be a loan striker did he ? He didn't envisage Sturridge would be out for so long either, so when we missed out on Sanchez, another potential partner, and brought in Mario instead, what was Brendan's thinking ?
I'd keep Balo until the end of the season, see if something can develop, if not were no worse off are we,
if we qualify for CL we will need quality players like him next season, giving us attacking options, you don't know until you try do you ?
Looking forward to this half of the season, I think we have seen enough to suggest we can start believing again, we can still qualify for CL , we're still in 3 cup comps, plenty of potential ahead of us, starting with Leicester today .
YNWA
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