Watched it live in the alehouse and didn't think we were brilliant, thought we did enough to win the game with flashes of good play and moments of Sunday league apathy, Migs attempted punch for example, I'm sick of this kind of half arsed mediocre level of play, he has to go, he's simply not good enough, he's been here long enough now for him to know when to come and when to stay, his decision making has cost us in the past and they will again, and no amount of pillow talk from his missus is going to change him permanently,
I hope Karius comes back against Chavs and goes on to be a permanent fixture, it's early doors for him but although he has yet to play I'm still more at ease with him between the sticks than I am with Migs there,
Anyhoo, I watched the whole match again yesterday alone and thought we were a lot better, same game I know but without distractions I could concentrate more and absorb what went on , I think in Firmino we have a world class player who will thrive under Jürgen, he reads the game well and is capable of doing things unexpected even form his own teammates, he linked up well with Studge complimenting each other nicely, we have seen already his relationship with Coutinho and more recently Mane,
I thought Mane was slightly off his game for whatever reason, might be a slight knock or perhaps he was just missing Cou,
Yesterday for me gave us a insight to what I hope will be our regular front 4, Coutinho, Firmino, Mane & Studge, Lallana although playing well will imho be the unlucky one, but will get game time , likewise Origi,
Gini is getting better each match and thought he had a great game, he could usurp Mane as our best signing if he continues to improve, he'd have to go some mind you,
In the end we won at a canter, although we did go through a spell where we could have fu**ed it up completely had that ball dropped under the bar,
So onto the chavs Friday, I'd be happy heading north with a point if I'm honest, but wouldn't just be fantastic if we fu**ed them over, I'm not ruling that out, I've went for 1-1 in the prediction league, we don't park the bus so if we can keep it fairly tight at the back, don't get bullied by Costa and his antics, get in behind them we can do them, I think we can get at them , if we keep our heads and keep the pace high.
YNWA
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