I think you give Moreno too much credence in his ability to generate anything going forward, smashing ball across the penalty area has not so far yielded much success!
If Milner needs a rest I would rather have AA Trent in the side although I note he played for the U23's the other night.
Edit: I am a huge fan of Danny but saying he didn't get the ball is nonsense as the fact is his first touch was atrocious and he hardly made any attempt to find space - jogging around against Utd will never cut the mustard.
I'm arguably Moreno's biggest critic, I actually can't stand him. The one and ONLY thing he has going for him though is pace. Its something Milner can't offer us I'm afraid. Milner naturally drifts inside on his stronger foot too and that's the last thing we need in a game like this. WBA will be very narrow playing with three centre halves. What Moreno can or can't do on the ball doesn't particularly matter, it's more about the positions he will find himself in which will then create space for others. Having Moreno hog that touch line with the threat of his pace to get in behind the WBA defence is only going to drag their defenders over which is going to give the likes of Coutinho more time/space on the ball. So playing Moreno in this game accommodates our other players more, in my opinion anyway.
I posted in the manc thread stating my season ticket seat is at the back of the upper cenny and you can see the movement of the players clearly, you have a birds eye view basically. Danny has come in for some unfair criticism in my opinion - he had no support, nobody got near him. The quality we had in the middle of the park was atrocious - neither Hendo or Can got their foot on the ball. We had nothing out wide either, I don't remember Mane touching the ball and Firmino wasn't much better. Sturridge was completely isolated. We could have had Suarez and it would have been the exact same. The few times he was involved I agree his touch wasn't great, but neither was anybody elses. We weren't better when sturridge came off & firmino lead the line, we were better because Lallana came on and we needed somebody who was going to move and get on the ball in the middle. Do you think if that emre Can chance fell to Sturridge he would have fluffed it? No chance. That's 1-0 and the game is won. That's why we play Danny in a game like this.
We might only get one chance like that on Saturday and who in our squad do we want it to fall too?
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