good solid start.........

Thought we were way too slow in the first half but glad we took advantage of Shelvey's idiocy

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Need to play at a quicker tempo when an opponent shows no real desire to attack. Big game next week

comment by Whitehotlanespur (U9832)
posted 3 hours, 37 minutes ago
Shelvey was really Player of the match fro the most decisive contribution
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Yes! And luckily he didn't take Dele out of the match too.
Players like JJS should really be banned from playing, period.

comment by Ledders' knee surgeon - Football Manager Icon. (U20121)
posted 16 minutes ago
Need to play at a quicker tempo when an opponent shows no real desire to attack. Big game next week
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And its at Wumberly too!
They still have Willian, and with all that space he's going to be a real pain in the ass. We will have to play a lot better next week.

comment by squid ..Glass half FULL.. (U1125)
posted 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
Always takes a game or two to get going all in all a cracking result


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I wouldn't call it "a cracking result" at all.
We scraped thru after their hack man got sent off.
And Kane was a mite lucky to get only yellow - if it had been second half he would have gotten red too.
And we're lucky Dele is still standing.
Nuthin cracking about it.

Good result, even if a tame one. Still no goal for Harry in August. glad though we got rid of the statistic of never having winning a PL game against a Benitez team on our travels.

KWP as good as he was I am worried his performance as decent as it was might get too much attention and put too much pressure on the lad.

New season, we go quietly about our business.

Neither of the best FBs in the division here - one injured, one gone?
No problem

The other RB injured?
No problem

Wanyama not fit enough to start?
No problem

Son not fit enough to start?
No problem

Lamela still out?
No problem

No signings?
Meh, no problem.......yet



We need only need couple in - and not another RB by the look of it, but a RCB and another attacking midfielder - and the kid Sanchez and Barkley would do me nicely.

The CL im September is when we need the reinforcements. Until then? We are fine.

HRH ...... I'm betting Lamela never comes back.
Think that's wot his hip sugeon is telling him.

Hard to say. We were told October, so we have to take that on trust