Whatever happened with Witsel? We are in desperate need of central midfielder that can defend and attack.
Lineup is as good as can be with the injuries/ Williams not being match fit. Still hoping for a draw to be honest.
Gerry at striker is something Roberto should have tried last season instead of letting Rom look puzzled about the offside rule time & time again and giving Kone his 30th chance to come good.
It's like we're finally able to use the B or O button while defending. Who knew that clearances were so helpful?
Also pressing. What a concept. Who knew that putting the other team under pressure could force mistakes like that.
About sums it up. I'll take the draw, however. Gerry D looked good up front, much to my surprise (though I wish he'd made it 2-0 late in the first half).
I think the draw is good. We clearly weren't ready to press for even more than an hour. Hard work by everyone. One mistake from a youngster and still looked shaky on set pieces. The next 5-6 games are really games where we should expect to win.
He was great. Everyone fell off at the end, but I think we had warning of that w/ Koeman coming out saying we were only 70% ready.
Good match today lads, was definitely a tale of two halves. A draw was a fair result, though we both had some chances to take all 3 points. If Howard were still in goal we probably win, good match from Marten. I was so glad when you took off Gerard and put in that scrub Kone, he was giving the back line fits. The introduction of Janssen for us really kicked our attack into motion.
Bolasie having his medical. £25 million. Pardew probably would have been fired on the spot if he suffered a serious injury yesterday.
There's a former player now broadcaster who has been putting out some very cryptic tweets today along those lines. https://twitter.com/Gabbidon35/status/765279836105506816
I can't really decide which one I'd rather have. I guess I'll go Draxler because he can play any position excluding the back four and GK. And I'm kind of suspicious that James might have Jozy Altidore Syndrome where he's only good playing internationals. Don't know why I'm wasting time deciding since neither is going to happen. We will have to be content with getting another goalkeeper with Tourette's.