Nice to see Eden woke up from his nap. Looks sharp, Pedro lively too. I recognize Ivan is what he is right now, but Baba v Shaqiri isn't pretty. And now on a yellow too? Uh oh.
We kept the pressure on them all half, was nice to see for a change. About time we caught a break too. Reminded me of a quote from the Black Knight... "the harder you work, the luckier you get." -Gary Player
I give this guy a ton of credit. Went thru a real rough patch last season, got benched, then came out the other side and has played well. Truly seems like he cares about the results and plays his heart out.
Cesc got robbed. Matic needs to have a little awareness on the yellow, started to tug somebody's shirt a minute or so before the red came out too. Had to imagine RLC was coming on at the half.
You guys done calling for Baba now? Yikes. Dude looks completely out of his depths. Oh, and Cesc's shocking season continues. Willian player of year so far. Ruben looking good today, too.
The manager can only do so much. At some point it falls on the players shoulders. Cesc has been pitiful. Matic is unrecognizable. So the middle of our team has been gutted which puts more pressure on everyone else. Then everyone on this forum is pissing and moaning about Ivan which is fair. But did it ever occur that he might truly be the best option (as scary as that sounds)? Baba has hardly looked convincing in his few appearances. We had a whole transfer window to strengthen the team and did almost nothing. Fairly confident that if Jose had carte blance he would've brought more players in...so not sure he's entirely to blame here.