Slow, immobile, more often than not injured. Just sign a third top-class CM instead, goddamn. Fabregas and Matic could do with some rotation and the team wouldn't suffer from any drop in quality, too.
Did I miss something? Last time I checked RLC hadn't played a full game for the 1st team all season long. Way to go before calling that "establishing".
I don't see how there's any argument to be made about which Barcelona side was better. Guardiola's Barcelona was one of the most dominating teams in football history for a couple of years en route winning title after title. It'll be some time till we see that kind of team with players all over the starting 11 in their world-class primes working together that unbelievably well.
I'm a big fan of Zinedine Mikel aka Franz Mikelbauer aka Diego Armando Mikeldona aka Lionel Mikel aka Lothar Mikel aka John Obi Ronaldo aka Mikelinho aka Mikelé aka Hristo Mikel aka Roger Mikel aka Abedi Mikel aka John Obi Mikeldini aka Johan Mikeluyff aka Mikelébio but to fully integrate someone like RLC Mikel probably should go. That is of course if Mou plans on giving RLC a real run of substitutions and even starts against some of the bottom-third teams next seasons...
I think this is fair. RLC didn't do much on offense but he was solid defensively (bar 2, 3 incidents where he was completely out of position).The only thing that pissed me off was Mou's decision to bring RLC off. Just give him the godamn playing time. We weren't gonna be any better with Matic anyway seeing as he was was bad these past few weeks.
Don't think so. Our medical staff is probably one of the top 3 in Europe and Mou's being always praised for having one of the most injury-friendly practice methods so I highly doubt Sturridge'd be as often and much injured as he is at Liverpool. During his time here I only remember him being injured when RDM was in charge in 2012/13.