Ryan Bertrand

[Kez 2,727]

Fucking hell you know things are bad when people are calling for Kalou to play.

[francozola 2,040]

Fucking hell you know things are bad when people are calling for Kalou to play.

You know things are fucking horrible when playing Kalou might not be the worst option in the world :ph34r:

[CHOULO19 24,332]

AVB confirmed he will be starting tomorrow. I really hope he impresses and maybe get a start against Napoli. The further away bos is from the starting eleven the merrier.

[Tomo 21,681]

Bit rusty at times for obvious reason's but the quality is there, its hardly like he got skinned. A run of games for Ryan now is needed.

[francozola 2,040]

To be honest Birmingham didn't attack on our left side very much. It was mainly Redmond v ivanovic on the right. Was a little disappointed with Bertrand's attacking. He didn't get forward as much as I would have liked. But still a decent appearance and needs to get more game-time

[termninja 5,290]

I expected more in our attack out of him today. At least to put some crosses in. He was out of the game for most of the time. Still, no mistakes in defense though.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I expected what I saw of him today. Solid defensively but not very potent in the attacks. He is more of a traditional LB. But he can definitely be an adequate substitute.

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Like what saw today..now be better to see him get a run of games!

[zolayes 14,489]

almost 2

[TopDrog 119]

For those saying who was 'solid' defensively, take a look at the goal that we conceded. His positioning at the near post is a joke...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

For those saying who was 'solid' defensively, take a look at the goal that we conceded. His positioning at the near post is a joke...

He was positioned correctly at the start, but took a step to try to make the angle harder. The goal was Fernando's mistake, he was marking murphy at the start of the corner.

[ja1 1,166]

The whole team collectively was rubbish for the corner, useless blaming solely one player.

Anyway Bertrand understandably looked slightly rusty but given a run of games I have no doubt whatsoever we'll see quality on the left side as we do with Ivan - Bertrand is a good player. Even against Birmingham he was better than most other Cole appearances. It does not help that team-mates ignore his runs.

[Jase 43,479]

The whole team collectively was rubbish for the corner, useless blaming solely one player.

That. It was a joke of a defending. We had like 6-7 players in the penalty box and only 3-4 Birmingham players and yet, we somehow left Murphy completely unmarked! Embarrassing.

On Bertrand, thought he did ok yesterday. Nothing spectacular and was solid. Hoping to see more of him this season.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He did exactly what I wanted him to - have a solid and unspectacular game. That is the currency young players should deliver, because excellent performances increases the pressure and the chance of failure. He had an unfussy game.

[Tomo 21,681]

Lucky tap ins from 2 yards are sounding a better proposition with every passing week.

[Kez 2,727]

Lucky tap ins from 2 yards are sounding a better proposition with every passing week.

Kalou is NOT the answer.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Kalou------------Mata

--------Sturridge-------

or

Sturridge---Mata----Kalou

-----------Drogba-----------

??

Or maybe Kalou as a striker. Idk. We're in a bad situation..

[Sheva. 5,373]

Drogba on the bench,  Sturridge in his position and Kalou on the right.

Our best option right now.