Fantastic result and a brilliant response to the result / performance on Thursday. Really enjoyed watching that, apart from a nervy 10 mins or so towards the end.
The changes made to the team were the correct ones, with Gomes bringing energy to the middle against a mobile midfield, RAN allowing an outball to the left and posing an attacking threat and Sarabia connecting better with Cunha & Neto in the front 3. I think there is better balance across the team with the 11 we picked today, but the likes of Doyle / Bellegarde etc will get their chance again I'm sure.
So pleased for Cunha, who really is a special player. He starting to get the goals he's play deserves, but the amount of times he attracts 2 or 3 players around him and still retains the ball with ease is so brilliant to watch. He can take us 20 / 30 yards up the pitch so effortlessly at times.
Talking of special - take a bow Neto. Just the 2 assists today, with the 2nd in particular showing his maturity in terms of picking a man in a better position to finish rather than going for the spectacular. He genuinely has the potential to be one of, if not the, best players in the league.
I'm also pleased for GON and think he really is maturing as a manager on the job. 6 months or so ago, we played Liverpool at home and he called it out as a free hit. Now, I think he fully gets the potential of this squad and is going into every game with the intention of winning. He's shrugged off that "avoid defeat first" mentality and the players are clearly more than happy playing for a manager, which is probably due to the fact they know he believes in them.
The changes made to the team were the correct ones, with Gomes bringing energy to the middle against a mobile midfield, RAN allowing an outball to the left and posing an attacking threat and Sarabia connecting better with Cunha & Neto in the front 3. I think there is better balance across the team with the 11 we picked today, but the likes of Doyle / Bellegarde etc will get their chance again I'm sure.
So pleased for Cunha, who really is a special player. He starting to get the goals he's play deserves, but the amount of times he attracts 2 or 3 players around him and still retains the ball with ease is so brilliant to watch. He can take us 20 / 30 yards up the pitch so effortlessly at times.
Talking of special - take a bow Neto. Just the 2 assists today, with the 2nd in particular showing his maturity in terms of picking a man in a better position to finish rather than going for the spectacular. He genuinely has the potential to be one of, if not the, best players in the league.
I'm also pleased for GON and think he really is maturing as a manager on the job. 6 months or so ago, we played Liverpool at home and he called it out as a free hit. Now, I think he fully gets the potential of this squad and is going into every game with the intention of winning. He's shrugged off that "avoid defeat first" mentality and the players are clearly more than happy playing for a manager, which is probably due to the fact they know he believes in them.