by Johnny Boy » Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:42 am
I was there yesterday and agree with a lot of the positive comments.
There were times we played some good football and if it wasn't for conceding a sloppy goal it would have been a comfortable victory.
We sat back too much last 20 minutes but players were understandably nervous about dropping more points.
I don't know what Skrtel was thinking about for their goal, though haven't seen a replay yet.
I think Miereles will prove to be a top player for us, Cole looked lively and some of his crosses were excellent, Krygiakos was MOTM again gave everything for us.
Torres looked a different player, body language was good, no moaning at the referee, held the ball up, made some decent runs and worked hard.
Konchesky would be a slight worry, again I thought he was average.
I would keep the same team for next week, even if Johnson is fit as it won't do him any harm for him to be on the bench and sends out the message that his place is not guaranteed, after all he has been poor this season so far.
Bolton is such an important game, if we can get 3 points going into the Chelsea game it will be a big boost, to lose next week would put us back again.