Villa H Sat 10 Aug 17:30 BST

[reachingforthestars]

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He's got one game ban left after today

Forgive me if you didn't read the first 30 pages. Son has only got one match ban left

 

[dmize1]

He got better after Eriksen came on and he went wider and stopped trying to do too much.

Won't argue that Eriksen absolutely changed the game. We better keep him or hope Lo Celso offers at least 80 percent of his creativity. He worked superbly with ndombele

 

[FightingIllini]

Ndombele scored 2 league goals in 2 season for Lyon...You are going to be disappointed if you think he is going to be goal threat. Even Dembele scored on his debut for us. Ndombele will bring almost exactly the same kind of skillset as Dembele except slightly better in passing and slightly worse in ball winning.

And, critically, he's 22 and fit and can play twice a week.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

So you can only pick the best players if you are a psychic?

You're tying yourself in knots here mate. You're not as clever as you think, sit down and watch an episode of the chase, there's a good lad.

 

[thinktank]

Great result! Played well.

KWP - excellent
Rose - Awful

Nope.

Offered nothing in the final third.

Just can't have that anymore.

He needs to get over his fear of driving by players on the flank, or it's just gonna gonna work.

 

[Darnswim]

Oof, I forgot about that. Isn't the ban down to 2 games after this one?

He'll be back after City. He got the red v Bournemouth. We then played Everton and Villa today, so his ban ends after City.

 

[kingdawson]

Great result! Played well.

KWP - excellent
Rose - Awful

Rose wasn't awful. The fuck??

 

[pleb]

Harry Kane is a fucking destroyer

 

[hiatus]

Our first test of whether Winks, Ndombele and Sissoko can all be on the field at the same time resoundingly failed.

At least not in that formation. Fucking diamond.

Winks
Ndombele-Lo Celso
Dele

That’s a fucking diamond.

 

[Bazali]

How did Son do?

Same rating as Foyth

 

[Mensa]

Great win, was good to finally see a fit Kane after a year thanks to England bollocks fucking up last season for him

Sanchez grew nicely into game, Ndombele great cameo moments, I thought Lamela also great with his tenacity, Poch has not forgotten it was him and Moura who got us points first 10 games of last year

Eriksen looked up for it, good, thats all we ask as he is a terrific player, hope Dele took notice

COYS

 

[reachingforthestars]

You're tying yourself in knots here mate. You're not as clever as you think, sit down and watch an episode of the chase, there's a good lad.

Whatever, mate. We are not a better side without Eriksen

 

[Borodin55]

It's the opening day. We weren't 100% at the races as you aren't going to be on the opening day.
COYS

I accept a lot of what you say about today's game but please don't expect me to swallow this bit.....
Liverpool emphatically won last night against Norwich, going 4-0 up and City went to West Ham and stuffed them 0-5. If you cannot be 'at the races' on the first day of the season then it does not augur well for the months ahead.
These are professional footballers not the cars of yesteryear that you bought brand new and had to have a sign in the window saying "Please pass, running in" for the first few weeks.
Let's just hope it's a lesson learnt and we approach next week's match with guns blazing right from the start. I am not advocating a 'gung ho' approach but would like to see positive play mixed with cautionary defence work.

 

[Yorkshire Yid]

Lol then he gets an assists some minutes later.

To be fair I wanted both him and Kane off at half time.

And I admitted what he did was good. I think maybe I was a bit harsh but that spell at RW was shocking missed a sitter never found a white shirt in the final third. Looked much better when he dropped back but sooner Lo Celso is in that position the better

 

[Bazali]

You're tying yourself in knots here mate. You're not as clever as you think, sit down and watch an episode of the chase, there's a good lad.

The Celebrity one

Mrs B loves it

 

[Steve007]

Rose wasn't awful. The fuck??

He wasn’t awful. Arguably at fault for their first. Gave the ball away a couple of times. Those are the ones I remember. But he wasn’t awful.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

It's the opening day. We weren't 100% at the races as you aren't going to be on the opening day.

City and Liverpool seemed to be at the races?

 

[Jayc1]

Same rating as Foyth

Aurier had a belter of a game though.

 

[hiatus]

Whilst I do think Eriksen aided us in our come back.

I can't help but think the change in shape was the main reason. We simply HAVE to stay away from this diamond bollocks.

Agreed. We were clearly better before Eriksen came on because of the formation shift, but he also put us over the edge.

 

[dmize1]

City and Liverpool seemed to be at the races?

Liverpool were shit in the first half too.