Quote Originally Posted by Hunter403 View Post
Argues and Grozos were poor in my view. Argues unsighted.
Quote Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET View Post
Agree 100% left the centre of the pitch wide open
Quote Originally Posted by The Hacker View Post
I thought strange decision from the gaffer to just throw him in the deep end and start him after being unsighted
Given Jimmy G's tweet earlier in the week, I agree he was a surprise - but O'Doherty and Gussy need a rest, so rotation was inevitable. Mo Al-Taay will be disappointed not to start but he either hasn't done enough to earn it or we wanted Arques guidance. Funny that before kick off you saw him encouraging the team to "talk-talk" but you saw nothing of him directing, coordinating - don't know if that's his role but my bias was confirmed.

Listening to the match, the effect mics were picking up someone yelling at "Mario" quite a bit. Listen to it just before the goal. His mobility isn't up to what is needed for our system in that role. We'd need to play 2 beside him or put him in the 10 - which i'd be reluctant to do on both counts at this stage.

However, we earned 3 points (not completely deserved IMO) and JO'D got a break so it's a good outcome.