I think with the options we got, he is probably the best optionYeah bench option. The main reason to play him is he *actually plays on the wing* when told to. But surely, surely, we can find someone else who could do this?
The following is only based off the game vs wolves but I don't think he should be starting against teams who are going to defend with 10-11 behind the ball. His play in tight spaces, in the triangles on the right and when receiving the ball with his back to goal isn't good enough (yet)There’ll be a question mark over him for a while and there’s no guarantees but we have to be patient with him and really, it’ll be a few months before we have any idea. Ideally he’d be mostly sub appearances against tiring defences but looks like it’s going to be a a steep learning curve for him.
Looked a lot better on the left, typical of us to sign another left winger really.looks much better on the left, and I guess he'll get a chance on the left now that Martial's injured
cracking finish
Yeah. He should be on the bench next week, if only because of that. Positive start in terms of goals, but he’d do well to be reminded of what it takes to be a top player at a successful club.He thought he was still playing for Swansea with that celebration
I thought that too. Reminded me of when Giroud went mental over an equaliser instead of getting on with it.Did ok generally, took the goal well. Main thing that irked me was celebrating the goal, with time running out it’s get the ball back, kick off, and go in search of the winner.
"Successful".Yeah. He should be on the bench next week, if only because of that. Positive start in terms of goals, but he’d do well to be reminded of what it takes to be a top player at a successful club.
Exactly. Running down the clock celebrating equalisers in games you should win is going to cost you points and stop you being successful. As a team, you aren’t out there to score nice goals and drop points, you celebrate winning."Successful".
So we're benching players for scoring goals now?Yeah. He should be on the bench next week, if only because of that. Positive start in terms of goals, but he’d do well to be reminded of what it takes to be a top player at a successful club.