What's worrying is how bad Matic is playing at the moment.

What's worrying is how bad Matic is playing at the moment.

Still carrying his ankle injury? Hopefully this rather than a drop off in form..

Still carrying his ankle injury? Hopefully this rather than a drop off in form..

 

Not really, a drop off form means he can shake it off, if he's carrying an injury he's going to need rest until it heals, he can't keep playing on it.

Not really, a drop off form means he can shake it off, if he's carrying an injury he's going to need rest until it heals, he can't keep playing on it.

 

Well neither would be preferable in an ideal world. But we have decent gaps between matches now so if he is carrying something he should be able to get some rest, even if we rest him for Hull away our next match after that is April 4th.

if he's carrying an injury he's going to need rest until it heals, he can't keep playing on it.

 

You cant say without knowing the full extent of the injury. You can train/play through plenty of injuries

Was it only me, that when Ramires came on our attacking play did become much better?

Was it only me, that when Ramires came on our attacking play did become much better?

 

I don't think that was because of Ramires though, it was more to do with the team as a whole upping their game.

28 years old today, Happy Birthday Rambo. 

 

Happy Birthday Rami.

Happy Birthday .. young man !

 

That goal is amazing... the pass is probably the best thing about it though wow !

He shares a birthday with my mother LOL.

 

Happy b'day Ramires - maybe your time here is coming to an end, but you've provided us with five years of loyal service. 

Happy Birthday .. young man !

That goal is amazing... the pass is probably the best thing about it though wow !

Yeah the finish was easy.........

I remember when i voted him our player of the season even ahead of Mata in the 2011/2012 season. I want that Ramires back.

https://vine.co/v/e7KZQTwruIW

He was pretty awful tonight i thought, but he made up for it with that finish. So much pace on that strike.

More good news, apparently he's about to become a father according to his twitter! :)

He was pretty awful tonight i thought, but he made up for it with that finish. So much pace on that strike.

My thoughts exactly

Anytime i see him start wide right i know my eyes are going to bleed.

Ah. So that was what the ball under the shirt was all about.

Take a bow son!!!

As one person has rather cheekily said, 'That was Ramires trying to control the ball.'

But in all seriousness, what a strike! Left foot, too.

Frustrating as usual, but so glad he stepped up at the right time and hit the winner for us. He's all about running , not the one for the possession type football, which is why in some games he's fish out of water.

He's a f*cking amazing player. What a "back up" to have. Certainly not a ball player but drags players out of position on the counter and runs all day.

I don't think I've seen a player that can have such a poor touch at times, while still being able to score some truly remarkable goals.

Brilliantly taken goal but overall he was pretty poor last night, the ball seems to keep getting stuck under his feet. 

 

Helped address the midfield balance when he moved in from the right wing in the second half though.