10 minutes ago, brownindian said:

So heir apparent to David Luiz then ..... :P

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad 

20 minutes ago, brownindian said:

Is that his best position though ? I am not criticizing - I a glad that he is getting minutes, but i think he has played in a DM and a CB role in the past, No ? Seems like he may be our answer for total football 

I am starting to believe that role belongs to Kante - lovely bit of skill to setup up that first goal & even Robbie Savage (an English pundit) acknowledged that it makes sense for Kante to move further up the pitch. Honestly I was hoping for Young Ampadu to replace Kovacic but I am sure Don Maurizio didn't want to youngsters in front of Jorginho. IMHO both RLC & Ampadu have the legs to support Jorginho.

Only small complaint I have (harsh I know when we won 5-0 and RLC & CHO start) is that Ethan wasn’t even on the bench. We were 3-0 and cruising by HT. These are the perfect times to give kids like this a run out. Whenever he’s played for the first team he is coolness personified. I just don’t want us ending up in a CHO situation where he’s angling for a way out due to lack of game time. The idea of a couple of years time playing with CHO, RLC, Ampadu, Christensen, James & Mount in it would be a dream come true IMO. That’s without even including our other youngsters like Abraham etc!

Came on for Wales in our narrow 2-1 defeat in Croatia. Played centre mid and was very impressive in everything he did. Strong and composed in possession, and passed very well. Injuries wrecked his season but he must have a future with us.

Unbelievably, Kovacic scored .........but it was disallowed.