Higuain clearly miles ahead of Morata. Very intelligent footballer, so frustrating the only player who can see his runs is Kovacic.

Now he’s starting to come deeper to get the ball, clearly getting frustrated. Is Pedro on the bench?

16 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Lost his rythm when he was getting rotated in and out of the side. He can't seem to play with his back to goal either, it seems like a major weakness of his. He improved on it at the start of the season, but now he's struggling with it again.

I think he has been rotated all season. He hit a little bit of form for 3 or 4 weeks, then back to the average footballer he is. 

What a boring half it was, I clearly didn't enjoy our football today.

Did anyone get a screenshot of the big fat half naked fan? I’m asking for Valerie.

Still, that Ampadu tackle was brilliant. Thank goodness VAR worked.

Just now, bluedave said:

Did anyone get a screenshot of the big fat half naked fan? I’m asking for Valerie.

I hate you Dave 

2 minutes ago, Dr Gonzo said:

He's not as bad as he's been recently though. 

I have never rated Barkley - he has zero creativity and his vision and anticipation are very limited. He is OK to run around and have physical presence, but that's all he can do. When he has the ball I know for sure  nothing exciting will result from that.

11 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Higuain's work ethic is great, runs for every ball and pressures always, always wanting to contribute.

This is it, for Sarri's system to work players have to buy in to and commit themselves. Higuain clearly understands that and looks sharp, hopefully he gets the debut goal.

6 minutes ago, just said:

How do you think Kovacic has played?

Out of the 3 midfields I would say he has been the better player.

Higuain looks class. 

Build up is too slow.

Think we’re missing Luiz, the centre backs have got acres of space in front of them but neither of them have the passing ability to exploit it.

CHO has been pants, just an endless stream of hit and hope crosses most hitting the first man.

Ampadu is such a tidy player.

 

a striker who stays on his feet - amazing!

We have RLC on the bench, maybe he's fit to play 45 minutes. He can add some good runs to our game, add more creativity to our attack.

At 1-0 Wednesday have a chance. I want to see us move the ball faster and maybe bring loftus on for Barkley as he just seems to be poor with vision and keeping the ball.

I suspect RLC will get a run out but he wasn't fit enough after his injury to start.

Higuain will bang one or two I reckon. Or maybe I just want the speaker to yell GONZALO 8 times and the crowd to complete it by saying HIGUAIN 8 times too

1 minute ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Build up is too slow.

Think we’re missing Luiz, the centre backs have got acres of space in front of them but neither of them have the passing ability to exploit it.

CHO has been pants, just an endless stream of hit and hope crosses most hitting the first man.

Ampadu is such a tidy player.

 

All our creative outlets are out of this one. Haz, Kante and Luiz. Ampadu for me is not really delivering. He is very talented at breaking the play and defending but his vision is limited and rhythm is not there. 

not much to say about that half. CHO hasn't delivered, the midfield lacks creativity, Alonso is going through the motions. Good job we were awarded a pen or it'd still be 0-0  

Ross Barkley’s passing vision

 

Really tough against a Wednesday team that's come to park and break to try nick a goal.  

Wednesday can feel a little aggrieved.

After VAR overturned their penalty they should have had a corner not an uncontested drop ball to us... from there we went on to win our penalty! 

1 minute ago, evissy said:

All our creative outlets are out of this one. Haz, Kante and Luiz. Ampadu for me is not really delivering. He is very talented at breaking the play and defending but his vision is limited and rhythm is not there. 

Agree about ampadu, he could be a holding midfielder in the traditional sense, but he has a long way to go to develop into a playmaker. 

I still prefer him at centre back.

Better from Barkley in these opening 5 minutes.

7 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I think he has been our best player so far today. He's been tidy and has created the best chance for Higuain.

Scott you have to be kidding! One lofted ball that wasn't even close! He did give Wednesday a chance in the first 2 minutes though. Willian has been far the more influential in the first half.

Not saying Kovacic has been dire, he has been average so far, same as Barkley and a few others.

Higuain speaks English then?