At the risk of repeating myself, Fofana is the most aerially dominant defender we have had since the days of Terry, Ivanovich and Cahill. That is a very, very big plus point. He was excellent all game today.

Hard to decide Fofana or Enzo MOTM...

Not a great game to watch, more of the same sh*t, 3 points. Means nothing if we don't back it up with a win against Newcastle, which I'm not getting my hopes up about.

3 points is 3 points but Wallahi brothers we have some absolute passengers in this side.

Pedro Neto is abysmal yet somehow Joao Pedro manages to be even worse.

A fee was actually paid for Gittens, as in someone watched him and thought, yes he’s worth actual money.

Everyone will be catfished by Fofana’s ‘athleticism’ into thinking he’s a decent CB as well, his ability to read the game/flight of the ball is pony.

1 minute ago, Deino said:

With Maresca, it's like driving a Porsche but you have sh*t tyres. He puts out results but you're always uncomfortable, not knowing when the whole thing's gonna crash or you'll just be cruising

Thing is he always does just enough not to completely crash. Doesn’t help the idiot sporting directors keep giving him sh*t tyres at every pit stop

Just now, Bebe1980 said:

Hard to decide Fofana or Enzo MOTM...

Enzo? 🤣

A good three points and a clean sheet. A bit squeaky at times but job done. Maresca continues to ride his luck, and Moyes' bad record at SB continues !

MOTM Gusto.

Nice to see Cole back on the scoresheet as well.

Just now, Bebe1980 said:

Hard to decide Fofana or Enzo MOTM...

Gusto. Goal assist clean sheet.

2 minutes ago, just said:

At the risk of repeating myself, Fofana is the most aerially dominant defender we have had since the days of Terry, Ivanovich and Cahill. That is a very, very big plus point. He was excellent all game today.

By a mile our best centre back just need to keep him fit

SHooting was truly horrendous today. Fernandez, Garnacho and Neto pants. Gittens little better.

But, I will hold my hands up, Gusto played well today.

The two centre Halves and keeper really good today and Fofana was outstanding. James excellent too.

Yes good shout - I forgot about him - Gusto

Much better hopefully we can build on this now. UTC

3 minutes ago, just said:

At the risk of repeating myself, Fofana is the most aerially dominant defender we have had since the days of Terry, Ivanovich and Cahill. That is a very, very big plus point. He was excellent all game today.

Seeing as how you love your stats Just :

4 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

3 points

For once never really in doubt

Apart from their 5 easy chances.. We got lucky

3 points, job done. More work to be done on the training pitch.

Chalobah deserves a shout out as well.

7 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Everyone will be catfished by Fofana’s ‘athleticism’ into thinking he’s a decent CB as well, his ability to read the game/flight of the ball is pony.

These are some excellent shots fired, well done.

3 points, a big win to put a few points between us and Everton below us.

All about the next game.

And palmer put the ball in the net, thats a very big positive, unless he's out the next game and we go on a losers run.

12 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Everyone will be catfished by Fofana’s ‘athleticism’ into thinking he’s a decent CB as well, his ability to read the game/flight of the ball is pony.

What's your native language?

Rather a hollow victory, as the few pages of this match day thread indicates.

Rather an empty feeling for a win after we blew our title challenge and top 8 CL hopes in a week against 3 sides poorer than Everton.

Fofana with Trev/ Josh should be the partnership from here out Tosin should only play if any of the three are out.

13 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Thing is he always does just enough not to completely crash. Doesn’t help the idiot sporting directors keep giving him sh*t tyres at every pit stop

I'd say they give him a range of tyres ... but Maresca likes to put the good ones in storage while using all the bald ones. What he most identifies with I guess LOL

4 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Fofana with Trev/ Josh should be the partnership from here out Tosin should only play if any of the three are out.

I'd say it's Fofana/Josh with Trev, based on Fofana's legendary fragility. Play him in the big games, and rest him where practical for Josh.

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

Seeing as how you love your stats Just :

In fact that actually proves how useless so many statistics are! A defender that nearly always contests an aerial ball, is the key plus point here. Obviously, he will not always win them. But the fact that he DOES contest them, (and wins a good percentage), generally means the opponents do not get a "free, put it where he wants to", header. You get that right?

It's a bit like the joke statistical question I made to you about the completed passes comparison between Enzo F and KDH today. Statistics are always, and I mean always, without fail, total bo**ocks without considering and taking into account, the specific circumstances and the variables involved.

Not a great match but a win is a win.

MOTM for me is Gusto.

Gittens getting more minutes than Estevao though...