Having gone on Saturday and tonight I thought that, until the changes on the hour, we looked much sharper and had better links ups in play this evening than we did at the weekend.
The opposition was different I know and this would be most people’s second string but I thought the tempo was good and a few gave performances that might just force them into first eleven reckoning.
Bentley with his higher starting position is an option because we lack pace at the back as Celtic showed, Doc proved you can get away without needing to actually be in a normal RB position against teams with two lumps up front, Toti continues to put his hand up to be considered as one of the two centre halfs, Traore gives us legs in midfield (plus a certain booking for those who like a bet on such things), Gomes is still carrying a knock but will be a big player this season and Fabio (despite all my and many others prior knocking) deserves to start on Saturday and against United. His touch, energy and effort was good and physically he’s a stronger and quicker than before.
Sasa doesn’t look ready yet and Hwang isn’t putting any pressure on Neto [who looked poor in tonight’s cameo after impressing on Saturday] and its heads or tails at LB for me.
The squad is ‘alright’ and the outgoings don’t really hurt us - three quality additions and we’re not too far off. Unfortunately if they don’t happen we’re a few injuries away from struggling and goals still looks as elusive as ever. Cunha, Sarabia, Neto, Nunes and Hwang all need to make better fists of the chances they get, while Sasa and Silva need to be getting 10-15 between them.
) Dawson Kilman Bueno
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