I mean we are overjoyed that we drew...and they are angry at the same result
Purely based upon the reactions that this was a result neither team expected, so ye they should beat us if they want to be champions league contenders, which is their aim of the season
I think Hernandez needs to be incorporated into the side somehow but he does struggle to offer a lot when the ball isn't falling to his feet in the penalty area. We have seen this season with all his goals that he is a real poacher in the 18 yard box, but the fact all his PL goals have been within the area just highlight where he excels. I know many will say "he scores goals, what do you want?" but at the end of the day it is the same issue we had with Kevin Nolan. He scored goals for us but his overall team play was lacking.
This is the same Hernandez who played against Shrewsbury and didn't look like scoring. I think if we get him in the side with Arnie next to him and Lanzini behind then he should score us plenty of goals, but how many times have we had all of those players available?
But it would be great if Moyes could fit him into the system without disrupting Arnie's form and role in the side, because he is a more complete player at the moment and offering us more things.
I think if we get him in the side with Arnie next to him and Lanzini behind then he should score us plenty of goals, but how many times have we had all of those players available?
I was interested in this so I looked at Transfermarkt.
We've had 32 league games so far this season, Hernandez has been unavailable for 5, Arnie for 6 and Lanzini for 11.
We have only had 1 of the three available on 4 occasions (just Hernandez against Huddersfield, Palace and Brighton, and just Arnie against Southampton). We've had 2 available 14 times and all three available 14 times. So our attacking trio have all been available for 44% of our games.
But basically, only 3 of Hernandez's appearances have been in games when neither Arnie or Lanzini were available to play behind him.
So we won 1-1... reading the first comment on this thread, I think I'll set up as 'Mystic Kuch, fortunes told, just send requests on a ten pound note" ;wink
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I mean we are overjoyed that we drew...and they are angry at the same result
Purely based upon the reactions that this was a result neither team expected, so ye they should beat us if they want to be champions league contenders, which is their aim of the season
This is the same Hernandez who played against Shrewsbury and didn't look like scoring. I think if we get him in the side with Arnie next to him and Lanzini behind then he should score us plenty of goals, but how many times have we had all of those players available?
But it would be great if Moyes could fit him into the system without disrupting Arnie's form and role in the side, because he is a more complete player at the moment and offering us more things.
We've had 32 league games so far this season, Hernandez has been unavailable for 5, Arnie for 6 and Lanzini for 11.
We have only had 1 of the three available on 4 occasions (just Hernandez against Huddersfield, Palace and Brighton, and just Arnie against Southampton). We've had 2 available 14 times and all three available 14 times. So our attacking trio have all been available for 44% of our games.
But basically, only 3 of Hernandez's appearances have been in games when neither Arnie or Lanzini were available to play behind him.
The quote is from the BBC football gossip column, I wasn’t in the room with him.