16 Sep 2018 09:05:18
Pedro and Willian both had excellent games yesterday and maybe the secret of getting the best is to rotate them as Pedro does not last 90 mins and at times nor does Willian. Giroud showed us how useful he is and clearly Hazard has tuned into what he might do laying the ball off. Morata is now finding the spotlight firmly on him. The defence still looks shaky and either the format is wrong or we have the wrong players for the right format, certainly Luiz looks uncomfortable. I know we paid a lot of money for Kepa but we cannot use inexperience as an excuse, to me he looks decidedly shaky, punching when he should catch and a distinct lack of authority in his area.

1.) 16 Sep 2018
16 Sep 2018 11:03:12
C1955, I agree totally about Luiz looking shaky yesterday but I think with the amount of games coming up other defenders will be given a chance and they have to stake their claim.
I’m with you on Kepa as well but I guess it’s to soon to be sure about his quality. When we signed him I did the usual thing and searched all the platforms that showed his performances.
The problem I found was that nearly all the sites seemed to show him making wonder saves. With none showing his week points.
My view is, he is a fantastic shot stopper and very quick to recover his position, he is good coming off his line with one in ones and he is comfortable with both feet. He generally stays on his line for crosses and nearly always punches rather than catches.
The lad has big boots to fill with our last few keepers all being top class.