Hey ASI, I was watching the game yesterday and dreading if we lost,
would have meant we were 3 points above Villa and QPR, 5 above
West Brom (Hodgson) with Newcastle above us.
About Adam, I thought that he was at fault for their goal and it's something
I hate to see, a slow player not reacting to danger. If he's to feature in a
two man midfield, it's stuff like that that needs to be right, imo. I think he's
doing his best, but the standard of playing midfield for us is very very high. He
flighted a beauty for the winner but his corners all day were brutal. In fact
it's stuff like that that I would much rather have seen against Chelsea
yesterday, a proper threat from corners and set pieces. Away from home we
should know that if we go to the trouble of winning a corner there's a
reasonable chance of a goal scoring opportunity.
So yeah, maybe it's confusing I swing both ways when it comes to Adam but
remain yet to be convinced.
I think Kenny made two changes, kept Johnson in the side and got a result
against a poor Chelsea side. The team showed character which I'm very pleased about.
Imo, we either start playing Carroll again (before he turns into Babel, seriously the
way that ball gets stuck under his feet reminds me of Babel) because the whole
team is built around him or go back to what was working last season i.e. fluidity in
the final third and a strong defensive midfield.
If we can get over the next two games by keeping our wits about us, I think our
season is back on, but they're gonna be really really tough games!