Morais is probably the most accomplished midfielder.....it would seem sensible to play him. Just a thought.
While happily agreeing that he is our most accomplished midfielder, i also think he is a bit of a luxury when you need a scrapper.
Possibly the more combative Payne might have been a better option, he can hit a long forward pass to run onto & give us a bit of respite. Might have helped - in the last 30 minutes - as we had settled on lumping it, more in hope than expectation.
Morais is probably the most accomplished midfielder.....it would seem sensible to play him. Just a thought.
Agree but he is also not happy at the club, from what people have told me when they went to that dreaded 6-1 game that he wasn’t great at all and has been a bit off the mark. So I’m not sure he was the answer but he didn’t make changes early enough so we won’t know.
Morais is probably the most accomplished midfielder.....it would seem sensible to play him. Just a thought.
While happily agreeing that he is our most accomplished midfielder, i also think he is a bit of a luxury when you need a scrapper.
Possibly the more combative Payne might have been a better option, he can hit a long forward pass to run onto & give us a bit of respite. Might have helped - in the last 30 minutes - as we had settled on lumping it, more in hope than expectation.
I agree with everything you say Thad, it's a real disappointment that Gabi did not bring on or start either of them
While happily agreeing that he is our most accomplished midfielder, i also think he is a bit of a luxury when you need a scrapper.
Possibly the more combative Payne might have been a better option, he can hit a long forward pass to run onto & give us a bit of respite. Might have helped - in the last 30 minutes - as we had settled on lumping it, more in hope than expectation.
I agree with everything you say Thad, it's a real disappointment that Gabi did not bring on or start either of them
Payne didnt have a good game ahead of the Lincoln game. Dropping him seemed a good call from Gabby.