Did well in the DM role. I think we missed his link up play with mata and his general ability to find a bit of space further forward. Still had a good game.
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Second best player today, should have had a penalty at the end.
Of course we are, but do you think Jose would have said anything if Drogba had got a penalty that way.Hypocrites the lot of ya. If that was drogba against us, I would have loved to see your opinion.
it doesnt matter. If we concede 2 goals, he will get slaughtered. I was just saying it, i know people will praise him for his performance. His mishit passes irritate me, because they often result in a good counterattack, like today.
I know he's gonna get a stick for his occasional one bad pass but apart that he was brilliant, I think he had like 8 interceptions or so, orchestrating the game too, desperate to win the penalty, getting into box like pitbull, I can really forgive him as it was a dive but his determination to do something with the game outweighted the dive.. the only problem with Herrera playing deep s that he can't play further up the pitch as no8. Cloning machine would come in handy..
Can somebody get his today's numbers ? I really am curious..
Can somebody get his today's numbers ? I really am curious..
A bit less influencial in the 2nd half and the pass that lead to Chelsea's counter where Hazard hit the post, was a bit crazy for someone playing DM. Its those few badly executed passes that mean he doesn't really suit the role. But he still did as well as we could have asked him to with 2 better DMs unavailable.
Never a penalty. If Young did it he would be crucified.
Absolute bollocks. It happened once and and you've decided to for some reason invent the others in your head. Yes, he gave the ball away a couple of times and yes he failed to track his runners a couple of times. That just means he had an imperfect performance, not that it was in any way inadequate.
It was a dive, but then their goal was started off with a foul, so no qualms about him doing that. Fairly excellent otherwise aside from a couple of misplaced passes that dont matter so much when in his usual position.
He isnt that slow, no, but he isnt fast either. That said, he forgot 2 times to pick up Fabregas, which didnt result in anything at the end. I was just saying that today in this role, which isnt his real position. Slight critisicm, nothing more. I also thought he had a good game overall.
I love the guy but that at the end was never a penalty. He made the contact happen and not Cahill.
Good performance, but we sorely missed a natural DM. Don't think his positional awareness for that position is great, understandable though. Really, badly missed his link up play on the right, which was anonymous most of the game.
Not at all, but doesnt mean we have to snoop to his level. We are better than that
Two weeks running he's watched a player run past him in midfield. It's an area he'll need to improve but he isn't a player who can play in Carrick's position so it's unfortunate he was forced into it by injury.
What I would say is that his choice of pass wasn't quite as good as Carrick's in that role, but that's hardly the biggest criticism in the world. Yeah there were one or two dodgy moments, and he let Hazard go for the goal, but considering he hasn't played there all season, it was a good performance.
It was a dreadful dive that deserved the yellow. Hate to see players diving.
Considering he's not actually a defensive midfielder he wa fantastic. The way he built moves from the back was very impressive. I always he was too attack minded to do that.
Anyone think he did great today in difficult circumstances? ie probably just training in this role 2 days ago?
The fact he made the most interceptions, the most passes and was the most accurate passer doesn't matter because one pass annoyed you? I think that applies to everyone else criticising him to be honest. One moment which frustrated them mattered more than everything else he did. Standard reaction I guess. Completely ruins any potential for a reasonable discussion though.
Ditto.
He was my MOTM for how well he did out of position but we could have done with two of him out their today.
I don't even feel remotely bothered about the dive. I'd forgive any gamesmanship against that lot. Fight fire with fire.
I would have voted him my MOTM if it weren't for the dive. That said, I'm not going to put too much blame on him. I thought it was a peno at first and I was so desperate for a point I'd have dived too in his position.
Didn't think he was that good. Okay but some slack play. I think he's helped massively having someone deeper who's always open. Blind or Carrick always give an option that isn't straight back to the defence
dimaria's crossfield attempt was much more worse, Rooney also set up a counter attack with really poor pass. It was really clear that some people would come here and criticize him for one and a half of mistake today. That happens and he needs to cut it off his game but as I said earlier he dominated the game, absolutely deleting Fabregas. Also If it ends up 0:0, he would never get so much stick, and would be praised instead...
Yeah and btw it wasn't his natural position, he started against the champions of the league and wasn't far from Scholes's finest performances to keep them at 30% possession at HOME! This is bloody ridiculous. His defensive contribution was immense again.. just a lucky game for Mourinho.
And I'm not criticizing your comment but overall negative comments on his address. I think he deserves fecking praise for playing in unfamiliar position such fantastic game..
Played exceptionally well for the most part.
A couple of sloppy passes and could have tracked Hazard for the goal.
Really let himself down with that dive though. He's better than that.
A couple of sloppy passes and could have tracked Hazard for the goal.
Really let himself down with that dive though. He's better than that.
I don't really blame a player for doing what he did in this day and age (especially against a Mourinho side) but he got the outcome he deserved. Credit to Mike Dean for once.
Absolutely. Was very good. Some people need a day to get over the loss and get their objectivity back.
I love how he quickly and almost invariably wins the ball back after he loses possession. But the times he doesn't do it could cost us a game, so I'd rather wish he cuts this switching off nonsense.
On the game itself - excellent first half and an OK second half. The most dynamic player we've had in a long long time tbh.
On the game itself - excellent first half and an OK second half. The most dynamic player we've had in a long long time tbh.
Some bollocks in this thread, really is. It's disgusting to see and I cannot defend it, let's not pretend we're holier than thou because we're not. Young, Januzaj, Di Maria and now Herrera, it's pathetic and we need to cut it out sharpish. With regards to his performance, gave it a good go but we severely missed Carrick.
It was a quality dive! I bought it hook, line and sinker!
Delighted he tried to dive to be perfectly honest. If it had come off he'd get 10/10 from me. Top man
I didn't mind the dive at all. Chelsea are a team full of thugs who do whatever is required to win, perfectly fine with our players doing the same to them.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.
Same here. Chelsea and their thugs can go feck themselves. Dean got it right, the cnut.
Then other teams will do it to us and we can sit on our moral highhorse.
Made Fabregas look like a League one midfielder.
Considering the circumstances of his performance, Ander just about edges out Shaw (another player who acquitted himself really well) for the MOTM vote.
Before unfairly critiquing the man, let's bear in mind that Herrera has never played in the #6 role before today. At Zaragoza he was mostly an attacking midfielder, for the Spanish U team they had Martinez in the role, with Athletic Club again either Iturraspe or Martinez. It's very tough for a naturally inventive and attack minded player to curtail his instincts, stay put on an island and try to control the the opposition. It's a whole different approach to the game, almost like asking a comparable player in Modric or Gundogan to fill in for the absence of some like Alonso or Bender. Even world class holding midfielder like Carrick went through a gradual learning/ acclimatization process, rather than being thrown in the deep end against a sturdy midfield-attack combination of the odds-on champions.
Did very well overall, retained and recycled possession really efficiently, put in a couple of crucial tackles and evidenced a good feel for the game from deeper areas. Solid, composed performance, maybe the pseudo-central defensive midfield position will be something to consider once he's 30+, and on a progressive natural physical decline.
Before unfairly critiquing the man, let's bear in mind that Herrera has never played in the #6 role before today. At Zaragoza he was mostly an attacking midfielder, for the Spanish U team they had Martinez in the role, with Athletic Club again either Iturraspe or Martinez. It's very tough for a naturally inventive and attack minded player to curtail his instincts, stay put on an island and try to control the the opposition. It's a whole different approach to the game, almost like asking a comparable player in Modric or Gundogan to fill in for the absence of some like Alonso or Bender. Even world class holding midfielder like Carrick went through a gradual learning/ acclimatization process, rather than being thrown in the deep end against a sturdy midfield-attack combination of the odds-on champions.
Did very well overall, retained and recycled possession really efficiently, put in a couple of crucial tackles and evidenced a good feel for the game from deeper areas. Solid, composed performance, maybe the pseudo-central defensive midfield position will be something to consider once he's 30+, and on a progressive natural physical decline.
Funny. He was most responsible for the goal when he gave up on following Hazard, he misplaced 2 passes allowing easy counters...but he was easily the most dominant midfielder on the pitch ahead of Fabregas and Oscar and the tackling side of his game was impeccable.
Cesc manages to do that all by himself. Hasn't shown up against a big side even once this season.
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