Gelhardt looked good again.

We've only got to play them once more.

Hopefully this will make them realise a lot of those players simply aren't at the level required anymore, hard workers but quality severly lacking and for some of them, just football intelligence lacking.


Reality (Starting 11 vs Ideal 11)


GK- Meslier. GK- Meslier
LB- Firpo. LB- Dallas
CB- Llorente. CB- Koch/Struijk
CB- Ayling CB- Llorente
RB- Shackleton. RB- Ayling

CDM- Forshaw. CDM- Phillips
CM- Dallas CM- Forshaw

LM- Harrison LM- James
CAM- Roberts CAM- Rodrigo
RM- Raphinha RM- Raphina

ST- James ST- Bamford

To my mind we had 2 players in the correct position against City when our best team is available to use. Having Bamford, Koch, Cooper, Struijk, Phillips, Rodrigo all out is crushing.

Performance was embarassing and pathetic and it shouldn't matter who we put out unless it was a team of kids we shouldn't have been outclassed that much but it is worth remembering just how depleted we are and as horrible as it sounds I don't even think some of those in our ideal 11 are good enough anymore for this level