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Nigel O'Sullivan's avatar

I thought Juan Garcia was excellent too. I'd also like to shout out Gerard Martin. I was worried about him but he did well. Is Araujo the weak link now? Oh🤣 I should listen all the way through before commenting.

For me Araujo's cardinal sin was giving the ball away when Barça were killing the game with posession

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Gerwyn Thomas 's avatar

100% he lacks serious composure, ends up in row z too often, the 'beast' mentality is a myth, Graham basically saying everything i thought! 😂 Pedri - different gravy, joan Garcia finally exactly what we needed, personally I'd have casado over fdj

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Nigel O'Sullivan's avatar

I'm ok with Frenkie. My main concern ahead of the game was Newcastles physicality in midfield, and the press. No doubt Casado can play through the press, but I liked seeing de Jong give Joelinton a few bumps. So I think it was the right call for this match. Also, I've got a soft spot for de Jong as he so clearly doesn't want to be anywhere else.

What was funny to me is from about 30 mins on, even though he was working hard, I was saying "get him off" every time Rashford was on the ball. But he proved me wrong and I'm delighted for him.

The big question now is Eric Garcia or Christensen next to Cubarsi?

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