Thought it wasn't going to be our night.
And then Pato rose like a fooking Phoenix and smashed that ball in! 🔥
Beautiful. Just beautiful. I'm watching that goal again.
To be 1 point off the play-offs after the nonsense this team served up in the first 15 games or so is unreal. It helps we've got a super keeper now who keeps us in a game long enough to nick delicious late winners like that.
Absolutely class signing. This season was falling apart a few weeks ago, now we're 6pts off the play-offs and have signed one of the best and most consistent CM's in the league, a real statement signing IMO.
Yep, fair play to the coaches too.
We are now hard to defeat, just one defeat in seven and that was due to the late collapse at Norwich. Defenders now know what they're doing and when they fail, we've got a keeper who has a good chance of saving the day for us.
So refreshing from the earlier...
I've got to give Lampard credit to how he's transformed the form of players like EMC and Kitching, who look different beasts now.
EDIT: And for playing Dovin. Why he was dropped in the first place I have no bloody idea.
"Oh no!!! They've equalised! Ok lads, we're done here for today! Let's get back home and get the Xmas shopping done!"
Pathetic response to adversity. King should be giving refunds to the fans who travelled south to watch that bullshit today.
Remember when there was talk of Luton offering £15M for him? I'd take £4M right now, not the same player since injury.
We are not staying up with this defensive record. We can't expect to score at least 2 goals per game just to get 1 point per game.
I can't buy that reason. Sunderland and Cardiff have scored from long range but did we even try to close the shot-taker down?
That, and tracking opposition runners, is basic defending.