Similar to the way people saw Perch when he was here. Deemed as being shit in his first season or two by the majority (myself included), but has improved massively and is appreciated for his professionalism and attitude.
The team spirit is another thing that is impressing me. The team attack together and defend as a unit. We have had good individual players in the past, but sometimes looked disjointed a team.
He is at his best when he does his job and keeps things simple. It is when he believes his own hype to much and starts to do things beyond his ability that he comes unstuck.
Some of the Colo bashing today Minor criticism for the sake of it imo, the fact we have competition for places, especially in defense, is great to see.
He does that to everyone, he's brilliant in the air for a small lad, bit like Debuchy.
Fair enough, as long as he isnt getting in behind us, we should cope. No pun intended.
Long has been a pest as per usual, but mainly in front of our defense which is ideal for us. The fact he is winning headers against Willo and Colo is worrying though.
They are 5 points from safety, 6 almost based on goal difference. They have improved under Poyet, but they need to start scoring goals, Villa were shocking today and they still only managed a point.