What did we learn last night ?
Football is the beautiful game - our first goal was absolutely a thing of beauty.
Daniel plays to his potential when he has like minded players around him, season 1 it was Filipe, last night Sanchez. Ball players feed off each other and can anticipate each others runs and passes, - Ifill's in the same mold.
Leo is a confidence play - he is still a long way short of his best but a few more games with Sanchez and Smith and his confidence will continue to grow.
We are a far far better team when we don't have Brown and Lia both playing DM - one is more than enough. Smith does everything they do defensively and is light years better going forward.
Playing only one of Brown or Lia as DM with Smith, Sanchez, Daniel / Ward / Leo we have an added dimension to our game. It's not just bomb it down the wings and across she comes but we also play on the ground, through the middle and look very good doing it.
We have the best no nonsense back line in the league.
If we had a real finisher up front we would have scored another 3 or 4 last night.
Of course we knew all of this before last night.
My Christmas wish; sign a bloody good Australasian striker in January which means we can then sign Smith to the 5th import spot.
Merry Christmas to one and all.
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)