Typical friendly with a few plus points.
Gabriel looked the part and had a very good game; his defending has improved, along with his awareness of what is happening around him.
He is skilful and athletic and posed an attacking threat (played a good ball in for Taylor's goal), particularly in the second half when Lolley got out of his way.
There's plenty of improvement to come but that will only happen if he gets game time; I would be inclined to stick with him.
We definitely need a left back because Richardson needs another season out on loan; he was very shaky at the start but got better as the game progressed but he does not have that level of confidence Gabriel has developed.
Carvalho ran his socks off and displayed some nice touches; he took the initiative, dropped off of his man and came looking for the ball.
Surprise, surprise, the midfield and defence started playing the ball forward with purpose; Joao was the focal point laying simple balls off for players to run on to and the passing was pretty fluid
McKenna looked razor sharp; commanding in the air and took no prisoners on the floor; he had us defending much higher up the pitch, but that was greatly helped by having someone up front holding the ball up.
Lolley showed a few flashes of his best form in the second half.
Hughton had a right go at Cafu in the first half; I cant remember seeing him so angry.
Other than that there was nothing out of the ordinary
Johnson should be back from his Covid break on Saturday