Really good win yesterday! That's how we should be winning games exactly!
I couldn't fault a single player yesterday with the exception of one, Scepovic came on and was once again honking! He didn't show any desire to go and get a goal or win the ball, despite the fact we were 5-0 up and could easily have gotten himself a goal had he applied himself a little.
It was a different setup, at times it became 4-4-2 and at other times it was 4-3-3. Mulgrew was kind of playing on the left but would tuck in to the centre of midfield and allow Brown, Johansen and McGregor to go join the attacks. McGregor was obviously the main one to join Stokes and Guidetti up front.
I thought at first it was going to be a difficult game because the pitch was small and tight, we couldn't go through the centre but we then started getting down the wings, mainly through Izzy. Once we got the first goal, RC came out to try and get a goal and that meant they pushed higher up the pitch and were leaving spaces in behind. For the first time in a long time as far as I can remember, I saw one of our defenders play a ball long over the heads of the defenders and into space for Guidetti. It stretched the game and opened up spaces!
Johansen looked more like the player we saw last season. It's difficult to know whether he's just been out of sorts because of the new system that Deila was trying and yesterday's game was a bit more like last season so it suited him or is it purely down to his ability? I'm still split at the moment. I think he could be one of those players who only plays well in a couple of positions/systems and if he's out of those, he just doesn't seem to perform somehow.
I didn't see the challenge on Izzy but I heard it was a heavy one. I've read differing reports on which ankle it is that's hurt though. Sky Sports reported Deila as saying it wasn't the one he broke, but the Daily Record reported him saying it was. Both reported him saying they weren't too worried at the moment though. I still wouldn't be convinced that he'll be 100% for Thursday though. And Mulgrew picked up a knock on his ankle towards the end of the game too, so would be even worse if he was out too.
If both are out, or even if just Izzy is out. I think Matthews and Lustig will both play on Thursday and Matthews will switch over to the LB spot.
Other than that, I hope we change nothing other than the required Guidetti change because I don't think we'll need to. Swap Griffiths in for Guidetti.
