Lukaku did well in the games he started for West Brom, he was far from an impact sub.
I never said he wasn't great from the start of games, but a lot of his amazing performances were from the bench.
Much better in the second half! Demba ba was fantastic when he came on and for me now deserves a few starts in a row
My Tweet 2 days before the game:
@jacko_cfc 28 Nov: Starting to think Ba should start on Sunday #CFC
I just knew his style would effect Saints.
Could only watch the first 20 minutes as i had to go to work but what i saw was not great but something which was predictable. I was glad to see Essien back but did question his inclusion today as Saints press so much in the midfield i felt he may struggle and unfortunately today he did.
Just got round to watching the highlights and i think there is a lot to be positive about, trying not to blow my own trumpet i did state a few days ago that i felt Ba should play as i believed his playing style would cause Saints problems and it did. From the highlights i saw it seemed as if Torres and Ba linked up quite well together which is promising. Nothing better than a side who can play multiple formations and already this season we have played 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, 3-5-2 and now 4-4-2 and getting positive results with them all.
Also it was good to see Mata start today and i tweeted before the game he has a chance to make himself undroppable again today and to come away with an assist and 90 minutes under his belt he definitely went a long way to doing that. Just think, we are going into a busy period now where we will play 8 games in 25 days with a fully rested Juan Mata!
All in all a very good weekend for us with Utd, Spurs and Liverpool all dropping points. We are meant to be in "crisis" and things not going too well yet we are 2nd in the league just 4 points off the top, just shows how far this club has come.
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