I am 100% behind the manager but what happened to the team selection today? Saving players for next week?
Yes, it was always going to be difficult playing against the champions but to make 3 changes to our defence was a huge surprise. Bamba made a few mistakes against Arsenal and gave a penalty away against Chelsea but dropping him and moving Manga to centre back left right back vulnerable. Manga has been playing well at RB so why move him. Then to bring in Peltier instead of Richards is bizarre.
Bennett has played well this season except for one mistake against Chelsea so was surprised to see him dropped. Since learnt that he may have picked up a knock in mid week (?) but he was clearly fit enough to be on the bench. Also thought that Murphy (although coming back from injury) could have started instead of Hoilett or at least be given 30 mins.
Our strength over the past 18 months has been our defence so why dismantle it?