Not very surprising given how long he was out, but he looks pretty far off his pre injury level
if I came home to allison in bed with my wife I'd ask him to phone Virgil to see if he wanted to pop round too.
Paul Joyce just tweeted that Ox is due to be recalled by England. Great news for AOC after everything. Like most I prefer when our players are minimally involved in Intl’s Increasing the chances of them returning fully fit, but he deserves this boost.
I think it's daft to be honest.Let him get a few more games under his belt before we start talking about England.
If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.
He’s a brilliant sub to have as well to be fair. I know everyone’s excited for his return but we all know Fab/Hendo/Gini is likely to remain our ‘big game’ midfield. But having someone like Ox coming on after an hour might absolutely kill some teams.
He was in the 'big game' midfield before the injury. Leaving aside the injury question and the need to be careful with him, he should be back in it asap. Gives something none of the other midfielders except Keita can.
Bit sloppy today but it’s definitely coming, once he’s sharper and fitter he’ll be massive for this team.
He took a few months to really click when he first joined us, I think it’s likely to take a similar amount of time again after such a terrible injury. He really needs games in the first team to start to gel and they’re gonna be hard to come by given how well everyone’s playing, but it’ll come, just need to be patient
Given that we have 7 matches in 21 days, and that the midfield is what we rotate the most, not sure I agree with that. We have a match every 3 days from now on, he'll get plenty of opportunities.
He ran with the ball very well, that run and shot in the first half was him at his best.A bit sloppy at times but just great to gave him back and his touch will improve.
Normally Henderson would be there shuffling the ball left and right
Just a couple of times we saw glimpses of that acceleration that allows him to get away from his marker and create an opportunity for a key pass or shot on goal. He's obviously not at his best but he's not had a lot of competitive minutes. Get 10 games under his belt and we'll see the best of him again.