Don't think it should be Agger there against weaker competition. I'd prefer Aurelio over any other LB at the club every week, and it's shocking that he hasn't featured yet. Agger and one of the other 3 CBs would be the best.
Agger's best skill is his ball movement. I think against lesser sides this is a must in our XI.
I don't get why Roy insists on playing defensive football with players that aren't even the best defending esque with as you say Lucas being far better than Poulsen and then the back 4 being for the tactics as discussed.
Agree about Meireles, he was a bit too ambitious with his passing today and nonchalant with the ball.
It only worked for me because we did look the better side over the last 10 minutes. As the commentators said the Sunderland XI had just played on Wednesday and all of our side save Agger and Ngog didn't play at all. Had the flow of the game continued from earlier, I wouldn't have liked it but it works both ways. I agree with you though, it's ridiculous.
Funny how Steve Bruce seems to think Rafa was the problem and Woy is great. Seeing as we twatted his bunch 3-0 last year and this year we were bossed at home and scraped a point.
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