I agree wholeheartedly about needing link up players, Pienaar looked so essential against spurs once he's gone off, but Osman doesnt have the legs to start games, hence him getting brushed off the ball for the free kick. I like james mac, but I think long term he will have to develop more to his game, if he's going to play alongside an out and out sitter like Barry
Macca has it in him for sure. I've seen a lot of his games at Wigan and for Ireland, and wanted him at the club for a couple of seasons. I think in general, although it has been good at times before Xmas, we are a long way off the fluid team that Bobby will have us playing as. What we are seeing now is him making do with much of what he's got and changing bit by bit.
Ossie looked screwed second half, that poor control where he let it go over the end line and looked half-dead after his rubbish attempt to keep it in.....that was a moment when you kind of knew we weren't getting back into the game.