On paper, tactically this game was a mallet to smash a walnut.
Of course a three nil thumping at The Cottage and your star striker getting the hat-trick proves that Poch got it right.
It also shows that the gaffer was extremely concerned about getting it wrong.
Vertonghen was wheeled in preference to Wimmer. Hopefully this means that Verts will also start against Gent.
What was the greater good here, the closing tactics of a game already in the bag or the mental health of a guy we spent £17million on?
Janssen trained for the Gent last week, Janssen travelled. An hour before kick-off the gaffer told him he wasn’t even on the bench.
For Fulham, Janssen made the bench, but when Kane came off with 14 minutes to go… Poch preferred Sissoko.
I’m curious to know just what Mauricio’s plans are for the next Gent game.
Should Vinny fail to feature, then after two Europa games and a cup game, surely he’s reduced to only being used in the event of emergencies.
Maybe that’s what he signed up for, who either knows or cares. What we know for certain is that we need another striker. This isn’t up for debate, big clubs have genuine striker options.
What would you do with Vinny?
