Morgan Rogers

[eamonn]

He had two or three ankle biters snapping at him all the time today. Did well not to get drawn into verbals and a booking. Fantastic composure for his goal.

He's clearly a marked man now so we need to learn how to occupy the space he gives us when the opposition double up on him.

[PaulWinch again]

He’s a brilliant player. As you say we need to be a bit sharper at exploiting the space he creates for us. His strength is so impressive.

[Dante Lavelli]

He's clearly a marked man now so we need to learn how to occupy the space he gives us when the opposition double up on him.

Yep.  Morgan needs to look at improving his end product whilst Emery needs to find a way to exploit the gaps he must be creating.

I still think it’s mental that he’s anywhere near this standard already.  Maybe we should expect a dip whilst he goes through some growing pains.

[rob_bridge]

He's clearly a marked man now so we need to learn how to occupy the space he gives us when the opposition double up on him.

Yep.  Morgan needs to look at improving his end product whilst Emery needs to find a way to exploit the gaps he must be creating.

I still think it’s mental that he’s anywhere near this standard already.  Maybe we should expect a dip whilst he goes through some growing pains.

He's been a Prem Player for 6 playing months. He will only get better.

[VillaTim]

He’s a brilliant player. As you say we need to be a bit sharper at exploiting the space he creates for us. His strength is so impressive.

i thought he lost possession quite a bit today or didn't quite make the right touch. He was still one of our better players as was Tielemans and when they both went off we looked weaker . UE subs were a bit off today.

[Ian.]

It’s a shame we couldn’t really replace Diaby or keep hold of him. It could have been what we needed for the counter and also making the gaps for the likes of Rogers.

The same could be said for strengthening at the  back. FFP has really done its utmost to stop us building on last season too much.

[rob_bridge]

He’s a brilliant player. As you say we need to be a bit sharper at exploiting the space he creates for us. His strength is so impressive.

i thought he lost possession quite a bit today or didn't quite make the right touch. He was still one of our better players as was Tielemans and when they both went off we looked weaker . UE subs were a bit off today.

Less options and more out of necessity bearing in mind forthcoming games.

[Risso]

It’s a shame we couldn’t really replace Diaby or keep hold of him. It could have been what we needed for the counter and also making the gaps for the likes of Rogers.

The same could be said for strengthening at the  back. FFP has really done its utmost to stop us building on last season too much.

But then we chose to spend what we did on Maatsen, when we had two good left backs already. Also bringing Philogene back. That's £50m there, that could and probably should have been spent on more urgent areas of the team. I like Matty Cash, but he's not as good a right back as Digne is a left back, plus he's frequently injured, a right back was far more of a neccessity than a left back.

[Dante Lavelli]

It’s a shame we couldn’t really replace Diaby or keep hold of him. It could have been what we needed for the counter and also making the gaps for the likes of Rogers.

The same could be said for strengthening at the  back. FFP has really done its utmost to stop us building on last season too much.

Weirdly it was probably Morgan’s form that allowed us to cash in on Diaby.  Especially as Bailey had already bumped him from his best position.

Ramsey / Rogers / Bailey, on paper, are our best three but for many reasons they’ve barely played together.  Some patience is needed as they get used to each other.  Once they’re on autopilot I doubt many teams will be able to stop them and I trust Emery to find the patterns sooner rather than later.

[AV84]

Would be nice for him to get the call up, but as always I'd be happy enough for none of our players to get game time on international breaks.

[Dante Lavelli]

It’s a shame we couldn’t really replace Diaby or keep hold of him. It could have been what we needed for the counter and also making the gaps for the likes of Rogers.

The same could be said for strengthening at the  back. FFP has really done its utmost to stop us building on last season too much.

But then we chose to spend what we did on Maatsen, when we had two good left backs already. Also bringing Philogene back. That's £50m there, that could and probably should have been spent on more urgent areas of the team. I like Matty Cash, but he's not as good a right back as Digne is a left back, plus he's frequently injured, a right back was far more of a neccessity than a left back.

Hard to disagree with that.  I suspect they thought Moreno and Carlos would be sold to provide the headroom to get a decent RB/RCB.

Maatsen was arguably solving next year’s problem (or the year after) but it’s not often you can sign one of Europes best young LBs that suits the team’s tactics.  Too good an opportunity to pass up, especially when combined with Kellyman’s sale and the FFP benefits.

[darren woolley]

I'm so pleased he scored today.

[Ian.]

I’m sure we won’t regret Maatsen, he’s a fine player and he will be our main left back quite soon I’m sure and Moreno never looked the same since injury.  Jaden is a peculiar one, Emery must have seen something there he really likes. He’s looked good in the Championship league but no where near the levels we needed to replace Diaby with.

[Villafirst]

Would be nice for him to get the call up, but as always I'd be happy enough for none of our players to get game time on international breaks.

If he showed his current form playing for Chelsea, Manure, Spurs etc., he would've been selected for England. Remains to be seen if Carsley picks him in the next squad.

[Risso]

I’m sure we won’t regret Maatsen, he’s a fine player and he will be our main left back quite soon I’m sure and Moreno never looked the same since injury.  Jaden is a peculiar one, Emery must have seen something there he really likes. He’s looked good in the Championship league but no where near the levels we needed to replace Diaby with.

We won't regret Maatsen, that's not the point. We are already regretting not strengthening at right back, because it's helped to bollocks the entire defence.