To be fair I was shocked when I saw Vorm's name on the team list. The only thing I could think of was that Mourinho wanted to give him a game to keep him sweet, unless Gazza had a slight/potential issue and needed to be protected?Does anyone know the reasoning behind picking vorm?
Also was winks actually playing today? To me it looked like a few of the players didn’t actually care or have any fight for the team and to be in the cup for the fans. We only played with some aggression and fight in the last 10 minutes and the crowd got behind the team, I don’t get why Mourinho can’t get the team to be like that from the off?
I thought our main failing last night was not pressing when they had the ball. This allowed them way too much time, so their confidence grew. 1-1 was a fair result. We should have worked harder for a second goal in the first half. Our lack of strikers was most painful.
Cantwell had an excellent game for them - always a threat.
Pluses for us - LoCelso was good - and one of the few who didn't shirk a challenge. Aurier worked his socks off and Skippy looked good. Dier's performance was also good, as was Vertonghen's. Lucas also worked very hard.
Gedson was disappointing.
Dele Alli was ABSOLUTELY APPALLING. Nancying around the place, trotting, messing everything up, not finding the pass - all his worst traits concentrated into one game. He should have been subbed after 60 minutes.
Overall, I blame Mourinho's 'sit back' tactics for us not winning (and the fact that we have no goal scorers!).