Nobody is talking about Eric Dier, so I´ll start.
- He started the season in the first team because Jose likes him very much - another aspect to blame Mourinho today. It was always obvious to me that our best CB partnership is Toby-Sanchez.
- In the first half we could see the good and the bad sides of having Doherty in the team. He is a more intelligent and dangerous player than Aurier, but he will need someone fast to play behind him - the whole game James found Richarlison on his back. Behind Doherty, we need Sanchez.
- Toby should be the LCB, who turns into the central defender of a back 3 in possession. If anything, Dier should be a backup to that position.
- "Dier is good in the air", they say. Well, he made big mistakes in the last two goals we conceded (today and against Palace, in July). Both set pieces, both in the air.
- The truth is Eric Dier didn´t really show anything to deserve a place in the first team.