It just goes to show you that the knee-jerk fans don't know what they are talking about most of the time. In this game they got everything they wanted: Carroll dropped, Suarez up with Kuyt and Bellamy, Maxi over Hendo, a proper right back, Skrtel gone, and Adam replaced. We still struggled to break down a championship defense and were second best for much of the game. The Suarez/Bellamy combination looked good early on but was wasteful later on. It just goes to show that you need a full squad with lots of options - different players shining against different sorts of opposition.
Both were suspended for this game, in case you'd forgotten.
