2. Why did you think Balotelli could play up front on his own? I didn't even want him. But he's played as a long striker for Italy and Milan and done very well before so it's a role he CAN perform.
3. Why did you buy Manquillo then play all our midfielders ahead of him at wingback? I didn't - he's on loan
5. Why do you keep playing Johnson when his heart is not at the club? because flannagan is long term injured
7. Why did you buy Markovich and never play him in his natural position? what do YOU know about his 'natural' position?
8. Why did you loan out so many defenders then force Can to play at CB and RB? Can plays in deference because that is where the majority of his games as a professional footballer have been, for both club & country.
10. Why did you play strikerless formations in so many must win games? [b]we played Raheem as striker because Lambert wasn't match fit, storage wasn't fit and Borini isn't very good.
2. He's not being deployed in his true position. It's not as simple as he played well in a lone position before. At Milan, they played a 4231 formation, where everything was fed to him, they utilised quick wingers who floated in crosses to him. Here we have played 433 and 532 formations in which nothing is fed through to him, our wingers cut inside and try to take every man on themselves rather than looking to see who's in the box.
3. You didn't actually answer the question, you paid to loan Manquillo for 2 seasons and then chose to play Ibe and Markovic out of position as wing backs rather than using a player who's natural position fits that role.
5. We also have Manquillo, you chose to send Wisdom out on loan, sell Martin Kelly and leave McLaughlin to rot in the reserves.
7. Markovic is a right winger, every man and his dog knows that, he's not a right wing back and he's not a left winger.
8. No it isn't where the majority of his career has been spent, he's a DM, he even went as far as to tell the media that he isn't being played in his natural position. He's left footed for a start, so playing him at RB makes no sense, he spent the vast majority of last season as a DM for Leverkusen, if not he played CM or LB. He never played CB before joining this club and he played RB only a couple of times before due to injuries.
10. Lambert was match fit, it's just that you never gave him the time of day, Borini was an option, as was Balotelli, you could have even pushed Sinclair. Instead you played Sterling out of position in an area where he shows no signs of being capable of fullfilling that role.
