Correct me if I'm wrong Tommy but pretty sure his first pass was five yards behind the player and went straight into touch. Having said that think he will turn out to be a good buy but not as a CB. Once Wilf Sak RLC back things will surely turn around

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong

A debutant can't look class because obviously he has no experience. But he can look fresh, exciting and energetic, and Lameka did. He also looked skilful.

Add some experience to that and he may well be class.

And even without it he looked a level above the muppet he replaced.

Rashford and Zaha are exceptional players and theirs are big boots indeed to try to step into. We are very fortunate to have a player of that calibre without forking out northwards of £50m. But someone else has to play if he can't and based on today I'd have Lameka rather than Lee every time.

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Very true and therefore needs to be given more game time over him. Puncheon needs a rest as well. Change the band and give it immediately to Sakho when he enters the fray, a natural leader from the back. Players need to be picked on their performances.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

I totally disagree. I thought he did little and looked isolated out on the left wing. The tempo dropped wen e came on.
A bad substitution in my eyes. One for the future yes - but not what we needed today.

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Let's hope he gets a longer chance than Hiram Boateng against Swansea under Pards. Given 20 mins and never seen again, although nearly scored. May not of shown much after that but a longer run at that stage might of helped. Would be a positive over the past if this lad was given a longer period, particularly with our dearth of options presently up front.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't three of our best chances happen when he was on the pitch? Personally I thought he did ok and didn't look out of place, but nothing more than that. The Riedewald sub worked well as it allowed Cabaye to move forward and from that he almost created a goal for Dann.