No matter how much Isla can be bad at times, the guy is still much, much better option than Padoin.
That makes no sense.
Pretty sure it was Padoin's assist today for Tevez's chance, but could be wrong. Sure, he miscontrolled the ball a couple of times, but let's not pretend he was the only one doing that. There were bad controls and passes sporadically throughout the game, you could see the pitch was slick and unforgiving.
For the supposed talent that Isla has in comparison to Padoin I'm far more intolerant of his performances than I am of someone who is clearly only here to be a versatile and hard working squad player.
Thought we were pretty flat today, it's always a worry with a big game in their minds but Parma made things very difficult, Giovinco as a starting CF is just a tactical disaster and needs to stop, and the ref was also very irritating in his constant stopping of the game and random decision making. Parma were spoiling and determined but we know what to expect by now.
We just about did enough. 3 points, seems to be good enough for others so we'll take it.