MacAllister is being asked to do a slightly different role now Bissouma has gone, with the outcome he is deeper while Lallana and Gross are both making the sort of runs Mac would have made.
So far, the Albion have produced 2 dominant performances and only conceded one goal and MacAllister has...
But that is mainly because there's no replacement and no one in the pipeline. Interestingly, none of those comments indicate they thought they had a chance of signing him permanently. I recall some postings on NSC that were suggesting the bloke loved Boca and didn't want to leave but I'm not...
I'm probably wrong but I'm getting "short-arse No. 10 looking for bigger club opportunity" vibe and the move will be another shocker - I hope it isn't.
WTF is going on? "My dream is to play for Boca"
That's not something you come out with when you've yet to kick a ball for the club that forked out $10 million for you.
Not winning himself many fans here in Sussex.
It will be interesting to see if this signing has any effect on Gross's form over the coming weeks. We have a spate of games coming up that Gross is capable of being very influential in and I wouldn't be surprised to see him up his game. I really like what the Albion have done here.