Nah, as others have said, I think Dunk would be a bigger miss – and Groß an even BIGGER miss, IMO.
There's no denying that Joao Pedro is quality, but in the PL, he's scored 'only' eight goals. Given the team collectively has scored 30 other ones, you'd think there would be the personnel on the...
But he got sold to Chelsea, who massively overpaid for him, just to get him (Liverpool's offer of £100m was accepted!).
Even at his peak, he wasn't worth that much. As good as Joao Pedro is, I can't see him going for far north of £100m (maybe/probably not that much). Plus things change so...
I've been critical of his first touch before, but today it was outstanding, I thought. A great game and his celebration was one of my favourite Amex moments.
There's a LOT to love about him – he's certainly come a long way since he stepped onto the pitch at half time during the Everton massacre!
The one thing that lets him down a bit, for me, is his first touch. More often than not, it's not great and the ball ends up miles away from him – sometimes...
To be fair to Fergie, he's only scored one goal fewer than JP, has been injured/ill (cant remember which) and looked sensational against the barcodes.
It's all about game management with both of them.