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Meh, I think if we want to go with an attacking line up then, as stated earlier, Winks doesn't offer enough in attack and I feel like Dier can keep us ticking if he hits any type of form (Which we haven't seen in a while to be fair). I could see it happening, but i'd be disappointed.
This would literally reduce us to two attacking threats in the entire team, Kane and Son. Sissoko can barely assist, never mind score, and he's doing well in a CM role that relies on brute force and movement. It would be incredibly easy to shoe horn the team if we played like this. Neither Kane or Son excel at breaking teams down, Llorente does.
If Son is on 1 wing, then surely GKN starts too on the other?
Son as a straight up central AM doesn't fill me with much joy either, he's not suited to it. It will be interesting to see what happens although I think Kane and Llorente both have to start.
Has he traveled?
If Poch thought he wasn't ready for Barnsley I doubt he will be put in for the Champions League. Oakley-Boothe will definitely be on the bench I think, and another youth player but not sure who.
Oakley-Booth and Georgieu are both in Cyprus with the team
Yep reckon I might be mistaken as it appears a lot of them are there. Kaziah Sterling just put a post on his Instagram story of himself and Marcus Edwards tagged in Cyprus. Just seen it on Twitter
Hope Harry bangs in hat-trick just to shut Carragher and Henry up.
Kane. Llorente would be nice but Harry continuing his run is paramount.
Llorente.
Kane has proved he can score against pretty much all PL oppo and in CL v Dortmund. I'd love Llorente to get on the end of some wide play from Aurier and Davies; Rose too when fit, and Tripp's brill crossing ability. We could score a lot more from headers (Kane is 90% from feet), and Llorente is great in the air.
I kinda feel like Georgieu will get some minutes. What with him being a Cyprus youth international
I've done that before (not for a team line up but for a table I typed out).
You should consider using the team formation tool. The icon looks like a number pad (9 little black squares).
Dunno if it's quicker than typing it out manually, but it does all the positions for you.
Choose your formation, start at keeper then work from right to left through defence/midfield/up top.
I was thinking more of Son and Kane as number 10s and Llorente up top. Have Aurier and Davies as the width. Dier and either Sissoko or Winks in CM. GKN seems more of an impact sub. I still want to see him given a go though, he clearly has some talent.
If ur guaranteeing a hat trick I'd go Llorente and give Kane a rest. Plus it'd stop dead any chance of the Jansen / Soldado pressure building on him.
Really don't care-we look after ourselves 3 pts tonight please. The other results will be what they will be.
Either way we need Real to win all their games I reckon. If Dortmund get puts off them that means we have to as well essentially (obviously its a bit more complicated than that but you know what I mean).
Yeah my thinking too. If we are looking at finishing second in the group as our most likely route to progression then Real beating the other two in each game simplifies our task.
A draw in Dortmund and two wins against Apoel would then see us through.
Don't really want to find ourselves needing points against Real to qualify. That's not to say we aren't capable of course.