No more diamond midfield please.
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Son banned again??!Harry still ill?
I'm a little confused. Is Sess a striker or a WB? Or a MF?
Until we get a proper DM in he is the best we've got.Is everyone still aboard the Sissoko hype train?
Hamstring injury. Out until after the international break at least according to the club.is jan totally fucked? I think him and sanchez are a good pairing.
If I'm honest I'd rather see Sessengon start wide left than Lucas start.Given the overlapping CBs for Sheffield United, this is a game made for Son to play in the channels, and if we need him, Lucas too. I wouldn't even mind seeing Kane pop up out wide either from time to time to collect the ball. That's where they leave the gaps to try and stay and compact in the middle. They're a very scrappy side and will do everything they can to put us off, and they'll milk every edge they have. They aren't pretty but they know what they are.
If Winks/Ndombele as a partnership was ever going to work, this has to be the game imo. We should see a lot of the ball and as passers they are much more useful than Sissoko. However, we may need Sissoko's strength and defensive work to help out Foyth/Aurier or Davies/Rose when United overload the wide areas. Going to be interesting to see how Pochettino sets this team up, I'm not sure just a standard 4-2-3-1 is going to be the answer in this game, wouldn't be surprised to see a 3-5-2 for this one.
Or because he's playing cack at the moment?Did Winks pick up an injury this week? If he was left behind for the Red Star game, seems like he is either being rested for the weekend or picked up an injury.