Surely Dele is back for this one? He has done his time.
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he has a 3 match european ban so he still misses both Apoel games
He misses this game and the real madrid away, will be available for the Real Madrid at Wembley game.
Thought we were facing Apoel back to back. Oh well
----------------------Lloris
Aurier----Toby----Sanchez----Davies
---------------Dier----Dembele
Sissoko --------Eriksen--------Nkoudou
-------------------------Kane
COYS !
Aurier----Toby----Sanchez----Davies
---------------Dier----Dembele
Sissoko --------Eriksen--------Nkoudou
-------------------------Kane
COYS !
Can't afford to underestimate Apoel. I'm not even sure I'd put in Llorente for Kane. Aurier should start considering he's ineligible for Bournemouth, Son for Alli. Sissoko should start on the basis of recent performances. If he gains some confidence I think he could play a major part for us this season
RM Nov
I am currently suspecting playing back 3 with Dier in the midfield is costing us the flow of passes we used to be doing. Dier is such an anchorman, very good at covering for the back but rarely leaves his spot. Vert is suspended anyway so no burst from the back an anchorman should cover for.
What if we go 4 at the back for this.
Lloris
Aurier Toby Sanchez Davies
Dier Sissoko
Dembele Eriksen Son
Kane
Or
Lloris
Toby Sanchez Dier
Aurier Dembele Sissoko Davies
Eriksen Son
Kane
What if we go 4 at the back for this.
Lloris
Aurier Toby Sanchez Davies
Dier Sissoko
Dembele Eriksen Son
Kane
Or
Lloris
Toby Sanchez Dier
Aurier Dembele Sissoko Davies
Eriksen Son
Kane
This game is firmly in the 'Don't Fuck It Up' dept. for me. Very important we don't assume anything, not easy by any means.
3 matches is a joke for what he did. 1 match would have been fair.
Actually I just looked at it again. 3 matches was fair.
We seem to be remembering wildly different things. Straight red is 3 games and we have to oblige by that
They're in shit form and their main striker pulled a hamstring at the weekend. No excuses for anything but a comfortable win. I'm hoping it's settled by half time and then I can watch the Dortmund Madrid game, which has big implications for us. Dortmund lose and we'll almost certainly progress if we get anything at all from the Madrid games.
Let's not rush ourselves into predictions like that. Even if they lose against Real Madrid and we win our game against Apoel, we still have to play Madrid twice while they play Apoel twice which should get them 6 points and we got the direct game away at Dortmund, I wouldn't call that certain yet.
What I want to see:
[formation=3421, Lloris, Toby, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies, Aurier, Sissoko, Dier, Son, Eriksen, Kane][/formation]
What I think we'll see:
[formation=433, Lloris, Aurier, Toby, Sanchez, Davies, Winks (Dembele if fit), Dier, Sissoko, Son, Eriksen, Kane][/formation]
[formation=3421, Lloris, Toby, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies, Aurier, Sissoko, Dier, Son, Eriksen, Kane][/formation]
What I think we'll see:
[formation=433, Lloris, Aurier, Toby, Sanchez, Davies, Winks (Dembele if fit), Dier, Sissoko, Son, Eriksen, Kane][/formation]
I'd rather start with a back 4 with Dier as a DM and then have him drop back into a back 3 if needed, but Poch seems pretty committed to a back 3 right now. Also think that Trippier would have started it Aurier hadn't seen red, but now they will swap. Hoping for a professional 0-2 win.
[formation=3421, Lloris, Dier, Sanchez, Toby, Davies, Aurier, Dembele, Sissoko, Eriksen, Son, Kane][/formation]
[formation=3421, Lloris, Dier, Sanchez, Toby, Davies, Aurier, Dembele, Sissoko, Eriksen, Son, Kane][/formation]
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