Get the hounds on em Sunday. Don't let them have any time on the ball. Sandro-Capoue-Paulinho
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Agree. If you watched Woolwich get turned over by Villa, every time Wilshere got near the ball he got crunched, totally disrupted them. Ramsey will see those 3 and hopefully have Shawcross flashbacks
Strange how nobody has mentioned our best mid fielder at present, Townsend. I think we will play a 4-2-3-1 as usual, albeit a formation I hate. I have little doubt that this won't be the first choice going forward, but I can't see AVB risking any of the new three in DerbyGet the hounds on em Sunday. Don't let them have any time on the ball. Sandro-Capoue-Paulinho
Walker- Dawson- Vertongan - Rose
Capue - Dembele
Townsend - Paliniho - Siggy - Chadli
Soldado
12players?
Come on, this is lazy trolling even by your standards
Shit, wrong thread :bale2:Who said that, Tom Cruise?
Was the commentator on the Spurs game on Thursday.
I agree that it entirely depends on fitness and opposition. Rather than select hypothetical trios I'd put it in a list, going from most attacking to most defensive:
Eriksen
Holtby
Dembele
Paulinho
Sandro
Capoue
Depending on how much attacking or defending we are going to do you'd pick from that list.
(This is actually a secret 'How I play Football Manager' post. I have a notebook with pages of these lists and diagrams by my computer. I am lonely.)
Eriksen
Holtby
Dembele
Paulinho
Sandro
Capoue
Depending on how much attacking or defending we are going to do you'd pick from that list.
(This is actually a secret 'How I play Football Manager' post. I have a notebook with pages of these lists and diagrams by my computer. I am lonely.)
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MJHall
I would change that list a little bit considering the effect each player has on a match both attacking and defensivley.
Eriksen/Holtby
Holtby/Eriksen
Paulinho
Capoue
Dembele
Sandro
and the bottom two could easily be changed around as Sandro always tries to set a player on his way when he wins it.
I would change that list a little bit considering the effect each player has on a match both attacking and defensivley.
Eriksen/Holtby
Holtby/Eriksen
Paulinho
Capoue
Dembele
Sandro
and the bottom two could easily be changed around as Sandro always tries to set a player on his way when he wins it.
Everyone is free to have their own opinions on it, it is entirely subjective after all.
I think Eriksen will find it difficult to get the aggression of the game down early on so Holtby's willingness to get stuck in when necessary puts him a rung down.
Dembele generally prefers to operate closer to the front than Paulinho (unless Dembele is selected as the deeper player of course). Paulinho likes to get deeper out of possession.
It's difficult with Capoue and Sandro, since Sandro has been out so long. What I've seen of Capoue suggests his first thought it to secure the back before joining the attack. He seems to look at the back line before he decides to go forward. Sandro always took a chance to go forward when it presented itself, although that may be different under AVB this season.
Whichever way round you put them I'd pick one from the top, one from the bottom, and one in the middle for most mid-table Premier League matches. Three from the bottom for away matches against the teams around us/later European away games, and three from the top against weaker sides in the cups.
I think Eriksen will find it difficult to get the aggression of the game down early on so Holtby's willingness to get stuck in when necessary puts him a rung down.
Dembele generally prefers to operate closer to the front than Paulinho (unless Dembele is selected as the deeper player of course). Paulinho likes to get deeper out of possession.
It's difficult with Capoue and Sandro, since Sandro has been out so long. What I've seen of Capoue suggests his first thought it to secure the back before joining the attack. He seems to look at the back line before he decides to go forward. Sandro always took a chance to go forward when it presented itself, although that may be different under AVB this season.
Whichever way round you put them I'd pick one from the top, one from the bottom, and one in the middle for most mid-table Premier League matches. Three from the bottom for away matches against the teams around us/later European away games, and three from the top against weaker sides in the cups.
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MJHall
my list is not based on where they operate though, but what they bring to the attack as a whole. For me Capoue is above Dembele as an attacking threat because he starts them early with good passes from deep to set us on our way asap.
My problem with Dembele is that he's not really attacking nor defensive, and he's not really box to box either. If he were to start to release the ball earlier (not take two-three players on before he plays a pass he could've played the moment he recieved the ball) he would become a much greater offensive threat and option.
My problem with Dembele is that he's not really attacking nor defensive, and he's not really box to box either. If he were to start to release the ball earlier (not take two-three players on before he plays a pass he could've played the moment he recieved the ball) he would become a much greater offensive threat and option.
I can't disagree with any of that. I will say about Dembele, his ability to beat a man and take the ball forward can be very important in opening up space for other players. When the opposition are retreating to their defensive shape his ball carrying can keep opposition players from dropping too deep too quickly because of the threat he poses running at the back line. This can open up channels for Soldado and the wide players to run into.
