Whatever the result, I'm interested in seeing some of these youngsters play. They've done well for the u21s and hopefully can show a few seniors a thing or two about 'passion'.
Someone must be in the back four, surely? If this amount of injuries doesn't make it necessary, then I have no idea what does. I'd rather have players in their natural positions than Sandro at CB or Townsend RB or something else like that.Hasn't Sherwood said he isn't giving anyone a debut unless absolutely necessary?
Hasn't Sherwood said he isn't giving anyone a debut unless absolutely necessary?
Someone must be in the back four, surely? If this amount of injuries doesn't make it necessary, then I have no idea what does. I'd rather have players in their natural positions than Sandro at CB or Townsend RB or something else like that.
I hope Veljkovic is necessary. Just not sure i want to see Sandro as a CB.
We wont have anyone in CM able to break up play and we lose Sandro's energy closing down everything. It would be a risk at the back, but when you need to score 3 to go through its a risk that you can take.
Haha, keeper as a CB?Out of this, what would be our best side ?
Friedel, Archer, McGee, Naughton, A McQueen, Fryers, Rose, Ball, Ogilvie, Sandro, Chadli, Veljkovic, Eriksen, Winks, Sigurdsson, Bentaleb, Onomah, Lennon, Townsend, Kane, Soldado.
Friedel
Naughton - Veljkovic - Archer - Fryers
Lennon - Sandro - Sigurdsson/Bentaleb - Townsend
----------------Eriksen------------------------
----------------Soldado-----------------------
That defence scares me, maybe drop Sandro in there and then play Bentaleb with Siggy ?
I read the quote. I still took it to mean one youngster may start. I would've thought (or at least picked myself) - Naughton, Velkjovic, Fryers, Rose. Have Velks and Fryers played CB together in the u21s? Does anybody know that? If they have, then at least they have some experience together.Spursidol posted this tweet in the team thread:
Simon Peach @SimonPeach
Sherwood: "Unless we absolutely need to they won't be thrown into this lion's den -you could kill someone's career before it's even started"
Suggests to me he doesn't want to, especially as Fryers will have to play as one of the centre backs. I think after he has said this Sandro will play in defence and Bentaleb/Eriksen in midfield. Further forward we actually have more options, just defensively we will be weak.
I'm sitting here with phone in hand, half-expecting a call up to tonight's squad.
That's how desperate it's starting to look.
If Tim manages to pull off a win tonight with the injuries we've got, then he'swill deserve a lot of credit.the jammiest **** in the world!!
Spursidol posted this tweet in the team thread:
Simon Peach @SimonPeach
Sherwood: "Unless we absolutely need to they won't be thrown into this lion's den -you could kill someone's career before it's even started"
Suggests to me he doesn't want to, especially as Fryers will have to play as one of the centre backs. I think after he has said this Sandro will play in defence and Bentaleb/Eriksen in midfield. Further forward we actually have more options, just defensively we will be weak.
Id rather have velikovic as a cb in there alongside fryers, with Sandro and Bentelab in front. Id say that's stronger as a four, than a 3 of Sandro Fryers with Bentelab in frontI hope Veljkovic is necessary. Just not sure i want to see Sandro as a CB.
We wont have anyone in CM able to break up play and we lose Sandro's energy closing down everything. It would be a risk at the back, but when you need to score 3 to go through its a risk that you can take.
People should play in their right positions. If we put Sandro into defence we are weakening both defence and midfield.
Spursidol posted this tweet in the team thread:
Simon Peach @SimonPeach
Sherwood: "Unless we absolutely need to they won't be thrown into this lion's den -you could kill someone's career before it's even started"
Suggests to me he doesn't want to, especially as Fryers will have to play as one of the centre backs. I think after he has said this Sandro will play in defence and Bentaleb/Eriksen in midfield. Further forward we actually have more options, just defensively we will be weak.
If Sherwood pulls it off tonight, given the team news. He can have my wife, my house, my car, my kids, my cat. He's not having the bearded dragon because I like him