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Dortmund vs Tottenham - Part II: The Match Thread

mill

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Makes sense. Try and top the group now rather than having to throw all our eggs into the final game basket. I just hope they are all actually 100% fit to play.

Last sentence is the key thing imo
 

dickieven

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Very strong team, great to see. Lets hope we see an improved performance from the last couple of league games. Will be amazing to win tonight and win the group. COYS
 

WiganSpur

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Makes sense. Try and top the group now rather than having to throw all our eggs into the final game basket. I just hope they are all actually 100% fit to play.
I'm not sure I agree with it but the actual XI selected is well balanced and currently our best XI.

I just hope if we do top the group tonight that the kids are thrown in for what would be a meaningless game against APOEL.
 

chinaman

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There's no offensive threat from the bench if the starting line-up cannot breach their defence.
 

JayB

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I hope that team is an indication that Harry, Dele, and Winks' fitness levels have improved.

The way our social media team wrote out the names makes it look like a 4-2-3-1, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were similar to the 3-5-2 system that we played against Liverpool with Winks at the base of the midfield three picking the ball up from the central defenders, Dele and Eriksen in box-to-box roles ahead of him, and Son and Kane up top.
 

Ghost Hardware

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No Pulisic for BVB is big, apparently he’s got a injury, or if ITK is to b belived... he doesn’t want to play against his future club :p
 

Blue

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Love the team but can´t help to think that it may be unwise to "risk" players for this fixture. If we beat Appoel at home we will win the group. The team looked tired and unfit vs arsenal.. Maybe some of these guys needs some rest? Poch knows best though.. Sees them everyday at training so probably shouldn't be a problem.
 

smallsnc

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I hope that team is an indication that Harry, Dele, and Winks' fitness levels have improved.

The way our social media team wrote out the names makes it look like a 4-2-3-1, but I would be surprised if it were a similar 3-5-2 that we played against Liverpool with Winks at the base of the midfield three picking the ball up from the central defenders, Dele and Eriksen in box-to-box roles ahead of him, and Son and Kane up top.

I like the fact that Dele, Kane, and Winks are playing as long as they are injury free. This will help the get completely match fit after taking a week and a half away from training before last Thursday.
 

rossdapep

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Can't get behind the idea that we need to rest players. The players need to top the group and prove they can go the distance in this tournament otherwise complacency sets in.

Barring a major injury crisis, Poch's made the right call.
 

rocklink

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Or.......

Aurier.....Dier....Sanchez....Jan....Rose

..............Dele ................Winks

........................Eriksen

.............Kane................Son

Dier plays in the middle and sanchez on the right side ?
 

spursfan77

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Dortmund with 5 attackers on the pitch!

Need to keep them quiet early doors.
 

chelmyid

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I actually wonder......don’t shoot me down for this ....... Poch might think there is a better chance of winning the champ league rather than the prem, what with the way city look? I think any fan and any poxy journalist would take a champ league win and 4th in the league?!!
Just saying......
 

Spur4life

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I wonder who will be playing of Thursday night,We never showed up on Saturday and I expect Poch will have gone into the players hard.This is we're we belong CL nights.COYS does anyone think this should of been the team we should have put out on Saturday.
 
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