BothGuessing by the calls, that Lamela looked at it again today? Or just Dele in his stupor still?
BothGuessing by the calls, that Lamela looked at it again today? Or just Dele in his stupor still?
Football doesn't work like that. Didn't Stoke beat Arsenal?Huddersfield battered this lot. Anything other than a comfortable win isn't good enough.
Drop Dele into midfield alongside Winks and start Lamela in the 3 behind Kane. Full backs will depend on what the plan is for City.
This seems like the ideal game to give Lamela his first start. Also, a good opportunity to experiment with a 433.
Lloris
Aurier Dier Verts Rose
Eriksen Winks Alli
Lamela Harry Son
I'm going to go out on a limb, guessing that Dembele can't do two 90 min games in 7 days anymore. Hence, might be a good idea to give Alli a run in the midfield. Each time he's played deeper this season (2 or 3 times?), he's looked a lot more comfortable. We forget that he's actually a really solid midfielder, as he's been playing so far upfield for nearly two seasons now. But I think he'd be quite effective in a midfield three. What I also like about this lineup, is that it's very positive. Lots of progressive types in there to put Brighton under constant pressure.
I think we'll need that pace from the RB and LB more against City than Brighton.
Depends if we're gonna be defending deep, if we are can start with Trippier and Davies/Rose the same way we played against Real and gave them the ball, on the counter Trippier was finding a lot of space to play dangerous balls and put in crosses for the forwards. In fact I think it's viral to play Tripps because he's key to our countering game.
Yup was thinking about this for city game. The more corners we can get the better. Aurier/Rose stand more chance of that than Trippier/DaviesI think we'll need that pace from the RB and LB more against City than Brighton.
Son is on fire, only Klopp would leave him out now.We could keep the 5-2-3 with;
Lloris
Aurier dier Verts Davies Rose
Sissoko Winks
Eriksen Kane Alli
Wouldn't have Sissoko anywhere near City, unless we're a couple up and there's a few minutes left on the clock. It's clear they'll dominate possession so when we counter we'll need to be to technically decent to exploit those opportunities. I wouldn't describe Sissoko as technically decent...for Brighton:
Lloris
Trippier Dier Verts Davies
Sissoko Winks
Alli Eriksen Son
Kane
...for City:
Lloris
Aurier Dier Verts Rose
Sissoko Dembele
Alli Eriksen Son
Kane
COYS
Wouldn't have Sissoko anywhere near City, unless we're a couple up and there's a few minutes left on the clock. It's clear they'll dominate possession so when we counter we'll need to be to technically decent to exploit those opportunities. I wouldn't describe Sissoko as technically decent
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Football doesn't work like that. Didn't Stoke beat Arsenal?
He looked the most match fit of all three subs vs. Stoke.No chance Lamela starts, he's still miles off full match fitness. Maybe 30 minutes tomorrow but Poch doesn't make subs after an hour generally.
Hes not going to be rushed back.