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You do know Lennon is injured? AVB has already said this
haha I think I give up, keep forgetting about the injuries
You do know Lennon is injured? AVB has already said this
Fully agree on us having to play our best players. Based on AVB's press conference though, I think Eriksen will start while Lamela doesn't. I expect Eriksen to line up as the left part of a midfield triangle with Paulinho more or less next to him and Sandro behind them. Team will look like this:With all due respect, not starting Eriksen, Lamela, and Paulinho is a recipe for dropped points. They are arguably the most talented players we have in the squad, and all of them are fit and talented enough to be inserted straight into the starting XI. Paulinho flew back from Boston, which is about as short a flight overseas as you can get from London. He absolutely needs to start in the middle of the park. Lamela didn't even play for Argentina, so I see no reason for him not to start, either. A long flight isn't going to impede him from creating chances on the pitch. AVB needs to play him. The same thing goes for Eriksen. We need his dead ball capabilities more than any continuity in the squad.
LlorisWalker Kaboul Vertonghen RosePaulinho DembeleEriksenLamela Soldado ChadliThe above is our strongest eleven going forward, and at home, they would cause Norwich all kinds of problem. Starting Sigurdsson, Townsend and Sandro is a recipe for a turgid affair, where we will create virtually no chances for Soldado and will risk losing via a Van Wolfswinkel header against the run of play.AVB needs to be bold and play our best 11. I think he gets that, judging from his comments today about Lamela and Eriksen featuring in some way. Does anyone think Wenger won't start Ozil on Saturday? Or do you think Pelligrini will not play Aguero or Zabaleta? We've got to play our best players. We kept Dembele and Lloris on the bench for Norwich at home last year and that game was the difference between us being in the Champions League or not. Let's not repeat that mistake!
LlorisWalker--Dawson--Vertonghen--RoseSandro-------Dembele(off)Townsend(off)------Eriksen(off)------ChadliSoldadoSub: Friedel; Naughton; Kaboul; Paulinho(on); Holtby(on); Lamela(on); Defoe
This could be very close to what actually happens tomorrow. Well played!
Dembele plays instead of Paulinho? Really?
I'd like to see us go with this..
Lloris
Walker, Kaboul, Verts, Rose
Paul & Sandro
Lemala - eriksen - townsend
Soldado
Have a feeling midfield two could be Dembele and Paul, rather than Paul and Sandro.
Yep, understandable though, big culture change for him, especially as he doesn't speak english.That's my ideal team too but AVB has hinted very heavily that Lamela won't start so I expect that team just with Townsend at RW
I think we'll definitely win this game IF we stick an AMF on the pitch. I'll be heavily dissappointed if there's 3 CM on the pitch again.
For me Eriksen or holtby has to start
I'd like to see us go with this..
Lloris
Walker, Kaboul, Verts, Rose
Paul & Sandro
Lemala - eriksen - townsend
Soldado
Have a feeling midfield two could be Dembele and Paul, rather than Paul and Sandro.
Lloris
Walker Kaboul Vertonghen Rose
Sandro Paulinho
Lamela Eriksen Chadli
Soldado
That's definitely the team I would pick, if said player's havn't been affected too much by long distance travel.
That's definitely the team I would pick, if said player's havn't been affected too much by long distance travel.