without kulkusevski there is nobody to carry the ball forwardI have a bad feeling Richy comes into the side for Kulusevski tonight. Hoping he takes Son's spot instead.
A draw would be a terrific result. Even a 2-1 defeat wouldn't be too bad. Just want to avoid a shellacking tbh. Always nervous of Giroud, a hugely underrated player imo.
The prospect of listening to Jake Humphrey is a challenge mindSurprised how many people are suggesting they might not watch this. With the inevitable revival of Chelsea and Liverpool, and Newcastle getting stronger as the transfer windows pass this might be one of our final CL away days for some time. Just enjoy it and get behind the team.
I saw some of their matches a couple of weeks ago when they lost 4-0 away to Lazio and the 5-2 defeat at home to Sassulo. They were awful and looked a team without any confidence. If we go at them from the off, as we can if we want to, then I see us 2 up by half time. If we play our usual game of sitting back then the longer the game goes on the more confident they will become and we could lose it. It's going to be a tactical game and I'll be very interested to see what Conte's are.
They played together against Preston... but, well, that was Preston. I know Skipp has it in him; he was excellent last year before his injury, but I don't think he's been given enough minutes to find his form. Conte's lack of rotation has not only cost us Bentancur, but has left our backups without sufficient experience. That said, Sarr looked okay against Arsenal so hopefully the two youngsters can raise their game for the occassion.Skip and Sarr our midfield dynamos isn't going to cut it I'm afraid. I'm not saying they aren't any good but they are our fourth and fifth choices playing together for the first time ever so anyone expecting great things is fooling themselves. I'm hoping for a solid effort from them and that we can hold on for a result, any result even 0-0 would be a success.
Sad thing is a week ago I genuinely thought we'd take them comfortably so hopefully the rest of the players can play to their best level and cover our losses.
Sorry if people think I'm being pessimistic I'm not I'm being realistic and we need to manage our expectations, its no good people coming on here screaming blue murder like they've been betrayed if we don't get the win so just balls up and get behind the players that are out there.
COYS!
Whenever or whatever, I can never miss us playing! COYS.Are we playing tonight ? ... hmmm... think I'll pass.