Yeah agree with this. Be interesting to see if we can play through their press, if we can’t and they Marshall maddison and bissouma we are in trouble. They are excellent at pressing and squeezing the pitch.Not sure they should. I think too many are getting carried away with us making a good start and playing attacking football.
This could be a severe reality check for us.
If you stop Maddison, then you stop a lot of what we do.
We also don’t have a top striker to finish the chances.
I’m happy how we have started the season but c’mon we are just a few games in on a rebuild and they finished 2nd last year and have added Rice to their midfield and improved with Raya as gk as more reliable.
I think he is suspect mind at long shots, so that might be a good reason to try a few at him.
Ultimately, it won’t decide our season but would be good to keep momentum.
But them fearing us?? Not a chance.
They are miles ahead of us in the process and should be heavy favourites.
That’s not to say we can’t win or play well but a win for them is more likely and I fear for the fans response to a heavy loss.
Let’s back Ange regardless of the result and realise where we are in the rebuild.
this game will tell us where we are as a team vs good opposition.
fingers crossed for a good result.
On the finishing front, I tend to agree the only player I back to finish chances is Son. Sheff United game showed that.
I hate these games, very rarely get anything from them I just hope it doesn’t go really badly.
We are just starting out in this project and still don’t have a great squad. Gonna take s lot of luck.