Yeah thats my rap pseudonym, Im finally making it, like Foyth.Shaadaap.
Shaaap.Yeah thats my rap pseudonym, Im finally making it, like Foyth.
Foyths not hot, yet.
Either:
532 (Defend 541)
Vorm, Tripps, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Alli, GKN
or
433 (Defend 451)
Vorm, Tripps, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, GKN
We need Foyth's recovery pace for this, imo. Sane is no joke.
Play with high intensity. Counter with fury. They'll give us space.
Let them fear our weapons.
What are you thinking ??
Foyth in defence and Winks Lamela and Eriksen as the central three??
We need to be more solid
City don't rough it with you, they play around you.What are you thinking ??
Foyth in defence and Winks Lamela and Eriksen as the central three??
We need to be more solid
City don't rough it with you, they play around you.
in doing so they leave huge spaces everywhere and really don't care because they know they're likely to just score more than you anyway.
If we play for a draw we'll lose.
Go for it.
Yeah, it'd be a straight shoot-out; but I think we'd fare better that way in this particular fixture.Attack definitely the best form of defense against this lot.
Think Son and Kane could get a couple.
Problem is they'll get a couple as well.
Don’t know if anybody is remembering this but the last time we played City in the league we started with 3 in the back. They destroyed us in the first half and went up 2-0. We switched back to our back 4 in the second and miraculously got a 2-2 draw. It really was our impetus for scraping the back 3 last year and switching to a back 4 full time. We just match up better with them in a back 4 playing them man for man.Has to be 3 at back.
3-5-2
Dier vertonghen Davies
Trip lamela winks eriksen Rose
Kane Son
Was considering dembele for Lamela. But think this is all but quick transition on counter and dembele will slow that down.
Don’t know if anybody is remembering this but the last time we played City in the league we started with 3 in the back. They destroyed us in the first half and went up 2-0. We switched back to our back 4 in the second and miraculously got a 2-2 draw. It really was our impetus for scraping the back 3 last year and switching to a back 4 full time. We just match up better with them in a back 4 playing them man for man.
Lloris
Aurier Dier Vertongen Rose
Dembele Winks
Lamela Eriksen Son
Kane
Lamela for Alli in this one. His intensity and energy will be needed here. Aurier & Rose match up better with Sane & Sterling than Davies & Trippier do. Their ability to fly down the wings will also be crucial to counter them.
This isn't really true of City this season. They are pressing so effectively it's very hard to expose the space behind their midfield and fullbacks. Chelsea, United just couldn't break their press and ended up just hoofing balls forward. Liverpool were the closest ones to doing it before Mane got sent off, but it is is very, very hard to do.City don't rough it with you, they play around you.
in doing so they leave huge spaces everywhere and really don't care because they know they're likely to just score more than you anyway.
If we play for a draw we'll lose.
Go for it.
That may have worked if we had everybody healthy and off suspension. However, Sanchez is still suspended for this game. Alderweild & Wanyama are still hurt. We don’t have the personnel to do that right now. Coming out swinging and pressing them with 4 in the back is the way to go. Make them defend as much as possible. They don’t like that. That’s what Liverpool was doing to them before Mane got sent off and they got destroyed. They looked better than anyone this year against them until that happened. Also, everybody has tried to sit back, pack the box and counter them this year. It’s resulted in 14 straight wins. It simply doesn’t work. That’s what they want you to do. It plays right into their hands.3/5 at the back is the way to go against this City team, condense the space in and around the box.
That may have worked if we had everybody healthy and off suspension. However, Sanchez is still suspended for this game. Alderweild & Wanyama are still hurt. We don’t have the personnel to do that right now. Coming out swinging and pressing them with 4 in the back is the way to go. Make them defend as much as possible. They don’t like that. That’s what Liverpool was doing to them before Mane got sent off and they got destroyed. They looked better than anyone this year against them until that happened. Also, everybody has tried to sit back, pack the box and counter them this year. It’s resulted in 14 straight wins. It simply doesn’t work. That’s what they want you to do. It plays right into their hands.
As a side note. Vertonghen is on 4 bookings. If he plays tomorrow, which I think he will and is booked he will miss the Man City game.