Pizy

We were doing well too completely nullifying them and looking dangerous ourselves causing them problems. Weekend ruined, ffs and probably much more.

Game over. And maybe serious damage to our top 4 chances too with him missing the next 3. Just got himself WAY too wired up and excited. For fucks sake.

Can’t get the ball into their half at all. Don’t think our attackers have touched the ball yet…

Saying one last prayer that we don’t see some idiotic walking pace football.

Their attacking options look really, really strong but we probably won’t have a better shot than this to get at their defense with the two best CB’s in the league out. Mosquera & Hincapie are both really good but surely don’t have super chemistry together yet.

Gonna need a monster performance from João Pedro here. Him as the lone #9 is the only real selection that I’m concerned about against this Arse defense.

Yep. Good player for sure and can definitely see him playing well for a top club but he’s in no way a Caicedo or Rice £100m player. For me Adam Wharton is the MUCH bigger talent. And I hope we’re in for him.

Murillo just signed a new deal and even before that there was talk about Forest demanding some monster fee for him if anyone tried to lure him away. So unless he ensured a release clause be put into his ew contract there’s no chance they’re selling him any time soon. As for us going back for Maignan, I can’t see that at all. The manager and club love Sanchez. And tbf, he’s been steady this season for the most part. Bringing in someone who instantly benches him would likely cause problems within the squad.

I’m going to have to see the XI Maresca goes with before I decide whether I think we can win or not. This is definitely not a Garnacho game bevause he won’t have the acres of space to run into and would be aggressively man marked by Timber. Likewise, Neto up top won’t work like it did against Barca either. I’d probably go Neto left, Estevão right, with Delap in front of João Pedro. Lots of legs, lots of pressing, Don’t think we can play João Pedro on his own up top against Saliba and whoever they partner him with. He’ll get swarmed and bullied out of the game. Delap with his big frame can at least occupy them and free up space for the others

Yep. Just not his game getting it at a standstill and having to dribble defenders. He’s all about running the channels and getting on the the end of passes.

When our players are truly up for a match like so far here we can reach the level of anyone. Only real criticism has been Garnacho being wasteful when getting into the box multiple times.

Biggest worry is Trev at LCB. For me he looks really poor there. Struggled often even against Burnley the other day. Him being on Yamal’s side helping our Cucu is concerning.

Oh, wow. False 9 definitely wasn’t on my bingo card. Maresca going for maximum unpredictability and fluidity I guess? I actually don’t hate it.

Think it’ll be Reece in midfield, Gusto at RB, and Enzo in the #10 behind João Pedro. Neto & Garnacho wide. People are going to rage about Estevão not starting but I think Maresca just loves him and his work rate/defensive effort. Barca’s defense can definitely be gotten at if we’re really on it like we have been in other big games under Maresca. We have to bring serious intensity though and not show up scared and/or sluggish. If we get the super intense Chelsea we saw against PSG or Liverpool or Spuds we can absolutely win this. As incredible as Barca can be in attack, they rarely keep clean sheets. If Palmer were 100% I’d be SUPER confident here.

United just gift wrapped a free 3 points just minutes into their match here. I’ve never seen this before or even know it was possible for a player to be sent off for hitting HIS OWN TEAMMATE. WTF?

If we had in-form Palmer for the Arse match I’d be super pumped for it and fairly confident. Without him I’m concerned about whether we’ll be able to break them down. And then at the other end it’s kind of scary to think about the likes of Gusto/Chalobah/Tosin/Fofana having to deal with Eze and Saka. Not to mention Sanchez on these aggressive Arse corners and set pieces. We basically have to play the perfect game with every player putting in a 10/10 performance to win it. Hope we show some serous balls and don’t wilt under pressure.

Predicted 3-0 to Arse before kickoff but Spuds are even more diabolical than I thought they’d be. Can’t even imagine what it’d be like to support that club. To be humiliated by your biggest rivals year after year after year with no hope of actually getting to their level.

Kind of insane that Arse still have to regularly rely on Merino playing up top.

Villa can now go above us next weekend if we don’t beat Arse. Despite them starting the season in shocking form they’ve quietly shot up the table out of nowhere. They have Wolves next so that’s an automatic 3 points. Failed to score a single goal through their first 4 matches and yet are right on our tail. So many ridiculous points we’ve left on the table.

If these rumors are to be believed, Man United will be having a spending spree like Liverpool just did. Which seems far fetched because they’re still broke and have to sell to buy, no?

Tonight we all pray for 6 big injuries to each side in the NLD tomorrow. 🙏🏼 A nice Declan Rice hamstring tear would do!

If Newcastle and Spuds can each take a point this weekend then we’ll have had an unreal couple of days here. Spuds will most likely get battered though.

We were legitimately predicting Liverpool were going to dominate this season and rightly so after that window they had. They’re going to be in danger of not even making the UCL if they keep this form up! Unimaginable if you said that when the season started.

BRILLIANT FROM NETO, BRILLIANT FROM GUIU

Can’t string 2 passes together, ffs!