ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS Wednesday 19th October 2022 Premier League Gtech Community Stadium 7:30 pm Kick Off (UK Time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 No more crazy sh*t like Cucu as LCB when we have KK on the bench. No need for that sort of thing. Kepa Dave Silva KK RLC Gallagher Jorgi Cucu Mount Auba Havertz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, King Kante said: No more crazy sh*t like Cucu as LCB when we have KK on the bench. No need for that sort of thing. Kepa Dave Silva KK RLC Gallagher Jorgi Cucu Mount Auba Havertz Play Silva 4 matches in 12 days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Kepa Azpi Chalobah Koulibaly Cucurella Jorginho Zakaria Gallagher Mount Aubameyang Pulisic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 If we are able to rotate players and get a win here, we are set up nicely for the Man Utd game on the weekend. They do not rotate very much and Spurs are going to run them ragged on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, milka said: Kepa Azpi Chalobah Koulibaly Cucurella Jorginho Zakaria Gallagher Mount Aubameyang Pulisic Yeah would love to see something like that. (Although I think Broja could do some real harm against Brentford's line) Then this against United on Saturday. Kepa Chalobah Silva Koulibaly RLC Jorginho Kovacic Chilwell Mount Aubameyang Sterling Edited October 17, 2022 by MoroccanBlue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 2 hours ago, milka said: Kepa Azpi Chalobah Koulibaly Cucurella Jorginho Zakaria Gallagher Mount Aubameyang Pulisic Wont see Zakaria. GP doesn’t want him and wants to cut the loan short. Plus its going to be 343/3412, that is obviously our best shape. Even without James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: If we are able to rotate players and get a win here, we are set up nicely for the Man Utd game on the weekend. They do not rotate very much and Spurs are going to run them ragged on Wednesday. Yeah, by Sunday we could be 9 points clear of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Play Silva 4 matches in 12 days? I don't trust us without him tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, King Kante said: I don't trust us without him tbh. I suspect if there is a game to rest him, its this one. 4 matches in 12 days is brutal for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said: I suspect if there is a game to rest him, its this one. 4 matches in 12 days is brutal for him. Beating Salzburg and effectively wiping a fixture off the calendar would come in very handy. OhForAGreavsie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, King Kante said: Yeah, by Sunday we could be 9 points clear of them. Which is good seeing as our last league win against was 2017..that has to change at some point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,147 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Kepa has been brilliant last few games and deserves to be no.1, but sometimes I am of thinking that you sometimes have to play the team that suits the opposition. Brentford targeted Martinez in their game against United earlier on in season by constantly lumping the ball forward and getting set pieces. Kepa will start, but Brentford are a team that have switched their style of football since being in the PL and now very direct. They will lump balls forward and target a lot of set pieces. I noticed against Villa, that even a lot of set pieces they won but a lot of their headers glanced wide. Brentford will be even more dangerous on set pieces and part of me is thinking that Mendy may be the better choice for this game. Even I know this won't happen. He just is a lot more commanding in air than Kepa. Johnnyeye and Magic Lamps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, Stats said: Kepa has been brilliant last few games and deserves to be no.1, but sometimes I am of thinking that you sometimes have to play the team that suits the opposition. Brentford targeted Martinez in their game against United earlier on in season by constantly lumping the ball forward and getting set pieces. Kepa will start, but Brentford are a team that have switched their style of football since being in the PL and now very direct. They will lump balls forward and target a lot of set pieces. I noticed against Villa, that even a lot of set pieces they won but a lot of their headers glanced wide. Brentford will be even more dangerous on set pieces and part of me is thinking that Mendy may be the better choice for this game. Even I know this won't happen. He just is a lot more commanding in air than Kepa. Good point. Villa indeed won a ton of headers in the box, which was no wonder when we had Cucurella as CB. The question is whether it is worth denting Kepa's confidence now he is on that run. We might try to field an aerially strong team overall. K2 definitely needs to play, so does RLC, Kai, Chilly and maybe finally give Broja a start, let Auba rest for ManUre. Johnnyeye and Stats 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Johnnyeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 17/10/2022 at 18:00, Stats said: Kepa has been brilliant last few games and deserves to be no.1, but sometimes I am of thinking that you sometimes have to play the team that suits the opposition. Brentford targeted Martinez in their game against United earlier on in season by constantly lumping the ball forward and getting set pieces. Kepa will start, but Brentford are a team that have switched their style of football since being in the PL and now very direct. They will lump balls forward and target a lot of set pieces. I noticed against Villa, that even a lot of set pieces they won but a lot of their headers glanced wide. Brentford will be even more dangerous on set pieces and part of me is thinking that Mendy may be the better choice for this game. Even I know this won't happen. He just is a lot more commanding in air than Kepa. Brentford's frontline press like crazy, so Jorgi and Mendy passing to each other is a recipe for disaster. I'd keep what we have & hope those in front of Kepa can deal with what's thrown at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,198 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 11 hours ago, LAM09 said: Brentford's frontline press like crazy, so Jorgi and Mendy passing to each other is a recipe for disaster. I'd keep what we have & hope those in front of Kepa can deal with what's thrown at them. I trust Potter will come up with something. bigbluewillie and LAM09 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Expecting a very tough game so I hope Potter doesn’t go nuts with the players shifting around to unnatural positions. Can see Conor coming into the XI in place of Kova. We really need to match Brentford’s intensity so having fresher legs will help. For the same reason I’d consider starting Broja here as well. Pick a team that Brentford won’t be expecting or specifically be planning for. Go for maximum work rate and pressure in behind. Broja, Pulisic, Mount, Gallagher. Best way to beat them is to force them back and not allow quick breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,327 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 It's time to bench Sterling for Pulisic. He is not doing anything for weeks while Pulisic delivered in his last two cameos with assist for Gallagher goal and scored against Wolves only to be benched again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Pizy said: Expecting a very tough game so I hope Potter doesn’t go nuts with the players shifting around to unnatural positions. Can see Conor coming into the XI in place of Kova. We really need to match Brentford’s intensity so having fresher legs will help. For the same reason I’d consider starting Broja here as well. Pick a team that Brentford won’t be expecting or specifically be planning for. Go for maximum work rate and pressure in behind. Broja, Pulisic, Mount, Gallagher. Best way to beat them is to force them back and not allow quick breaks. Yeah, I am the same. Doing a bit more thinking about this game, our injuries and Silva's game management, I would be against going to a back four and trying to hustle them in CM. For me, Jorgi is going to be quite important in this one as he is our best CM at drawing in the press then quickly bypassing it with a short pass. I would actually be tempted in this game to go 442 (diamond.) As it will give us the best option to try and take control of CM as well as put on our most athletic players in their positions. I wouldn't be against, something like this: Kepa Dave Trev KK Chilwell Jorgi RLC Gallagher Mount Kai Broja Arguments could be had for Kova over Gallagher and Puli for either Kai or Broja. If it doesn't work then we could bring of Auba and Sterling/Puli for Broja and Kai and go 433. Edited October 19, 2022 by King Kante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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