Just to switch focus, what did we learn from the 1st game against them ?
Will the travel and cold affect them ?
Who looks like their most dangerous player, where is their weak spot from the first game?
They look well organised from my tv screen and we looked like a set piece only type of goal possible for us in that game (virgil i love you but that header miss was terrible)
A brother from another monther - exactly! rotation doesn't play a part for this super important game, we cannot conceed and draw so lets go attack them.
yeah he was good in that game but a more recent game against Prague he was poor as was Pierre, maybe an off night but Steve Davis has to start as his performance v Arsenal was unbelievable the closing down and running he does in games is super human and even though he doesnt score enough for me (please let that mean he scores tonight) he is more attack minded and better at linking up wiht the forwards.
Sorry to add to that point i think we can say JWP running a game is an exception rather than the rule :-)
I'd go all out tonight
GK: Forster
LB: Bertrand
RB: Cedric
CB: Van Dijk
CB: Yoshida
DM: Romeu
MC: Davis
MC: Hojbjerg
F: Tadic
F: Austin
F: Boufal
We we play football maths (see crystal palace) and think we have easy games coming up (see hull) we fail.
Strongest possible team tonight this means everything
I agree with this every time there is a clear cut chance from the 6yrd box it is always charlie cutting it in for Long,redmond,JWP,JayRod et al to miss when its easier to score
The day that the middle east peace process starts also discussing English v israeli football matches is the day I will contribute to that on a football forum
Think this will be tight, Beer Sheba will defend and go on the counter, reckon we need Boufal and Long supporting Austin, maximum pace and in Austins case accuracy
Mate me and you could of saved this club some money with our scouting of the eredevise, I was on about Winnie (now at liverpool) instead of clasie the previous season and Ziyech would of been a steal at 11m Euro's this season (cheaper than redmond).
Would loved to have the option of Ziyech/Redmond one side and Tadic/Boufal the other, we would of just needed another goal scoring CF with Charlie
He's Ajax's player of the season so far.
Scored 2 and assisted 5 goals.
Maybe Boufal can have a word at the Afcon as thye are both Morrocan as him on the left and hakim on the right would be crazy good.