Whoops, editedI'd like to see us sneak in an extra player too. Might be difficult though.
Whoops, editedI'd like to see us sneak in an extra player too. Might be difficult though.
Okay, this is the second time this week I saw posters sneaking in one extra player to the line-up.I'd like to see us sneak in an extra player too. Might be difficult though.
I think Brighton's players will treat this as their Cup final (and so they should).Think BHA will try to use the current unease to sleep the game down and upset the crowd.
Desperate for some football, a good performance and a win tbh.
What do you guys think our approach will be?
Would to see us bang at the door right from the off.
Think BHA will try to use the current unease to sleep the game down and upset the crowd.
That's a strange our for an English game isn't it? Is it due to the 6 nations?7:45 kick off on a Saturday .This will work out well .Like the Friday night football
I think they're trialing 19:45pm kick offs for next season premier league.That's a strange our for an English game isn't it? Is it due to the 6 nations?
much prefer the 5.30 as at least you can get back from the game and go out.I think they're trialing 19:45pm kick offs for next season premier league.
I'm about 30 miles always but already like that over here this morning. Snow has been coming down in bursts (though quite fierce) and it is freezing cold.one thing is for sure the weather is going to play a massive part in this game.
Snow is meant to fall during the whole game and the temp will be-2 feels like -9 with gusting wind.
I feel an ugly scrappy game coming up.
I very much doubt the game is in any danger of being called off, but OMG it going to be a cold one.
It was for me when it last snowed a couple of weeks ago! With the council digging a giant hole right outside our house, our pipes got frozen and we had no water for 9 days! Now, though, I'm loving it. Hope it snows during the game, tooAs a Norwegian, after the winter we're having, I find it funny when people are talking as if -2 / -9 is the end of the world
Did I say end of the world, it just fecking cold !As a Norwegian, after the winter we're having, I find it funny when people are talking as if -2 / -9 is the end of the world
He is injuredJust getting some of the pessimistic things out of the way first...
I think the ground will be far from full. Some due to the UCL exit, some due to the weather, some due to the fact it's 'only' Brighton. All excuses I feel are unjustified, but it's part and parcel of the modern fan I suppose. Hopefully the trial singing section for this game can give us a bit of a boost, but if we aren't playing exciting football in the first 30 minutes I'd expect it to fall very much flat.
The Sanchez situation is what is really, really annoying me, however. It just doesn't make a great deal of sense to me, in terms of how we're trying to play. We have Rashford and Martial who are excelling from the left and they're not going to play up front because we have Lukaku. They're not as effective from the right, we've seen that. It is pretty much proven. Mata and Lingard sometimes play from the right, but they're not wingers and are more effective through the middle. We lack a right winger / right forward, but continually try to use Sanchez in the two positions where we have 4-5 players who have been at least better than what he has shown in said positions. Why can't a top class, Premier League proven attacking player, who has played there successfully before, go and make the one attacking position in our squad that's up for grabs, his own? Also, apparently Pogba can't play in a 2-man midfield... If Sanchez plays at No.10, that means we don't play Pogba. If Sanchez plays from the left, that probably means we don't play Martial/Rashford (could be moved to the right, but it isn't as good if we look at past experience). So, to me it seems that if we want to get our supposedly 'best' players into one system, it would need to be this:
de Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Young
Matic
Herrera Pogba
Sanchez Lukaku Martial
* Some players are debatable obviously.. Smalling, Young, Herrera, Martial/Rashford, Mata or Lingard currently in better from than some etc. But, I think if we want to get Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku, and Martial/Rashford into one system, if we assume they are our best attacking players, then this is surely the only option? Lukaku up front, Martial/Rashford from the left, Pogba in a three... Sanchez fills a problem position and doesn't need to be dropped because there's no real 'competition' for the role. Mata and Lingard can replace Herrera instead, or we play Fellaini/McTominay, we have options. My point is, this needs to be settled now or were going to end up without any silverware and finish 3rd or 4th. Some will still see this as an improvement on last season, but I personally don't think it'd be enough of an improvement.
As for today's game, just go for them. Our players are far superior to theirs, show a bit of something and wallop them. Play the above with Mata/Lingard over Herrera, maybe Rashford on the left. I'm saying 3-0 with a good performance and I hope we go all-out in this competition now. At least aim to be the most successful FA Cup side again!
Both games weren't perfect although we won. Against Chelsea we were awful first half and lucky to be level. Against Liverpool I didn't enjoy the way we parked the bus in the 2nd half and gave the initiative to them. I was praying for the game to end at 80 minutes. We are capable of blowing teams away but choose not to do so. If we'd played against Liverpool the same way we did in the 1st half throughout the game we could've put 3/4 goals past them.Did you watch the games vs Chelsea and Liverpool recently? Irrespective of the results, both games were thuroughly entertaining and engaging.
I know, that was more a post about what our strongest side is if we want to get Sanchez, Lukaku, Pogba and Martial/Rashford, if you read the post hahaHe is injured
Mata/Lingard in the same position, as a centre midfielder, or would you change formation?I know, that was more a post about what our strongest side is if we want to get Sanchez, Lukaku, Pogba and Martial/Rashford, if you read the post haha
I said at the bottom same team but Mata / Lingard for Herrera.
4-3-3?Probably not time for experiments, and we should probably try it in the league, as it looks likely we'll finish in the top four, but I would like to see a 4231, with Pogba tried as a number 10.
Get him behind Lukaku, with Matic and McTominay behind providing a foil for the attacking quartet.
Like he did against Liverpool and Chelsea you mean?Struggling to find any excitement for this game after Tuesday's disgrace. If we reach the final we'll meet a "big team", no doubt Jose will shit his pants and set us up super cowardly, and lose us the game.
No, a proper 4231, with Pogba behind Lukaku4-3-3?
if we win, that's still not saying much, it's Brighton, even sinking Everton won them comfortably. Unless we have decent performances until the end of this season with proper results as the sign of being highly motivated, i will forever consider that press conference as unacceptable madnessWe will lose because of Football Heritage.
Andre Marriner