Recent content by Northern Tiger

It should be scrapped as it doesn’t really serve a purpose, it’s just an inferior version of the FA Cup. Just redistribute some PL money to the EFL sides to compensate them.

It would still be on less often than club tournaments so I don’t see why people would get bored of it or it’d lose much prestige. I also think players should have more attempts at a World Cup, a player (e.g. Bruno Fernandes) could miss one through injury and then they never get a go at one in...

I do, the more football the better. The champions league and premier league are on every year and people don’t get bored of them.

Agreed they deserved that, was one of the worst referee performances I've ever seen.

4-0, I like Eibar. Commentator just said they have 11 fans there lol, great to see such a small club doing so well. Valencia's demise is also great to see.

Would be reluctant to take Ravel as our key strength this season has been the togetherness and hard work of the team and I can't see him buying into it. Hopefully the Keane deal goes through, even if he doesn't work out it's only £1 M anyway so worth a punt.

Do you think Keane is PL quality? All I know about him is he has worked with MP before which is a positive.

Whilst I don't think we will get a positive result I also am confident we will not get hammered. We've only conceded 4 once since we've returned to the Prem.

Yeah the red card cost us dearly and that was a hard defeat to take. And I do hope we play 4-2-3-1 more often (but preferably in games against more winnable opposition than yourselves :D )

Yes although it's more a 5-3-2, the wing backs will rarely go forward. Hoof it to Jelavic who can hold it up for Ben Arfa and Diame to join in the attack. Everyone else will be defensive minded.

Our best player, Diame, is fit to play :drool: Hernandez is out so Ben Arfa will probably play up front with Jelavic.

We did that because we wanted to take the game to Tottenham but we've had success at the big teams this season with 5 at the back, so hopefully it will be back for this game. I do hope though that Bruce now plays 4-2-3-1 against teams similar to us as we have the talent now IMO. The front two...

We always play two up front so I can't see us changing that, it's just who will play alongside Jelavic. Either Hernandez or Ben Arfa in a similar role to Di Maria/Robben. When we play with wing backs it always makes the game a close tight affair so I don't think it'd be the right way for you to...

So you guys think you will be playing with wing backs as well? That'd be interesting because we play that system regularly and maybe us being more comfortable in it could give us a bit more of a prayer in this.

Could easily see our players coming into this feeling down but I hope they remember how well we played with 11 men and that we've got draws at the Emirates and Anfield and that that gives us belief.