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That's good stuffNot doing too badly for a tinkerman
That's good stuffNot doing too badly for a tinkerman
Hope so, just hope Bailly and Lindelof perform and hopefully we will be OKIts potentially not a massive change. This may well be our usual shape just with Lindelof at RB.
Could Bailly play on the right? Think he has done before?Its potentially not a massive change. This may well be our usual shape just with Lindelof at RB.
We can’t really complain when we’ve been the best team in the league for the last 11 months or so since Bruno arrived.He tinkers a lot. Tries to make us unpredictable. Which has its downside where we don’t have a fixed system and it take so layers longer to adjust to all systems. The upside? We can do one like against Leeds, where Bielsa wasn’t expecting McTominay to be a box to box.
Ole said he's at CBCould Bailly play on the right? Think he has done before?
Exactly! Now is not the time to criticise Ole.This thread is ridiculous in the context of fixture congestion exacerbated by covid. Any manager needs to rotate. Squad depth is even more important than ever
If anything, Bruno needs a rest!
Switched from the usual 4-2-3-1 to something like a 4-4-2/4-3-1-2 diamond with Pogba on exact same left-ish midfield role that VDB struggled in against Everton. Cavani and Bruno combined perfectly for the goal but we really struggled to create anything after the subs.Caused a problem today.
Alot of the players seemed not to know how to play the tactics compared to the more traditional 4231 they have been playing for a whilst.
I think linedelof at right back was a bit odd as well, they got in behind him a fair few times even though it ended up doing nothing. However he did say recently he’s been playing with an injury so I don’t know why we don’t just give him a rest.James was the only mistake.
we made a sub at HT twice this monthWill we ever see a first half or half time sub from him that's not an injury?
That is a bit irritating - for all the chopping and changing of his formations he hardly makes a change off his mind too quickly.
Maybe its because formations/tactics are too strict than we think? Maybe maybe not. Still wish it would one day change.
That's good then, would you say he adapts to the situation of the game a bit better and early as he could?we made a sub at HT twice this month
It’s not as if Tuanzebe was much of an upgrade, so the Lindelöf choice was fine in my book.The decision to go with a right side of Dan James & Lindelof looked a baffling one on paper & really didn’t work at all. Not sure what his thinking was there.
Tuanzebe and Greenwood/ Martial (with Cavani in the middle) would’ve been though.It’s not as if Tuanzebe was much of an upgrade.
I question the Tuanzebe part of that equation, but let’s not forget James also had a role in our first goal.Tuanzebe and Greenwood/ Martial (with Cavani in the middle) would’ve been though.
Lindelof has supposedly been playing with a back injury for a while now, not sure why we rather play him out of position than to give him a rest.It’s not as if Tuanzebe was much of an upgrade, so the Lindelöf choice was fine in my book.
Fair point the first one. Might be because we’re playing the 2nd place team away from home, and so we’d want to use players that have been matched recently. Who knows.Lindelof has supposedly been playing with a back injury for a while now, not sure why we rather play him out of position than to give him a rest.
What happened to Williams? Thought he would have been an obvious choice to start there if AWB is out.
Tuanzebe did very well at right back on Wednesday.It’s not as if Tuanzebe was much of an upgrade, so the Lindelöf choice was fine in my book.
Williams isn’t up to it in the PL. I think Ole has realised that & taken him out of the squad. He’ll probably get a loan.Lindelof has supposedly been playing with a back injury for a while now, not sure why we rather play him out of position than to give him a rest.
What happened to Williams? Thought he would have been an obvious choice to start there if AWB is out.
Spot on. I swear many fans have gone crazy and lost all sense of realityThis thread is ridiculous in the context of fixture congestion exacerbated by covid. Any manager needs to rotate. Squad depth is even more important than ever
If anything, Bruno needs a rest!
Fully agreed.This thread is ridiculous in the context of fixture congestion exacerbated by covid. Any manager needs to rotate. Squad depth is even more important than ever
If anything, Bruno needs a rest!
Probably because Greenwood is being very well managed. Strong breakthrough, some dip in form and some personal incidents, getting the time and space to mature in his own tempo.Why the feck did James start today over Greenwood???
Sure, I was talking about today.Tuanzebe did very well at right back on Wednesday.
i never mentioned Lindelof?Probably because Greenwood is being very well managed. Strong breakthrough, some dip in form and some personal incidents, getting the time and space to mature in his own tempo.
If anything, I think Ole deserves a lot of credit for this.
And on a side note. Lindelof used to play right back..