I'm trying to find solace from the Bayern match here. Ahhhhhh, very therapeutic....

54 minutes ago, Valerie said:

I'm trying to find solace from the Bayern match here. Ahhhhhh, very therapeutic....

We’ve got our usual fall from Grace after a good result out the way to an actual decent team?

Right can we get a decent result against them. We are due one .

Please.

Edited February 25, 20206 yr by erskblue

Worst team to play after Bayern this is one of our bogey teams.

Way more important game than the Bayern one. We need to go on a winning run in the league

Should look to get back to controlling the game.

Welcome back RLC

 

Willy Cab

 

James 

Zouma 

Tomori

Maatsen

 

Jorginho

Kovacic 

 

CHO

RLC

Alonso

 

Giroud

Bournemouth have troubled us in recent times. They beat us earlier this season at home, and battered us 4-0 last season in this corresponding fixture.

We need to dish out some of our own medicine towards them.

Our team does seem to be very mentally weak. I do wonder how badly tonight's game will affect us.

7 hours ago, Munkworth said:

We’ve got our usual fall from Grace after a good result out the way to an actual decent team?

Apart from the odd fuming here and there and the usual calls to sell Alonso/Azpi/Barkley/Christensen, most posts were very realistic, I felt.

Onwards and uowards against Bournemouth!

Edited February 26, 20206 yr by Valerie

I don't feel confident at all these guys are annoying to play.

So we stick with the back three, idk? If so Willian in for Barkley and maybe Tammy for Giroud. 

Do you reckon RLC could start? 

I wouldn't go with 343 again, it is a slow formation and our fast wingers are out. Must win simply as no more slip ups in the league against relegation battlers.

2 hours ago, Nevamind said:

So we stick with the back three, idk? If so Willian in for Barkley and maybe Tammy for Giroud. 

Do you reckon RLC could start? 

I would start as we did yesterday, Bournemouth are nowhere near the level of Bayern.

If RLC is fit bring him on after half-time yet he wasn't even on the bench yesterday.................

I don't think Bournemouth will be able to keep Giroud as subdued as yesterday and against Bournemouth that should give us more traction up front.

Willian will most likely come on in the second yet apart from a teasing cross per game is not threatening to set the world on fire just at the moment.

Abraham in the second if we are not getting any success.

 

 

I think it's time lamps freshened the team up. We should recall kepa zouma and tomori at the back .

                       Kepa

Dave  zouma. Tomori. Alonso

              Jorginho. Kovacic

Willian.       Mount.       CHO

                  ABRAHAM

For some weird reason, we have had some horrible results against this lot in recent years. We really can't afford for that to happen again in this one.

11 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

For some weird reason, we have had some horrible results against this lot in recent years. We really can't afford for that to happen again in this one.

No we certainly can't.

One of my mates is a lifelong Bournemouth supporter and he's been well pleased with their results v us in recent years.

Not sure Tammy can play, pulled up with an injury in the cool down after Bayern.

 

 

Noticed against Spurs Barkley's shot off the cross bar set up Giroud and yesterday after Mount had a break cleared it was Barkley following up with a shot Neuer saved.

Yesterday he put a shift in closing down Bayern not as good as Mount yet just the same as good as Willian. 

Think if we play the same set up he might very well score.

Also worth noting this is a meeting between two sides that regularly find themselves on the raw end of things from VAR.

Edited February 26, 20206 yr by axman2526

27 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Also worth noting this is a meeting between two sides that regularly find themselves on the raw end of things from VAR.

Yeah, true enough !

Important to bounce back and fight for the top 4, we have a serious game period and we need to take the points.

------------- Caballero -----------

James -- Tomori -- Rudiger -- Azpilicueta

-------- Jorginho --- Kovacic ------

Willian ------- Mount ------ Pedro

------------- Giroud ----------------

 

Bring in RLC slowly, can't wait to see him playing. Even if Abraham is fit, I believe he should earn his place back.

CHO, Pulisic and Kante we're badly missing them. 

I think we're badly missing Pulisic, we've got nobody in attack with that flair or creativity. 

If Tammy/Giroud convert the chances we create we should have no problem here. Hopefully the Bayern loss will bring some extra motivation and we can be at the top of our game.

12 hours ago, bluesfan said:

If Tammy/Giroud convert the chances we create we should have no problem here. Hopefully the Bayern loss will bring some extra motivation and we can be at the top of our game.

Tammy is very doubtful.