axman2526 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Oh dear early kick off. We know what that means from our lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman2526 Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 Sanchez Gusto Fofana Colwill Cucurella Caicedo Enzo Palmer Felix Neto Nkunku PhilH930 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sconnie Blue Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 5 minutes ago, axman2526 said: Sanchez Gusto Fofana Colwill Cucurella Caicedo Enzo Palmer Felix Neto Nkunku I’d play this too. Sancho maybe a little too early to start. Great impact player as of now. If Gusto not fit than Tosin in. Fofana outside CB. Need a big performance here. Haven’t won here since our title winning season. dansubrosa and axman2526 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman2526 Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said: I’d play this too. Sancho maybe a little too early to start. Great impact player as of now. If Gusto not fit than Tosin in. Fofana outside CB. Need a big performance here. Haven’t won here since our title winning season. Long time... For me if you start Neto/Felix you need to start the other. Neto was poor today without Felix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boehly Babes Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Regardless of the other 10 positions, Jackson cannot start and Nkunku has to, if we’re serious about this season. just 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sconnie Blue Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 We really need Gusto and Lavia back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman2526 Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 44 minutes ago, Scott said: We really need Gusto and Lavia back. But, most importantly, KDH, right? General and cfr95 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sconnie Blue Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Sanchez Fofana Tosin Colwill Cucurella Caicedo Enzo Madueke Palmer Neto Nkunku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 10 hours ago, axman2526 said: But, most importantly, KDH, right? Actually I deliberately left him out. Hmmm? #sh*te Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkunku Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Oh no I’m working all day 👎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfr95 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Sanchez Gusto Fofana Colwill Chilwell Caicedo Enzo Palmer Nkunku Sancho Jackson Never gonna happen... would be nice though Ukraine Bolt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexyfootball Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I think we have to try and come up with a formation that gets ALL our best players into the same XI, and hence I'd try Caicedo as the RB inverting into DM, to allow us to field Lavia/Enzo/Caicedo without removing an attacking player. So 4-2-3-1 Sanchez Caicedo - Fofana - Colwill - Cucurella Lavia - Fernandez Palmer Nkunku Sancho Jackson or Guiu And then 3-2-4-1 with Caicedo inverting alongside Lavia at DM and Enzo going forward. Sanchez Fofana - Colwill - Cucurella Caicedo - Lavia Palmer - Nkunku - Fernandez - Sancho Jackson or Guiu Madueke, Neto and Felix as sub options if we need to try something different in attack. I can make a case for starting either Jackson or Guiu up front. Have a feeling though that Guiu's movement and pressing might work better with the P/N/S attacking midfield ? The team looks a bit light weight but that's pretty much inevitable with the current squad composition ... plus we could always have Veiga instead of Cucurella I guess ... Ukraine Bolt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfr95 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 11 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said: hence I'd try Caicedo as the RB inverting into DM, Personally, I don't like the idea of shoehorning a player we paid over £100m for into an odd position. Even if he "inverts" he's still going to have to occupy the RB slot when we're not in possession. I'm honestly not much a fan of the "inverted fullback" as a position/tactic anyway though, so maybe I'm coming at this with some pre-built bias. Bob stark and just 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexyfootball Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 5 minutes ago, cfr95 said: Personally, I don't like the idea of shoehorning a player we paid over £100m for into an odd position. Even if he "inverts" he's still going to have to occupy the RB slot when we're not in possession. I'm honestly not much a fan of the "inverted fullback" as a position/tactic anyway though, so maybe I'm coming at this with some pre-built bias. It's not ideal for sure, but if Caicedo plays midfield (with Gusto at RB) then who do you leave out ? Lavia ? Nkunku ? Maresca is never going to leave Enzo out if he's fit to play ... I guess you could play Nkunku up front, but then that still leaves Fernandez as the £100m player in the odd position ? I'd leave Enzo out but not realistic with these owners/this manager. Ukraine Bolt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFCCAN Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Tough game away, certainly is not going to be easy to get anything against the 'ammers' regardless of the start to their season. I hope we learned something from last week's absymal performance regardless of the result...Jackson cannot start, or its going to be another season of Jackson costing us points. Early in the season but 3 points would be nice, however I'll take a draw of we are going to play this short pass, back and forth sh*te. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfr95 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 4 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said: It's not ideal for sure, but if Caicedo plays midfield (with Gusto at RB) then who do you leave out ? Lavia ? Nkunku ? Maresca is never going to leave Enzo out if he's fit to play ... I guess you could play Nkunku up front, but then that still leaves Fernandez as the £100m player in the odd position ? I'd leave Enzo out but not realistic with these owners/this manager. Considering the context, probably Lavia. He can be used rotationally as we lack CM depth and will potentially play 60+ games this season. I do agree though, that Enzo would be the one dropped if things were fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob stark Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 59 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said: I think we have to try and come up with a formation that gets ALL our best players into the same XI, and hence I'd try Caicedo as the RB inverting into DM, to allow us to field Lavia/Enzo/Caicedo without removing an attacking player. So 4-2-3-1 Sanchez Caicedo - Fofana - Colwill - Cucurella Lavia - Fernandez Palmer Nkunku Sancho Jackson or Guiu And then 3-2-4-1 with Caicedo inverting alongside Lavia at DM and Enzo going forward. Sanchez Fofana - Colwill - Cucurella Caicedo - Lavia Palmer - Nkunku - Fernandez - Sancho Jackson or Guiu Madueke, Neto and Felix as sub options if we need to try something different in attack. I can make a case for starting either Jackson or Guiu up front. Have a feeling though that Guiu's movement and pressing might work better with the P/N/S attacking midfield ? The team looks a bit light weight but that's pretty much inevitable with the current squad composition ... plus we could always have Veiga instead of Cucurella I guess ... Guiu has no businesses playing in pl General and cfr95 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob stark Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 (edited) 49 minutes ago, cfr95 said: Personally, I don't like the idea of shoehorning a player we paid over £100m for into an odd position. Even if he "inverts" he's still going to have to occupy the RB slot when we're not in possession. I'm honestly not much a fan of the "inverted fullback" as a position/tactic anyway though, so maybe I'm coming at this with some pre-built bias. I personally have no problem playing invert but asking 100m midfielder to play rb is crazy. Edited September 17 by Bob stark cfr95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remodez Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said: It's not ideal for sure, but if Caicedo plays midfield (with Gusto at RB) then who do you leave out ? Lavia ? Nkunku ? Maresca is never going to leave Enzo out if he's fit to play ... I guess you could play Nkunku up front, but then that still leaves Fernandez as the £100m player in the odd position ? I'd leave Enzo out but not realistic with these owners/this manager. Ideally you would drop Jackson, have Nkunku upfront, Enzo roaming, Lavia sitting and Caicedo going box to box like prime Kante. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexyfootball Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 1 hour ago, Bob stark said: I personally have no problem playing invert but asking 100m midfielder to play rb is crazy. How much is a fit Reece James worth ? Our RB that is being paid £250K a week (£100K a week more than Caicedo) ? 🙂 Ukraine Bolt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWall Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 2 hours ago, cfr95 said: Personally, I don't like the idea of shoehorning a player we paid over £100m for into an odd position. Even if he "inverts" he's still going to have to occupy the RB slot when we're not in possession. I'm honestly not much a fan of the "inverted fullback" as a position/tactic anyway though, so maybe I'm coming at this with some pre-built bias. Although didn't he spend half of a season playing at RB for Brighton with the injuries to Lamptey etc. Sexyfootball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sconnie Blue Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 29 minutes ago, Remodez said: Ideally you would drop Jackson, have Nkunku upfront, Enzo roaming, Lavia sitting and Caicedo going box to box like prime Kante. We saw that midfield 3 against City and we looked awful in the attacking end. I'm still an advocate of only 2 of the 3 should play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remodez Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Just now, Sconnie Blue said: We saw that midfield 3 against City and we looked awful in the attacking end. I'm still an advocate of only 2 of the 3 should play. I agree but that's not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sconnie Blue Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Just now, Remodez said: I agree but that's not going to happen. All preseason it was either Lavia or Caicedo. Not both. I think City was an anomaly because Maresca wanted to match City's midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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