Spurs (H) - Thu 19th Jan, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Manc123]

Really? Is he a booking away from suspension?

Fuckin hat trick please Harry, booked for taking shirt off with the 3rd to confirm victory.

yes hes on 4 yellow cards and tommorows last game he can get booked before it goes to 10

 

[Manc123]

I am strangely optimistic about this game. :)


Same starting eleven

But I think Foden should be benched for Gundogan.

i think foden gets benched for grealish for this game personally.

 

[chesterbells]

It doesn't matter what we think will happen, its what Pep instils into this team - he needs to stop being a sarcastic knob and shoulder the blame for deflating the team, get some counter attacking speed in there, and FAST, or this season is OVER.

Lol

 

[jollylescott]

Despite the drama of the derby, I can still sense the ship is slowly turning around. It’s all about confidence and self-belief, and there were signs of that in the second half after we scored.

I know they are a bogey team, but I reckon we’ll do them.

 

[SWPISHOME]

No doubt Son is going to turn up and play like the real Ronaldo...

 

[Manc123]

Despite the drama of the derby, I can still sense the ship is slowly turning around. It’s all about confidence and self-belief, and there were signs of that in the second half after we scored.

I know they are a bogey team, but I reckon we’ll do them.

I'm same as you I think we beat spurs. I think the corrupt ref decision seemed to have riled up our players and even pep. Hopefully they can do thei job tommorow first with a win and Kane getting a sneaky yellow too.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Hopefully Pep remembers we have bought the best striker in the world.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I sold my ticket for the original game through the ticket exchange but have taken it back for this game. However my mobile pass on my phone is showing Wolves as the next game.

Before I call the Club on Monday does anyone have any experience of this ?

Thanks

Yes, we played wolves twice last season too.

 

[Bluekiwi]

I hope on Thursday we revert to a higher tempo and get at them from the off, no messing about, no back and forth just go for it - do that and we win.

I have faith someone will kick them up the arse and we win 4-1 on Thursday.

That is my wife's opinion - go for a very early goal to ruin their tactical plan. And add to that goal as quickly as possible to really knock them back.

 

[dhruvblue]

We are still comfortably set to win the league IF we get back to playing how we are capable. But we really need to get going quickly so as not to fall too far behind. Beating Spurs will definately be a massive boost considering our recent results and it could be the match that gets us kick started. Half a season left is plenty of time to get it right. Atm we still have time on our side.

Comfortably.

Wake up and we what is actually happening. Forget goals, here shots on target are drying up. 1 in 180 minutes if football. We are no closer to playing what we are capable of and even if we do, we still have a young hungrier and faster Arsenal side who is chasing the glory. Anything can happen but it would require us to win almost every game. Arsenal playing badly and United too dropping off. They are right on our toes despite poor start

 

[jaiguruKun]

We all know the gameplan Spurs will set up with. It'll be exactly the same as the Rags.
Is Pep brave enough to play 4-4-2

Ederson

Lewis Stones Ake Cancelo

Bernardo De Bruyne Rodri Grealish

Alvarez Haaland

That's the side I would go with. See whether Alvarez and Haaland can develop an understanding as he looks very isolated at times.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Comfortably.

Wake up and we what is actually happening. Forget goals, here shots on target are drying up. 1 in 180 minutes if football.

Which is why it needs a radical rethink. Spurs will be planning on dealing with us exactly how the Rags did.

We need to play with 2 strikers and Lewis, Bernardo and Alvarez playing like men possessed, putting everything in. Let's see how defences cope with Haaland when they have another world-class striker to worry about.

The season's on the line now, another insipid performance like Chelsea away, Soton and Rags and the league will definitely be over. So time to try something different offensively.

 

[phargrave]

Hopefully Pep remembers we have bought the best striker in the world.

Let’s hope some of the players do too!

 

[richards30]

Not looking forward to this one at all :-s

 

[Big Swifty]

I'm same as you I think we beat spurs. I think the corrupt ref decision seemed to have riled up our players and even pep. Hopefully they can do thei job tommorow first with a win and Kane getting a sneaky yellow too.

But he's the noble England captain, don't you know..............and we know how refs treat England captains

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Well, considering offside doesn’t exist anymore as long as you don’t touch the ball, even if you are blocking off their players and interfering with play, then let’s just stick Haaland on their goalkeeper for the full game.

Could be a new tactic if today is ok by the rules

There wouldn't be much point. Once we have passed it around the back 4, ambled down the wings, had our wingers cut back and lay it off to the full back 3 or 4 times Haaland would be surrounded by defenders anyway.

 

[Bluemoon has risen]

Need to hope Arsenal drop points today and then hopefully we can put in a big performance. To say we owe Spurs one is an understatement.

 

[Withnail]

Hopefully Pep remembers we have bought the best striker in the world.

There definitely needs to be a change in the way we play. A bit of pace and the way we move the ball would n't go a miss, rather than the current slow, predictable build up. Earlier on in the season we were a bit more direct which helped in getting the ball to Erling quicker.

 

[FantasyIreland]

There definitely needs to be a change in the way we play. A bit of pace and the way we move the ball would n't go a miss, rather than the current slow, predictable build up. Earlier on in the season we were a bit more direct which helped in getting the ball to Erling quicker.

Thats it in a nutshell,we are reluctant to get the ball from one end of the pitch to the other as fast as possible.
This creates several problems.....it makes our striker redundant,it often means our moves fizzle out,and it allows the opposition to get behind the ball and 'park the bus',and its also boring as fuck to watch.

We are far from the fastest team,but we still have players who thrive on the attack/break and we are not utilising this main strength.This can only be down to Pep's instruction.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Time to take the shackles off.

More foul throws than shots on target in the last two games is surely enough to merit a rethink.