My mate is Portuguese and is a Sporting fan, he can't understand why Nunes hasn't played 6 for us. Tbh i can understand why he hasn't, seems like he takes too many risks and is a bit unpredictable on the ball but i do think Pep could work that into him.__________________Ortega______________
Walker______Dias_______Stones______Gomez
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________Kevin___________Foden________
Oscar_________Alvarez__________Grealish
Agree, it was more in reference to him being selected regardless of his position. Not exactly tore up any trees since his arrival, but this evening could provide a great opportunity to remedy that.Nunes isn’t a DM pivot!
Nunes being shunted out to left-wing indicates that Pep doesn't trust him to look after ball centrally.Agree, it was more in reference to him being selected regardless of his position. Not exactly tore up any trees since his arrival, but this evening could provide a great opportunity to remedy that.
Can't dispute any of that tbh. Want the guy to succeed here, not sure he will though.Nunes being shunted out to left-wing indicates that Pep doesn't trust him to look after ball centrally.
His ability to break the lines and carry the ball forward is far more suited to a counter-attacking team - not the possession heavy football that we play.
Bernardo said Nunes was having trouble adapting in 1st season of Pep's style but I think he was just being supportive of Portuguese team-mate. To me, he just doesn't fit naturally into our style of play and his body language when he loses the ball is poor at times.
Looks decent enough but think Rodri need a rest so perhaps Nunes on the left and Grealish more central? It's a role that I think might suit him and us.Ortega
Akanji Stones Ake Gvardiol
Rodri Kovacic
Bobb Foden Grealish
Haaland
Assuming fitness.
There is no way that we will ever be 3 up at Luton let alone 4 up. Remember Southampton away two years ago? Same scenario here. My honest opinion is that if we get to the Quarter Finals, we almost certainly won't win the league. If we lose tonight then we will have a much better chance.Its Pep, he will go strong, not much resting until we are hopefully 3/4 up
Yeah, I expect Luton's need to rest players is far greater than ours and I also expect the drop off in quality if they do that will also be far greater than oursWith big games coming up I'd rather not see any of our main players selected for this from the start. Luton's priority should be premier league survival, especially now Everton have moved ahead of them in the league. They may rest a few players themselves.
Bollocks they will be desperate to beat us and will put out a strong side,Yeah, I expect Luton's need to rest players is far greater than ours and I also expect the drop off in quality if they do that will also be far greater than ours
Personally I would rather we started some stronger players maybe Haaland and Foden then brought the squad players on later, if we want to stay in the competition. We have 5 days before Utd. Haaland could do with getting his mojo back before Utd imo. I agree we have to protect Rodri, particularly from the rag referee.I'd like to see something like this:
Ortega
Walker
Akanji
Ake
Gvardiol
Kovacic
Nunes
Lewis
Bobb
Grealish
Alvarez
Could always bring on the likes of Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne, Haaland etc if it doesn't go to plan, but it'd be good to keep them fresh for United and LIverpool.
No the op could be correct imoBollocks they will be desperate to beat us and will put out a strong side,
Nunes as a DM. Scared of his own shadow :-)Nunes isn’t a DM pivot!
1 mile (20 min walk from the centre)Anyone know how far Luton ground is from city centre and does it have decent parking near the ground? Not been there for decades!