Bournemouth (A) - Sat 2nd Nov, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Stronger team and bench than expected. I feel more optimistic now: )

 

[ufo]

Now Stones and Dias are suddenly not in the team, what is going on ?

no thing is going on ,pep is just trying to manage through rough times

 

[youngbob]

Has malg hacked youngbob's account?

Haha. Just think with our fitness situation, Bournemouth's recent form, and Arsenal losing today, a point would be fine. We just need to stay in touch until February - then we can kick on.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Walker's a less skilled footballer than Rico all round, there's no doubt about it in my mind, but he can overlap, put crosses over, and get back in time to catch up his winger and generally make himself a nuisance. Or at least he could, it remains to be seen if he still can. Rico has much more difficulty doing that. He just does not have the pace. Rico, on the other hand, is able to do much more in midfield (not difficult, because Kyle can do nothing in midfield, nor is he asked to).

Love Rico but he needs to be in midfield, having Walker's pace back is a big bonus. At least one of those latest goals we conceded on the right side wouldn't have happened with Kyle in the side.

 

[houraisen]

 

[Dewey6]

Nunes to keep this form going. That would be a huge plus for us. Good side, great bench but hopefully we won't need Kev.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Would take a point. These are a good side.

We haven't won so many titles by accepting a point, Bob, we're going there to win.

 

[bert38]

Looks like a back 4 of who is the fittest

 

[Haaland94]

Just long enough to be fit after the next round of meaningless internationals.

Spurs at home after the break, so we desperately need them.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

lol a lot of players got "healthy" real fast, i dont love guys playing through injuries but pep got his message across i guess

And Dias and Stones got unhealthy really fast.