Fluminense (N) - Fri 22nd Dec, 18:00 | CWC Final | Pre-Match Thread

[117 M34]

I'm going out on the beer straight after the match so if we win they better not spend ages pissing about before giving out the trophy

 

[super_city_si]

It's obvious.

Eddy

Walker Stones Dias Ake
Rodri
Bernie..Lewis... Phil ...Grealish
.................Alvarez.


I don't like this lineup.
1. it shuttles Bernie outside.
2. It starts Lewis over Nunes and Kova which I don't agree with.
3. Alvarez as been off from.

4. Finally, it's new age Pep. Which I'm not the biggest fan of. I prefer the old school Pep who overstaffed his teams with mofirlders.

The new look Pep now prefers an over representation of defenders.
Lilo or someone needs to let him know this infatuation with Simone has run its course.

We want the old Pep back.


Flap over!

I agree. light midfield again and its been our undoing all season. Hopefully stones is a bit sharper and him stepping in gives us the control we miss.

 

[BillCarlisle]

God forbid someone brings factual football data to a football forum!

Bet we always find you in the kitchen though :-)

 

[TrentGrisham]

Arias was a terror on the left against Al Ahly

Sounds like he, Andre, and Ganso are their best players from a quick preview I read on them. I agree Arias looked good last game.

 

[lancs blue]

Depends if they venture out of their own box!

They'd have to be lined up in the goal!

 

[jimharri]

Given the absentees, that's not too bad an XI. Great to see the academy well represented between the starting line up and those on the bench.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Arias was a terror on the left against Al Ahly

Arias.
Is that pronounced like " Hairy Ass"

Can't wait for Hairy Ass to be fouled in the box.

 

[roman totale]

I’ll settle for simply not getting kicked off the park and no injuries.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Does he track back ?

 

[ninjamonkey]

Kovacic and Nunes should be playing this. Ideal opportunity to put them in against decent opposition. They are needed and need to be upto scratch, both are showing good signs of late. Makes no sense to drop them both out for this. Going to be screwed again when they're our only options and pep still can't trust them.

I just want to see us at least try to score with our attacking play and not just play keep ball, That would be nice.

Time to secure the first ever English quintuple.