Luton Town (A) - Tue 27th Feb, 20:00 | FA Cup | Pre-Match Thread

[kaz7]

Thank fuck I’m there on Tuesday and won’t have to listen to how much our bench cost every time a sub comes on

What annoys me is the figure they quote is what they are worth if we sold them and not how much we payed for them which is the more relevant , guess they want it to sound as bad as possible . They dont do it with rags snd dipper teams, just us

 

[dobingsdobber]

No, then again we ain't scoring many at the moment. It's strong at the back though.

To me, for this game, it's more important to get some squad members minutes.
We need the whole squad fit and on form for the run in.

That team should be good enough to wi

 

[dobingsdobber]

No, then again we ain't scoring many at the moment. It's strong at the back though.

To me, for this game, it's more important to get some squad members minutes.
We need the whole squad fit and on form for the run in.

That team should be good enough to win imo.

Not totally against your opinion LA/just think that success breeds success.Strongest side out,give Luton a stuffing,big players off,squad players on.The more you win,the more you win.

 

[Damanino]

lets practice offensive set pieces, headers. we often wait for the cross land on our tall players' head rather than attack the space it lands.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

I agree with this but feel like Ake needs a rest more than Dias? Dias doesn’t ever feel like he has issues with these back to back games but it’s been said Ake can’t always do 2x a week.

Yep agreed actually mate

 

[K-Bo]

could see this being a real second string side, maybe even some academy players:

Something like:

ortega
Walker Ake, Akanji, Gomez
Nunes, Kovacic, Lewis
Bobb, Alvarez, Doku

 

[NoCompromise]

This Cup tie scares me, Not for facing Luton but because the Match officials will be all over us, They will be after giving Rodri a red card or Foden Or Haaland because we know what game is up next in the premier league don't we? Take our best player (Rodri) away from the midfield or Haaland goals from the team and they will fancy beating us.

Right Now I would take one of the 3 trophies on offer and go balls deep, If that is the FA Cup then Ok, Same with the Premier League, But I have this feeling the Champions League final at Wembley is our number one aim and we will go BALLS DEEP IN THAT

If you could guarantee that scenario, we lose the league and fa cup but retain the Champions League, I'd turn it down. Fuck em, there's no better team in this country.

 

[alexmcity]

could see this being a real second string side, maybe even some academy players:

Something like:

ortega
Walker Ake, Akanji, Gomez
Nunes, Kovacic, Lewis
Bobb, Alvarez, Doku

I agree.

But given that there are nearly 5 days between this game and United, we might see a slightly stronger team.

 

[youngbob]

Subs against Bournemouth said to me that Pep's going strong.

Ortega
Walker, Stones, Dias, Ake
Rodri
De Bruyne, Foden
Bernardo, Haaland, Doku

 

[NoCompromise]

I personally would like to go full strength. Get into the quarters. Bird in the hand. We don't play again then til Sunday against minor opposition.