Nottingham Forest (H) - Wed 4th Dec, 19:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[alexmcity]

Savinho has been dreadful for the last 2 months.

Foden has been dreadful since May...

 

[ChicagoBlue]

If fit enough for 60-70 mins:

……………………….Ederson

…………………Dias………..Ake
…….…Akanji……Wright……Gvardiol

………….KDB……………….Foden
Doku…………..Haaland….…..Grealish

 

[Fordyboy46]

Somehow Rico will make it in again and he doesn't deserve to be.

At right back he does

 

[alexmcity]

We have no current form

I'm not talking about the team, but about the best option on the right wing.

 

[Mr. Shush]

Nonsense. It offers more than Bernardo, Rico and Gundo who Pep has persisted with for most of our defeats.

But right now, who do you put in place of Gundo? The reason why he's being trotted out all the time is because he's the only one that can remotely fill the role. Unless you want to try O'Reilly or McAtee at the back but that wouldn't work in my opinion. Nunes has the build but he's not a CDM. Like another poster above wrote, lets try Gundo-Foden and Grealish in the middle with Doku-Savinho as wingers and Haaland up front. Let's see what happens.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Savinho has been dreadful for the last 2 months.

The whole team has to be fair mate. Right now it's a case of picking who hasn't been as poor as the next player.

Normally the team picks itself. But when we are in as dire situation as we are no one has got a clue who's fully fit, or who starts.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Ederson/Ortega

Gvardiol
Dias
Ake
Akanji

Nunes (he's poor but can run faster than 5 mph compared to Gundo)
Grealish

Foden

Doku
Haaland
Sav

Instructions to Nunes AND Grealish. Stay 15 yards in front of the back 4. That is all. No bombing forward and leaving them exposed. Jack is very good on the ball and will buy us free kicks in these areas.

Foden in the hole creating space for Haaland as one of their CBs will have to engage him.

The full backs will be tucked in trying to nullify Haaland. Leaving acres for Doku and Sav to exploit. They have to be more productive. A lot lot more.

Seems simple but we will probably see a totally different line up with the midfield getting overrun and Doku and Sav blasting balls into the opponents ankles.

 

[hilts]

I'm not talking about the team, but about the best option on the right wing.

We have no current form on the wing either I'm afraid, listening to five live on the way home they threw a few stats that had everyone in shock including myself. I can't remember the exact names but generally it was this on our recent run

Points nil worst in the league

Goals scored, with the exception of haaland in the team picked for the scousers, this season nil

Xg worst in the league

Chances given away 2nd worst in the league

On and on it went with us being tte worst or second worst of all the premier league teams. We haven't slumped we have fallen off a cliff.

We cannot really pick a team based on form because we don't have any, pretty much no.one has done well. The only thing you can say is the 2nd half looked better but how much was down to Liverpool tiring or taking it easy who knows.

The one thing we do need is energy. Like I put previously i woukd play Silva Gvardiol savio nunes grealish doku and haaland.

Not because they have had great seasons but because they can at least get round the pitch.

Peps not really gone thru this before let's see how he deals with it.

 

[alexmcity]

We have no current form on the wing either I'm afraid, listening to five live on the way home they threw a few stats that had everyone in shock including myself. I can't remember the exact names but generally it was this on our recent run

Points nil worst in the league

Goals scored, with the exception of haaland in the team picked for the scousers, this season nil

Xg worst in the league

Chances given away 2nd worst in the league

On and on it went with us being tte worst or second worst of all the premier league teams. We haven't slumped we have fallen off a cliff.

We cannot really pick a team based on form because we don't have any, pretty much no.one has done well. The only thing you can say is the 2nd half looked better but how much was down to Liverpool tiring or taking it easy who knows.

The one thing we do need is energy. Like I put previously i woukd play Silva Gvardiol savio nunes grealish doku and haaland.

Not because they have had great seasons but because they can at least get round the pitch.

Peps not really gone thru this before let's see how he deals with it.

Again, someone has to start on the right wing and the simple question is, who is that player. There's no obvious answer for the reasons you mention, but it seems we both agree Savinho might be the best from all bad options, right?

 

[sarcastico]

At right back he does

No, he sucks there too.