Watford (h) pre-match thread

[Bluep*ss]

It was Moss who sent Sane off for going in high on Ederson. Had Puncheon decapitated de Bruyne, Moss might, just might, have deemed it worthy of more than a yellow.

Mason will probably red card one of ours in the spirit of ‘protecting all players’ and in the spirit of protecting his own team’s hopes.

Maybe MANE.......

 

[Bluep*ss]

Question :?...Is Sanchez not available for the CL with City - having played for Arsenal.
Question.? - Is Stones fit again - maybe the bench ?....
Walker was Motm against Palace - after a shaky start - can see him playing tonight.
Merlin does appear to be back in training - so will play tonight. - I hope. I would not consider KdB for tonight.
Aguero , Sane need to score so that Sterling is not the lone man.

 

[mosssideblue]

Question :?...Is Sanchez not available for the CL with City - having played for Arsenal.

Walker was Motm against Palace - after a shaky start - can see him playing tonight.
Merlin does appear to be back in training - so will play tonight. - I hope. I would not consider KdB for tonight.
Aguero , Sane need to score so that Sterling is not the lone man.

which CL game did Arse play this year??????

 

[Bluep*ss]

which CL game did Arse play this year??????

Me Stupid.............Lol. They are in the Europa Cup ?. - I think I should say Europa League.

 

[Jazzman]

Question :?...Is Sanchez not available for the CL with City - having played for Arsenal.

I think the rule is that you can add 1 player to your CL squad in January who has played Euro League for another club. So presumably Alexis Sanchez would be added to the CL squad if we manage to buy him.

 

[fulabeer]

We’re going to have a lot of players out on that pitch. Hope the ref doesn’t notice.

LOL....

 

[adr2.8i]

i wish to apologize for our result at palace. I changed my routine and it obviously made the difference. So tonight i shall go back to my usual routine which is hence as follows, find a stream on my laptop, open bluemoon and watch the match commentary :-) on the match day thread, and flick occasionally to the match report on the bbc sport app on my phone as well.

its worked all season, apart from the palace game! :-)

3-0 home win

 

[Neville Kneville]

I agree. Aguero likes to come deep for the ball now, doesn't run in behind so often. Jesus constantly runs and so does Sterling when he is up front. We miss that more physical challenge at times. We should probably stick Otamendi up top with Sterling running off him. We keep the ball so well why do we need him in defence! Having said that, the run we have had, with that being the first time we have failed to score, we clearly do not miss that utility player too much.

It is now Jesus is injured we might have a problem. Does Pep alter his plan and decide Sanchez is needed now? I do not think squad harmony would be too disrupted. I assume he cannot play in Europe for us and we have enough games to rotate still.

The CL is a realistic prospect for us this year. Having Sanchez ease the burden domestically gives us a better chance to win it.

Sanchez is of more use now than at any other time before, or next season, imo. He would be great right now.

But I think the whole business of Sanchez has been a right pain in the arse & the worst handicap to the squad we have had.

If we needed another attacker & just signed one, to replace Kelechi, or had signed another cb, we would have had much smoother squad rotation, but we've had this Sanchez thing lurking, affecting our other moves in other positions & maybe still have it lurking, right through this window.

If we have promised Sanchez a job next season, we can't really sign a different forward now, only Sanchez,if available, which means going through the dance with that stupid old twat Wenger, who has no ambition other than to fuck people about, & then maybe still not getting Sanchez til summer anyway.

 

[Summerbuzz]

.... i shall go back to my usual routine which is hence as follows, find a stream on my laptop, open bluemoon and watch the match commentary :-) on the match day thread

That's very gallant of you but no-one should willingly subject themselves to our match-day threads.

 

[BringBackSwales]

As far as is known is David Silva in the squad tonight?