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Sam3773

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  1. DAMNIT! I knew I forgot something last weekend. Best make up for it with these 10 spot on predictions.

    SAT 20 SEP 2014 - PREMIER LEAGUE

    QPR 2 v 1 Stoke 12:45

    AstonVilla 2 v 0 Arsenal 15:00

    Burnley 0 v 3 Sunderland 15:00

    Newcastle 1 v 2 Hull 15:00

    Swansea 3 v 2 Southampton 15:00

    West Ham 1 v 3 Liverpool 17:30

    SUN 21 SEP 2014 - PREMIER LEAGUE

    Leicester 0 v 2 ManUtd 13:30

    Tottenham 1 v 0 West Brom 13:30

    Everton 2 v 1 Crystal Palace 16:00

    Man City 1 v 1 Chelsea 16:00

  2. Is Fox doing his bit for the NO vote?

    He's offered Scotland a 3 year extension.

    Seriously though, when does he start the Residency Visa applications for Lambert & co to stay?

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  3. Bit early IMO, if we scrape just 2/3 points from the next 5 games and end up with a smashed up goal difference people will sure be asking questions.

    I think it was always on the cards. Randy knows he can't just stop running the club because he wants to sell. He might not get rid for 3 years. This adds stability without the need to shop around for a new manager. I think this would have happened even if we were on 3 points currently.
  4. Really pleased. He's had the cards stacked against him since the start and I think he's done a great job keeping us up and (hopefully) giving us a good season finally.

    I'm a big believer in stability and having a long term manager helps with that.

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  5. This is a beautiful thing to read every day. It's not the formations or tactics I love but the difference in them. With PL's transfer movements we now have a squad with depth. I squad where you could pick between really good players for a starting position.

    I can only hope this stops the assumed starts and adds a bit of thunder to the team. If they want in our new starting eleven they have to put the effort it. That goes for Tom, too. Westwood has had a good start to the season and there's definitely competition there with Cleverley.

  6. -------------------------------Guzan--------------------------

    Hutton--------Senderos-----------Vlaar--------Cissokho

    ----------------Delph----------------Westwood------------

    Weimann/Gabby------Cleverley------Richardson/N'Zogbia

    ---------------------------Benteke---------------------------

    I think Lambert will persist with the 4-2-3-1 formation for most games. For games where we'll be under the cosh, Sanchez can come in for Westwood/Delph/Cleverely depending on who's in better form and on the wings we have 4 players capable of filling two slots. It will any permutation of those 4 depending on form, and of course Grealish to come on as a sub.

    And of course if we wanna play a front 2, we have a great option for the 5-3-2.

    -------------------------------Guzan--------------------------

    Bacuna------Senderos------Vlaar-----Cissokho --- Richardson

    ----------------Westwood---Sanchez---Delph-----------

    -----------------------Benteke----Kozak-----------------------

    Of course either one of Benteke/Kozak could be paired with Weimann/Gabby to have a more traditional strike partnership. But I think we haven't seen enough of Kozak and Benteke together to see if they would work. Apart from possessing an aerial threat, both of them are strong hold-up players and Benteke has pace to burn while Kozak isn't that slow himself. Bacuna might also be considered a better option at the RWB slot, as he has more pace and energy as well as possessing more of an offensive threat than Hutton although it unbalances the right side a tad as Bacuna might not be as solid defensively and Hutton-Senderos seem to have struck up a good understanding on the right.

    But I think the 3-5-2 needs really good offensive wing-backs to work, and most of Bacuna's bad displays in defence have come as a RB in a flat 4 -he's always played well as the RWB in a 5. So given that, and the fact that he has had a season's experience under his belt I think he would be a better option than Hutton there.

    Options options options. How fantastic.

    We're not good enough to play with only 10 players just yet.

    We've got Cleverley now, son. We can play with a team of five and still win the title.
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