Demitri_C Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 47 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: I think kieftenbeld will be tasked solely with the job of breaking up grealish. We are a better footballing side than them. Be good to see how they control the emotional aspect of the game with it being at their place this time. We were shocking at Villa park in the first half against them and let's be honest they probably should of went 2 up. Confident we'll start better this time and score first. They always raise their game against us. Even at villa Park they played really well and we were poor until Adams hit the bar. If we start as hopeless as that they will win that's for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Demitri_C said: They always raise their game against us. Even at villa Park they played really well and we were poor until Adams hit the bar. If we start as hopeless as that they will win that's for sure. Theyre hyper and physical against us, but wouldnt say they raise their game. Not sure they have the ability to up their game. We usually beat them or atleast dont lose to them, and theyre above us in the table. If anything we raise our game agaisnt them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted March 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 5, 2019 Going to need gigantoballs to play the one and two touch out from the back stuff away against this lot. I think that's our best chance of winning it though, try and keep them chasing shadows and doing lots of running early on and take the sting out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 27 minutes ago, romavillan said: Going to need gigantoballs to play the one and two touch out from the back stuff away against this lot. I think that's our best chance of winning it though, try and keep them chasing shadows and doing lots of running early on and take the sting out of it. We don't look comfortable keeping it on the ground when we are been pressed high up. Horses for courses approach for me. If Adams and and Jutkiewicz press us high and their midfield follow suit, we've showed in the last few weeks especially with Mings who has a good range finder short or long, that we can play over them too. We do this enough to make them sweat and then hopefully they sit deeper and we play through them. Monk's teams don't tend to have loads of possession in games but they use the ball well when they have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted March 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Johnnyp said: We don't look comfortable keeping it on the ground when we are been pressed high up. Horses for courses approach for me. If Adams and and Jutkiewicz press us high and their midfield follow suit, we've showed in the last few weeks especially with Mings who has a good range finder short or long, that we can play over them too. We do this enough to make them sweat and then hopefully they sit deeper and we play through them. Monk's teams don't tend to have loads of possession in games but they use the ball well when they have it. Yep, when we were going longer Mings kept hitting the wingers really nicely from deep, so we have that too. If we can invite their press on and beat it moving the ball fast we could get a lot of chances with them out of shape and right up the pitch and out the game. I don't think we'll try it though, I'm pretty sure we'll be going back to front pretty quick and it'll be a hectic mess of a game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) On 05/03/2019 at 06:51, smg said: I think the debate is about if McGinn plays who makes way for him after Saturdays performance ? Elphick. McGinn played LB at St Mirren. Hause and Mings CB same team as last week. EDIT: Ok Club video I saw had music no sound. It seems he trained as LB at St Mirren but never got a game "I actually went “from left wing as I got older about 17 or 18, I went to left back. I couldn’t get a game at left back. “Tommy Craig the assistant manager at St Mirren decided he wanted to see me in central midfield and I have not looked back since." Edited March 6, 2019 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Elphick. McGinn played LB at St Mirren. Hause and Mings CB same team as last week. EDIT: Ok Club video I saw had music no sound. It seems he trained as LB at St Mirren but never got a game "I actually went “from left wing as I got older about 17 or 18, I went to left back. I couldn’t get a game at left back. “Tommy Craig the assistant manager at St Mirren decided he wanted to see me in central midfield and I have not looked back since." There's no way he's playing McGinn at LB and leaving an actual LB on the bench in Taylor. McGinn would be wasted at LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Thinking about this further, I think I would go: Steer Elmo Mings Hause Taylor Hourihane McGinn Adomah Grealish El Ghazi Abraham It seems harsh leaving out Whelan, but I don't think he can play 3 games in a week. If we leave him out on Saturday then he will be available fresh on Wednesday against Forest. We also don't know if Grealish will be able to play 3 games in a week, therefore Whelan may need to come in for him on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 There is probably a reason why he couldn’t get a game at left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 McGinn has to start for me. He’s got the level of energy and commitment that’s required for a Derby. He’d be all over them and would probably piss them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted March 6, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) A bit OT but, I spend a bit of time on a FB page for football manager. Just got on before and the first post I read just comes across as real wank and arrogant. Basically saying how FM19 is an easy game, and he is a god. We exchange a few comments, after I suggest he may want to tone it down a tad, and finally I get the reply that explains everything. 'I took my team, Birmingham to the Champions league winners in 3 seasons' Edited March 6, 2019 by Villan_of_oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 6, 2019 Moderator Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 6, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2019 Got a feeling this is a game that will suit Tammy. Think we'll see McGin on in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Big game players play well in big games. We have a few big game players, who will (hopefully) play well in big games. By that science... 9-0 to Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I see the Blose fans are already complaining that they have been done over by choice if ref. Clowns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Can't remember the last time we beat them at their shithole. **** hate those fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I didn’t realise this was grealish first game at the sty. He was injured last year and the year before banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted March 7, 2019 12 hours ago, Keyblade said: Can't remember the last time we beat them at their shithole. **** hate those fixture. September 2009 Agbonlahor in the 85th. Starting 11 that day. B Friedel S Warnock R Dunne C Cuellar J Collins A Young S Sidwell J Milner S Petrov N Reo-Coker G Agbonlahor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I wss watching when we beat them in the cup. That team was bloody awful. Really bad. I would say this teams probably better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted March 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2019 This will be our second win in a row. Hoo-ray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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