villalad21 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think we could play with three out of McGinn/Nakamba/Luiz and Sanson and let Traore and Grealish just attack - but I don't think Smith wants to set up that defensively and just play on the break, it'd be a big change of mentality and we've been successful being a bit more expansive than that. It's not really defensively. Liverpool play with 3 defensive midfielders and are one of the best attacking teams in the league. I'm far from convinced that you actually need to play with a number 10. Edited February 6, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I think Sanson would make us far more balanced I think we've seen 8 minutes of sanson compared to the training staff and team mates 1 week, which also isn't enough We'll break him in eventually when he's ready and Smith knows when he's ready not us 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: The problem is people believing we have to win every game in order to get Europe They've added the pressure themselves rather than just enjoying the season for what it is This is so true. I don't get it. Its so nice to be able to just enjoy us without massive pressure. Its been over a decade since we've able to do it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: I think we've seen 8 minutes of sanson compared to the training staff and team mates 1 week, which also isn't enough We'll break him in eventually when he's ready and Smith knows when he's ready not us Evidently he doesn't. Not when he is playing an unfit mcginn and an unfit barkley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 You'd swear Barkley didn't score the winner literally in the game before last. Has given Mings a bit of a break at least. Was brilliant against Arsenal last time out so hopefully he can recapture some of that here and has shaken some of the cobwebs off since returning. Will be tougher with Partey in there, but by the same token Arsenal aren't playing with two players at right back so you'd hope they'll be a bit more stretched in dealing with Jack and subsequently all of Barkley, Watkins and Traore will get a little more joy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa 59 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said: I'm not so much - I think he plays a different position to those two - I think if we dropped him his direct replacement would be Grealish or McGinn. I hope that makes sense, given that both are already playing - just that Ross and those two play really different roles. Yep, I thought McGinn would be where Barkley is I think SJM is better there I would have played Luiz/Nakamba and Sanson behind him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 It’s amazing how players they haven’t been playing must automatically be better than the ones that have been. I would have liked to have seen more changes to see what others could offer. But I’m not kidding myself to thing changes automatically means improvement. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, MotoMkali said: Evidently he doesn't. Not when he is playing an unfit mcginn and an unfit barkley. Like I said before look at traore when he joined, he was way off the pace of the PL We don't know how sanson is training. That's fact no matter what your opinion of Smith is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Suprised Luiz is the one dropped. He has been better than mcginn and Barkley. Lets see how this unfolds but i think its a mistake Have to agree, I thought in the second half against the spammers he was slot better, Berkley the worst with McGinn just so-so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Dropping Dougie is a big call. Maybe his energy levels aren't where they need to be. Big game needed from McGinn, Marv and Barkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I hope Sanson gets more game time so I don’t have many complaints about the lineup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I have bad vibes for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: Like I said before look at traore when he joined, he was way off the pace of the PL We don't know how sanson is training. That's fact no matter what your opinion of Smith is No point debating with the sports scientists/scouts/coaches that are on this forum. If they say Barkley and Mcginn are unfit then they must be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: No point debating with the sports scientists/scouts/coaches that are on this forum. If they say Barkley and Mcginn are unfit then they must be. Its amazing that they've genuinely convinced themselves that they know this and our staff don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, Indigo said: You'd swear Barkley didn't score the winner literally in the game before last. Has given Mings a bit of a break at least. Was brilliant against Arsenal last time out so hopefully he can recapture some of that here and has shaken some of the cobwebs off since returning. Will be tougher with Partey in there, but by the same token Arsenal aren't playing with two players at right back so you'd hope they'll be a bit more stretched in dealing with Jack and subsequently all of Barkley, Watkins and Traore will get a little more joy. Barkley scored the winner, but did nothing else in that game. And he has been very poor for the other 2 games we lost. Dropped the wrong player for me, but hopefully he demonstrates his inconsistency perfectly with an inspired performance today. Nakamba deserving of a place, but let's see how he does against better opposition than Newcastle. Not feeling optimistic for this one, but if we turn up we've got a great chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I live in Islington so expecting a spanking and 100s of messages from people who only come out the woodwork when we lose to these lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2021 Yep, in terms of fitness, the coaches will know, the sports scientists will know, and the manager will make decisions on that basis. Barkley is the talking point because of his performances - to get the best out of him we need to use him the right way - in the last couple of games we've probably asked him to do too much of the stuff he's not very good at in midfield. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Like I said before look at traore when he joined, he was way off the pace of the PL We don't know how sanson is training. That's fact no matter what your opinion of Smith is Traore hadn't played in 9 months. Sanson had been playing every a game for 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I have bad vibes for this one. me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 More than just match fitness that goes into selecting a starting 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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