GingerCollins29 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Villa87 said: This will be won or lost in the midfield. If McGinn plays well we win. Huge potential to get totally over run today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Changed 2 positions from the starting 11 last game and I bet we still get the same complaints. I'm surprised Barkley starts but ill see how he does before I criticise. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Dare I say early subs please, even we can see when players are blowing, gotta start being around 60 now the seasons moving on. Always remember O'Neil hated to make a sub, burnt out by 2 third of the season and stopped us going any further in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sam-AVFC Posted February 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2021 The game hasn't even started yet guys. There's no need to spiral into despair for another couple of hours. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted February 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2021 i think luiz needed to be dropped personnally. think he's escaped criticism last few weeks when IMO he's been like the pre-covid luiz for 2-3 weeks now. giving the ball away frequently etc. i'd like to see sanson earlier though today please deano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, foreveryoung said: Dare I say early subs please, even we can see when players are blowing, gotta start being around 60 now the seasons moving on. Always remember O'Neil hated to make a sub, burnt out by 2 third of the season and stopped us going any further in my eyes. We will see early subs if we go a goal down. If not probably in the 85th 88th minute mark Edited February 6, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Weird, looks like Luiz is the fall guy for barkley.... If barkley doesn't do the business today both in atrack and defensively he needs to be dropped. Personally my midfield 3 would have been mcginn, Luiz and sanson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Like most I'm concerned for this game, for me the two players to drop would have been Barkley and McGinn, pleased for Marvelous getting his start on merit rather than through injury I just think that the wrong player has made way for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2021 It'll be interesting to see if bringing Nakamba in will mean that we persist in trying the shape with two eights rather than two holders and a ten. If Smith see's Nakamab as offering a more disciplined holding option to allow McGinn to get forward I think we'll be in trouble - for this to work we'll need both Nakamba and McGinn holding - if we do that, it allows Barkley to not have to worry about the defensive work he's awful at and concentrate on the forward work he's much better than. To get the best out of Barkley we need to sacrifice some of the stuff McGinn is good at. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Sam-AVFC said: The game hasn't even started yet guys. There's no need to spiral into despair for another couple of hours. You must be new here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, tomav84 said: i think luiz needed to be dropped personnally. think he's escaped criticism last few weeks when IMO he's been like the pre-covid luiz for 2-3 weeks now. giving the ball away frequently etc. i'd like to see sanson earlier though today please deano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just now, OutByEaster? said: It'll be interesting to see if bringing Nakamba in will mean that we persist in trying the shape with two eights rather than two holders and a ten. If Smith see's Nakamab as offering a more disciplined holding option to allow McGinn to get forward I think we'll be in trouble - for this to work we'll need both Nakamba and McGinn holding - if we do that, it allows Barkley to not have to worry about the defensive work he's awful at and concentrate on the forward work he's much better than. To get the best out of Barkley we need to sacrifice some of the stuff McGinn is good at. Yeah, I think we will see Mcginn push more. I'm not a fan of nakamba but I'm glad to see him in today. I'm hoping he plays as well as he did against Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: We will see early subs if we go a goal down. If not probably in the 85th 88th minute mark You've never been right with any prediction. This gives me confidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2021 In principle, McGinn and Nakamba holding gives us enough at the back to allow for Traore, Grealish and Barkley to not have to worry too much about the work - Watkins will do the graft up front and the rest will cover them - it might work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Some interesting comments here! We have to rotate so 'rested' might be more accurate than 'dropped' We need big games from Ross, McGinn and Bertrand today. Can't go back to relying on Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I just don't know how you look at the last two or three games and decide it is Luiz who needs a rest/is the problem. Or maybe DS read the news wrong and thought it was our Luiz that wasn't available... I can see the argument for leaving the team completely alone find their form again but this change is odd. Furthermore, in the few positions we have choices, he's chosen less defensive players against a very attacking Arsenal - Traore really needs to work today otherwise we'll be overrun, we can't afford 5 minutes of sublime attacking touch and 85mins of watching the game pass him by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Xaka & Partey vs McGinn & Barkley looks a mismatch on current form, hopefully Nakamba can neutralize Smith-Rowe. Barkley & McGinn really need to show why they get picked. I maintain I have a bad feeling about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I'm going to bet on early subs in the 83rd minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Dare I say early subs please, even we can see when players are blowing, gotta start being around 60 now the seasons moving on. Always remember O'Neil hated to make a sub, burnt out by 2 third of the season and stopped us going any further in my eyes. Mad that you can see it but professional coaches, with state of art technology tracking these players can't. Who to trust. So difficult to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, DCJonah said: Yeah, I think we will see Mcginn push more. I really hope he doesn't, I think if he does we'll lose. I think if we play 4-2-3-1 we have a chance, if it turns into 4-1-4-1 I think we're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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