Didn't show up - You were physically bullied and outplayed by the Hammers.
Though you're playing home and should be ready for this - need at least 1 or 2 of Evans, Vestergaard or Bertrand back to maintain stability at the back. My guess your back would be Castange Amartey Soyuncu & Bertrand.
Last season, didn't you play 3 at the back and beat their high press with quick transitions? also beat them in the C. Shield a few weeks ago? You are likely to turn it on at home - you seem to up ur game against top sides: Vardy tend to bag goals against Pep. Plus they play a vital CL on Wed against Leipzig.
comment by ☼ Great_Red_Shark ☼ (U1711)
posted 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
Didn't show up - You were physically bullied and outplayed by the Hammers.
Though you're playing home and should be ready for this - need at least 1 or 2 of Evans, Vestergaard or Bertrand back to maintain stability at the back. My guess your back would be Castange Amartey Soyuncu & Bertrand.
Last season, didn't you play 3 at the back and beat their high press with quick transitions? also beat them in the C. Shield a few weeks ago? You are likely to turn it on at home - you seem to up ur game against top sides: Vardy tend to bag goals against Pep. Plus they play a vital CL on Wed against Leipzig.
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Yes, we managed to beat them handsomely last season with a back 3 but it masked the fact we were under the cosh until we got a breakaway goal. I still feel we won that game a bit more through luck than design!
Once we got ahead though, the formation worked really well and Man City got caught in too many traps chasing the game. Maybe the trick is to go 1-0 up? Easy.
Play a back five but with Ndidi in the back 3. Soumare or Dewsbury-Hall in as both of them will be better playing through the press than Ndidi. 2 of Vardy, Barnes or Daka playing up front as wide strikers.
Decent suggestion Cupcake. As good as he is, Ndidi isn’t great at pleating against a high press. When that happens Tielemans gets nullified too as Ndidi isn’t winning the ball back in areas to get Tielemans causing problems.
Reported that both Evans and Vestergaard are back in training so we may see one of them. Not sure we’ll see both. The big question is whether Maddison keeps his place. I’d be inclined to go with Dewsbury-Hall, who has offered more in the brief time he’s been on the pitch.
Maddison is a difficult conundrum. He needs to find some form, but he can only really do that if he’s playing.
Do we take him out and make him do that on the training pitch or give him the game time to do it.
Right now our midfield isn’t performing which isn’t just down to Maddison, but he’s part of that. Ndidi is being prevented from breaking up play and getting us on the front foot which is in turn impacting Tielemans and Maddison.
Whilst this is the case there’s an argument for bringing Soumare in as part of a 4-3-3 at the expense of Maddison. Don’t think Rodgers would do that though, and as much as I like Dewsbury-Hall, I’m not sure he could be that number 10 as effectively as Maddison.
You guys see Dakas goal in training? Filth
https://twitter.com/JackWhitman_7/status/1435961835291742216?s=19
totally agree with you mersey..Maddison is wearing out my patience.reminds me of Sturridge at Liverpool who would not put in the effort if he was in a bit of pain.I would like to see Brendan put him on as a sub tommorrow and if he just srolls about the pitch which we have seen the end of last season and this to sub him It might change his attitude.
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 45 minutes ago
You guys see Dakas goal in training? Filth
https://twitter.com/JackWhitman_7/status/1435961835291742216?s=19
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Too right!
Ooooooof, hopefully we see some of that in games too!!!
Apparently back 5 not needed while the MOTM for the last two games in defence is dropped, likely to be 5 against us.
Attacking line up. Let’s see what happens!
Time for Maddison to step up.
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posted on 6/9/21
Didn't show up - You were physically bullied and outplayed by the Hammers.
Though you're playing home and should be ready for this - need at least 1 or 2 of Evans, Vestergaard or Bertrand back to maintain stability at the back. My guess your back would be Castange Amartey Soyuncu & Bertrand.
Last season, didn't you play 3 at the back and beat their high press with quick transitions? also beat them in the C. Shield a few weeks ago? You are likely to turn it on at home - you seem to up ur game against top sides: Vardy tend to bag goals against Pep. Plus they play a vital CL on Wed against Leipzig.
posted on 6/9/21
comment by ☼ Great_Red_Shark ☼ (U1711)
posted 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
Didn't show up - You were physically bullied and outplayed by the Hammers.
Though you're playing home and should be ready for this - need at least 1 or 2 of Evans, Vestergaard or Bertrand back to maintain stability at the back. My guess your back would be Castange Amartey Soyuncu & Bertrand.
Last season, didn't you play 3 at the back and beat their high press with quick transitions? also beat them in the C. Shield a few weeks ago? You are likely to turn it on at home - you seem to up ur game against top sides: Vardy tend to bag goals against Pep. Plus they play a vital CL on Wed against Leipzig.
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Yes, we managed to beat them handsomely last season with a back 3 but it masked the fact we were under the cosh until we got a breakaway goal. I still feel we won that game a bit more through luck than design!
Once we got ahead though, the formation worked really well and Man City got caught in too many traps chasing the game. Maybe the trick is to go 1-0 up? Easy.
posted on 7/9/21
Play a back five but with Ndidi in the back 3. Soumare or Dewsbury-Hall in as both of them will be better playing through the press than Ndidi. 2 of Vardy, Barnes or Daka playing up front as wide strikers.
posted on 9/9/21
Decent suggestion Cupcake. As good as he is, Ndidi isn’t great at pleating against a high press. When that happens Tielemans gets nullified too as Ndidi isn’t winning the ball back in areas to get Tielemans causing problems.
posted on 9/9/21
Reported that both Evans and Vestergaard are back in training so we may see one of them. Not sure we’ll see both. The big question is whether Maddison keeps his place. I’d be inclined to go with Dewsbury-Hall, who has offered more in the brief time he’s been on the pitch.
posted on 10/9/21
Maddison is a difficult conundrum. He needs to find some form, but he can only really do that if he’s playing.
Do we take him out and make him do that on the training pitch or give him the game time to do it.
Right now our midfield isn’t performing which isn’t just down to Maddison, but he’s part of that. Ndidi is being prevented from breaking up play and getting us on the front foot which is in turn impacting Tielemans and Maddison.
Whilst this is the case there’s an argument for bringing Soumare in as part of a 4-3-3 at the expense of Maddison. Don’t think Rodgers would do that though, and as much as I like Dewsbury-Hall, I’m not sure he could be that number 10 as effectively as Maddison.
posted on 10/9/21
You guys see Dakas goal in training? Filth
https://twitter.com/JackWhitman_7/status/1435961835291742216?s=19
posted on 10/9/21
totally agree with you mersey..Maddison is wearing out my patience.reminds me of Sturridge at Liverpool who would not put in the effort if he was in a bit of pain.I would like to see Brendan put him on as a sub tommorrow and if he just srolls about the pitch which we have seen the end of last season and this to sub him It might change his attitude.
posted on 10/9/21
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 45 minutes ago
You guys see Dakas goal in training? Filth
https://twitter.com/JackWhitman_7/status/1435961835291742216?s=19
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Too right!
posted on 10/9/21
Ooooooof, hopefully we see some of that in games too!!!
posted on 11/9/21
Apparently back 5 not needed while the MOTM for the last two games in defence is dropped, likely to be 5 against us.
posted on 11/9/21
Attacking line up. Let’s see what happens!
Time for Maddison to step up.
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