LFEE Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Bruno won’t train this week you’d think so therefore he won’t start. ASM in and move Joelinton. Don’t need to complicate things further by dropping Wilson for Isak. Have a feeling Bruno injury won’t be that serious. Based on nothing but the incident itself and him trying to run it off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, LFEE said: Bruno won’t train this week you’d think so therefore he won’t start. ASM in and move Joelinton. Don’t need to complicate things further by dropping Wilson for Isak. Have a feeling Bruno injury won’t be that serious. Based on nothing but the incident itself and him trying to run it off. Small strapping and looked happy enough in post-match pic so here’s hoping 🤞 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Small strapping and looked happy enough in post-match pic so here’s hoping 🤞 Did leave on crutches mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) A professional 0-2. They've lost their last 3 home games, scoring once and conceding 9. Should be targeting the 3 points. And they play on Wednesday. Edited January 16, 2023 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 4 hours ago, TRC said: These lot are shite, their fans arent happy with the commitment levels from their players. Early goal and they fold. 4-0 Wilson x2, Isak x2 Early goal is key. Palace cant sit back and make it difficult. It will be like when they played Spurs. Son flew behind them time after time. Isak, Wilson, Almiron, Maximin and Willock thrives in conditions like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 15/01/2023 at 18:29, RodneyCisse said: soz. decent effort, but away games only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I was confident before Fulham of three points, but I'm not as confident here. This is precisely the sort of place and game NUFC historically don't do well in - and I'm talking pre-Ashley, KK and BR years too. I'd take a point if the footballing gods offered it up now. At some point we're going to go behind, and if we do I suspect we'll struggle against the mid-table sides who then shut up shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Very confident for this one,we have way too many attacking options for them to get a grip of and then there's our tight as fuck defence to deal with Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: I was confident before Fulham of three points, but I'm not as confident here. This is precisely the sort of place and game NUFC historically don't do well in - and I'm talking pre-Ashley, KK and BR years too. I'd take a point if the footballing gods offered it up now. At some point we're going to go behind, and if we do I suspect we'll struggle against the mid-table sides who then shut up shop. However we seem to be doing better against those teams when playing away and they have to come out a bit more. However Palace in the two games so far have been pretty good at getting round our press and for all we should have won both games they were close and couldn't argue with draws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Palace have been poor at home. In their last two home games they’ve lost 0-4 to Spurs and 0-2 to Fulham. Managed one win since the World Cup beating Bournemouth away. Otherwise they haven’t scored. We’re creating a lot of good opportunities. I think we’ll hammer them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Would be far more confident if Bruno was fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Away games do suit us a little more, especially against "midtable" teams. They will want to play and attack more than they did when they came up to us so we should have more opportunities and we should've won that game if not for a terrible VAR decision. The easy choice would be to just swap in ASM for Bruno like on Sunday but I'd actually like to see Isak start as well. Leave Wilson on the bench with a view to keeping him fresher for the Southampton game or to bring on if we need a goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Fulham was a tough game as expected as they are in form. The team was playing as a well functioning unit just like us. They were difficult to beat but we scrapped through it at last Crystal Palace isn’t playing that well. I would be genuinely disappointed if we can’t get three points. No disrespect to Palace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeye Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 100% that Joelinton can drop into Midfield and fulfil the role left empty by Bruno for Saturday. My only undecided point would be whether I would like Isak to drop in on the left or have Maxi play there. I am edging towards Isak in my mind. A lot rides on the performance and alertness of Longstaff now that Bruno is not there to sweep up for him for a few games. I do not doubt or question for a second the work ethic of Longstaff, my concerns about him have always been his tendency to be caught watching the game going on around him and his reaction time when a ball is played to him. (His shooting is another story but, it is fair enough... tons of players fall apart when they have a scoring opportunity - he is not the first). I am also very nervous when we leave him as last man when we have set pieces such as corners, he is the easiest player to get past, a simple drop of the shoulder always seems to do him. He needs to work hard on that defensive side to his game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Only change for me would be ASM in for Bruno. Give Isak the last 30 mins again if required, then start him away at Southampton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Honestly, these lot are demoralized and not playing that well, I would seriously consider starting Wilson and Isak in the formation we used at the end of the fulham game and just go for the throat. Harsh on Willock who would lose out but equally he has been playing a lot of games so a rest may not be the worst thing in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Don't think I'd start Isak yet, still needs another 30-min cameo before the cup tie. ASM in, drop Joelinton back into midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Of course we will miss Bruno assuming he isn’t playing, but his absence does create a space for ASM so in attacking sense we may actually look a little better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Palace don't have particularly good midfielders so we might get away without Bruno. We still have 3 decent players in there to put themselves about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Bruno's absence will be a huge loss. We failed to win any of the three games that he was out injured for earlier in the season (Wolves, Liverpool and Palace). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dan said: Bruno's absence will be a huge loss. We failed to win any of the three games that he was out injured for earlier in the season (Wolves, Liverpool and Palace). Fair to say his absence shouldn't have cost us points in two of those, had we taken our chances/if the officials had been doing their jobs. Edited January 17, 2023 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 17 hours ago, LFEE said: Bruno won’t train this week you’d think so therefore he won’t start. ASM in and move Joelinton. Don’t need to complicate things further by dropping Wilson for Isak. Have a feeling Bruno injury won’t be that serious. Based on nothing but the incident itself and him trying to run it off. Agreed. Bring Isak on after 60 mins aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 If we can just get 7 points from this game, West Ham and Bournemouth it would put us in a really good position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Palace have some clever forwards. I think they know what they’re good at. Some day a team like Palace are gonna get around our high press and use pacy forwards to get at our back line. Hope it’s not this weekend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 They have us and Man United back to back, would say its unlikely they lose both them matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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