Dr Venkman Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 No Bruno for this is brutal. I think we still win it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 34 minutes ago, BullyDogs said: These are absolutely dogshit we should beat these with ease Yes, but they were last season but it was two 1-1s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 37 minutes ago, BullyDogs said: These are absolutely dogshit we should beat these with ease Yes, but they were last season and it was two 1-1s. 46 minutes ago, joeyt said: And Ritchie is? Has Miley even played a minute in the PL yet? Although I admit I would never have forseen recommending Ritchie ever started another game for us, but here we are. Edited November 8, 2023 by Beth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 36 minutes ago, BullyDogs said: These are absolutely dogshit we should beat these with ease Yes, but they were last season but it was two 1-1s. 44 minutes ago, joeyt said: And Ritchie is? Has Miley even played a minute in the PL yet? Although I admit I would never have forseen recommending Ritchie ever started another game for us, but here we are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Yes he played against Chelsea last season and hit the bar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFCDoog Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Was it two 1-1s last season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, NUFCDoog said: Was it two 1-1s last season? Indeed. And we got 2 points from our last 3 fixtures last season, while this time we got 7 points from those fixtures. We're already up 6 points overall, and it could become 8 points after this one. Edited November 8, 2023 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 I’ll go for a 1-1, assuming that we can field XI fit players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Beth said: Assuming Wilson is injured and Gordon is striker I'd rather play Ritchie LW and have a midfield three of Longstaff/Willock/Joe. Miley is not ready for the PL yet. How do you know that? He's looked handy every time we've seen him so far & Howe clearly trusts him more than you'd typically trust a 17-year old lad. I'd sooner try him out against a lower end PL side than go with Ritchie who we know isn't quick enough or good enough. Don't mind him coming off the bench as an experienced head in certain situations like Saturday gone but I'd only be starting him if we had no other option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Miley is more than ready to start against one of the poorest teams in the league, whether Howe will go with him is another thing, I fully expect us to go with the same midfield as Man Utd in the cup, Joelinton, longstaff and Willock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola14 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Not too confident about this without Bruno, Botman, Isak, Wilson, Tonali, Barnes, Burn, Murpho, Anderson, Targett and Manquillo. These away games against teams fighting for their lives can be very tricky, as we saw with Liverpool at Luton. Will take an incredible effort to get all 3 points. Draw seems more likely and feel that wouldn't be a bad result considering the circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ginola14 said: Not too confident about this without Bruno, Botman, Isak, Wilson, Tonali, Barnes, Burn, Murpho, Anderson, Targett and Manquillo. These away games against teams fighting for their lives can be very tricky, as we saw with Liverpool at Luton. Will take an incredible effort to get all 3 points. Draw seems more likely and feel that wouldn't be a bad result considering the circumstances. Anything other than a win would be a bad result Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Ginola14 said: Not too confident about this without Bruno, Botman, Isak, Wilson, Tonali, Barnes, Burn, Murpho, Anderson, Targett and Manquillo. These away games against teams fighting for their lives can be very tricky, as we saw with Liverpool at Luton. Will take an incredible effort to get all 3 points. Draw seems more likely and feel that wouldn't be a bad result considering the circumstances. Draw is not terrible, but we gotta start winning these away games. Can't just say "draw isn't bad" in every single away game. We have won 1 in 5 so far away from home. Their home form is 5 points from 6 games (3 of them at home to Burnley), so in other words they are not really hard to beat. Edited November 8, 2023 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola14 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 I did say considering the circumstances, which on balance seems incredibly unlucky to be without so many big players. If half of those absentees were available then I would expect to win. Need to manage expectations a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Ginola14 said: I did say considering the circumstances, which on balance seems incredibly unlucky to be without so many big players. If half of those absentees were available then I would expect to win. Need to manage expectations a bit. We still beat Arsenal with many injuries. We still have a better starting 11 than more than half of the league. Edited November 8, 2023 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 21 hours ago, jack j said: The bench is gonna be a sight for sore eyes 3 keepers and Matt Richie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 We can still put out a strong team and should win. However, most of the backups are now starting and the backups to the backups are now just the backups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 It's Bournemouth... Wilson will play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Something about playing Bournemouth I don't like, maybe it was the Gary O'Neil effect or just the shit low camera angle at their ground. We really struggled to create against them last season especially the low block. However, surely the task is far easier than playing Dortmund where every second ball was magnetically pulled towards their players and away from ours. I love to see us set up like we did against man utd, with miggy on the left and big J right in the middle, allowing willock to run between miggy and Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Beth said: Assuming Wilson is injured and Gordon is striker I'd rather play Ritchie LW and have a midfield three of Longstaff/Willock/Joe. Miley is not ready for the PL yet. Ritchie can’t run. We’d be down to 10 men from the off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Miley may not be ready, but he’s still a better option than starting Matt Ritchie out wide in a premier league game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Beth said: Assuming Wilson is injured and Gordon is striker I'd rather play Ritchie LW and have a midfield three of Longstaff/Willock/Joe. Miley is not ready for the PL yet. Pope Hall—Schar—Botman—Livramento Longstaff—Willock—Joelinton Almiron—Gordon—Hall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said: Pope Hall—Schar—Botman—Livramento Longstaff—Willock—Joelinton Almiron—Gordon—Hall Two Halls ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 5 hours ago, joeyt said: If you could only bring one player who is suspended/injured back for this match who would you choose Fraser recall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Pope Trips Schar Lascelles Livro Longy Miley Little Joe Almiron Gordon big joe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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