Jamesmcc222 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 This is caused by Joelinton absence rather than being defensive I think. he’s picked his best 11 rather than a particular system (trips aside). Could give hall more license and Gordon more space inside. Wouldn’t class it as “shitting the bed”. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Schars playing DM, lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Love a bit of Reverend Stevie Watson in the Stack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 minutes ago, andycap said: Martinelli against an out of form tripps and schar should be interesting. 😂 Isak has to get involved tonight big time cannot be having a barely in it game. Going to be Trossard down that side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Howe is paid to make the big decisions, might be a tactical masterclass if we frustrate a resurgent Arsenal to a couple of shots on goal and go through 1-0 or 0-0 tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Maybes he's thought we've been leaky the past few weeks so has hoyed an extra defender in to try and steady the flow of clear chances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Quite amusing that this would usually be described as a 3-4-3, rather than FIVE!!!11 (looking at you Hope) at the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, KaKa said: Going to be Trossard down that side. He may change that now 😂 well I would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, KaKa said: Going to be Trossard down that side. On his current form, anyone down that side will give him trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Just now, andycap said: Maybes he's thought we've been leaky the past few weeks so has hoyed an extra defender in to try and steady the flow of clear chances. Additional height from set pieces and more ball players might be on his mind? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 minutes ago, Weezertron said: Schars playing DM, lads. Hall LCM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Just wait till kick off..... and Fabian is in centre mid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Just now, David Edgar said: Hall LCM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Just now, TK-421 said: Just wait till kick off..... and Fabian is in centre mid. Played there plenty for Swizterland, IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I think this is a cover for Joelinton, but I wish we'd tried Miley in there as a replacement. A new, seemingly defensive formation is... interesting, but hopefully there's some nous to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 My guess is that it will be just Hall replacing Joelinton with Burn playing LB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Pope should be in the sticks if we are gonna concede territory. For his aerial abilities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 4 minutes ago, Jamesmcc222 said: This is caused by Joelinton absence rather than being defensive I think. he’s picked his best 11 rather than a particular system (trips aside). Could give hall more license and Gordon more space inside. Wouldn’t class it as “shitting the bed”. Yeah, maybe losing Joelinton's height was the key reason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Interesting to see Eddie do something slightly different. It makes sense. We don't need to score, but we definitely don't want them to score. Arsenal must chase the game, there's a plenty of threat in our counter to punish Arsenal from over committing. I expected Eddie to be on front foot and usual formation, but plenty of us bemoan he only plays one way a lot. Tactically I'm backing his 5 at back and counter attack strategy here. If we attack we give a desperate Arsenal a chance to hurt us when stretched. They just score 5 past City, so will be hungry for attacking us. The worst case scenario of Arsenal scoring 2 then it's a simple sub of one of the CBs to have us back to our typical shape. Hopefully none of it matters and Arsenal fuck off back home empty handed. Roll on the final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Prepared for this by childishly writing on the fridge while I made a bolognese. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, Ikon said: My guess is that it will be just Hall replacing Joelinton with Burn playing LB. Not a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, nemtizz said: That's genuinely lovely to see, fingers crossed we don't need a repeat of his father's heroics against this lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzaschicken Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 7 minutes ago, Andy said: Trippier is there because his arse doesn't cave in on the ball when we're under pressure, unlike Tino at times this season His pace is a concern though for sure. It's cool we have burn to cover off trips lack of pace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) Actually think 3 CBs suits our squad well, particularly with our attack-minded FBs. Realistically the game was always highly likely to be a bit back and forth in the first 20 mins before gradually settling to them camping in our half, us being unable to play out of defence and relying on immediate long balls down the channels to generate any kind of threat, with the second half just being us booting it straight back to them and sitting in a low block. Might as well start with the extra CB. Plus helps defend corners with no Big Joe. Edited February 5 by Checko Tino is on the bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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