[Albion] Picking a team to stop Man City

Icy Gull · Jul 9, 2020

Acker79 said:
We will make a couple of sloppy early errors, go two down. Job done, there will be less urgency from City, we will start playing a little bit better. Maybe we'll get one back, maybe not, they will go on and get a third. We'll have a couple of good efforts, but will lose. Then everyone will talk about how well we played, the character we showed to recover from the early blow, and the manager who just took a fairly-to-pretty easy 3 points off us will praise how we play (cause it means they will get the points, obvs.) and we'll all talk about how close we are, and how at least it wasn't the complete drubbing we expected 20 minutes in. And at least the other results went our way...

Being realistic we will lose 9 out of 10 games to teams like City and Liverpool however we set up but carry on with the sarcastic downbeat pessimism. You’re very unlikely to be disappointed :thumbsup:

B52 · Jul 9, 2020

Tom Hark said:
5 in goal might help

And stop pissing about at the back for the first 10 minutes might help as well.

Icy Gull · Jul 9, 2020

B52 said:
And stop pissing about at the back for the first 10 minutes might help as well.

The logic being that if the opposition don’t have the ball they can’t hurt you. We have yet to master this against top teams. The alternative is you hoof the ball and let them have wave after wave of attack. Well that’s what I think :shrug:

Bakero · Jul 9, 2020

Icy Gull said:
The logic being that if the opposition don’t have the ball they can’t hurt you. We have yet to master this against top teams. The alternative is you hoof the ball and let them have wave after wave of attack. Well that’s what I think

That and luring them in means if you beat the press there's space to attack.

Southern Scouse · Jul 9, 2020

How about JC and eleven apostles ?

Acker79 · Jul 9, 2020

Icy Gull said:
Being realistic we will lose 9 out of 10 games to teams like City and Liverpool however we set up but carry on with the sarcastic downbeat pessimism. You’re very unlikely to be disappointed

Exactly!

I'd just like to mix it up a little more, Man U and Liverpool games were too similar. If we're gonna lose 9 out of 10 games let's put some variety into it

Thumping loss
tight fought game, conceding in the last five minutes after relentless pressure
Surprise early goal, then a valiant rearguard error, that just can't hold out.
An exciting back and forth goalfest, 5-4

Something different, y'know.

Weststander · Jul 9, 2020

A big loss. In PL games, the planet’s most expensive ever team/squad, outclass us every time.

Trelford Mills Guide Dog · Jul 10, 2020

———————————Ryan
—-Lamptey—Webster—Dunk—Burn—Bernardo
————————Pröpper—Bissouma
————-——————-Mooy
———————-Maupay——Trossard

Eeyore · Jul 10, 2020

The Wizard said:
Ryan
Button
Steele
Brezovan
Kuipers
Stockdale
Ben Roberts
Ankergren
Lewis Dunk
Hulk
The Undertaker

Where's Grummitt ?

Stato · Jul 10, 2020

Brighton Lines said:
Where's Grummitt ?

Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ · Jul 10, 2020

.............................. Ryan ........................

Lamptey ... Webster ... Dunk ... Bernardo

................ Propper .... Bissouma ............

Trossard ........... Mooy ......... Mac Allister

........................ Maupay ..........................

Frankie · Jul 10, 2020

Not much chance of naming the correct Potter team on the best of days but here goes .

Ryan
Montoya
Duffy
Dunk
Bernardo
Jahankbash
Bissouma
Mcallister
Mooy
Trossard
Murray

Subs Button Schelotto Burn Stephens Gross Maupay Connolly Lamptey Richards

Marshy · Jul 10, 2020

How about we pick a team to create them some problems

pasty · Jul 10, 2020

Marshy said:
How about we pick a team to create them some problems

Ryan

Lamptey
Dunk
Dunk
Lamptey

Trossard
Trossard
Trossard
Trossard
Trossard

Maupay

vagabond · Jul 10, 2020

I wonder if MacAllister could play CM alongside Biss?

sparkie · Jul 11, 2020

3 minutes until all is revealed.

MY pick :

Ryan

Lamptey---Webster---Dunk----Burn

Mooy---Bissouma---Pröpper

Trossard---Maupay---Mac Allister

Subs: Button, Montoya, Bernardo, Duffy, Stephens, Groß, Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Connolly

Falmer Wizard · Jul 11, 2020

LamieRobertson said:
Try not to concede two early on as we seem to have done in the last two matches....City tend to be merciless and keep their foot on the throat

I dont want my evening spoilt so will wait for match of the day.
We must be very near the limit of our resources due to the top teams we have been playing lately, the last thing we need is a team like Man City

Falmer Wizard · Jul 11, 2020

Marshy said:
How about we pick a team to create them some problems

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