pmcla26 Posted Thursday at 22:31 Share Posted Thursday at 22:31 I think betting on us to give away a penalty would be a smart move this weekend with the amount of time we will spend sat deep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcla26 Posted Thursday at 22:33 Share Posted Thursday at 22:33 57 minutes ago, Gamble92 said: I thought against Everton he looked like one of our better players. Admittedly not saying much. But he keeps the ball very well and gets us further up field. Usually to win a free kick. I can see why Cooper rates him so much. I think he's perfect for a scrap, which I couldn't say about the more glamorous names we had last time we were in the Premier League. Honestly though do you really think the bloke is required as a starter for us? I can live with Bobby Reid on a free to fill out the squad, and bring the exact same assets as Ayew to the table, but I can’t find anyway to justify signing them both, starting at least one of them in every game so far, and spending transfer money on either of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted Thursday at 23:24 Share Posted Thursday at 23:24 when pissing the championship this time last year what a slap in the face it would be knowing a year later we'd have Cooper as manager and Ayew and Reid instead of KDH. Life is cruel 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom12345 Posted yesterday at 04:53 Share Posted yesterday at 04:53 Quite possibly Cooper will have 9 defensive players out there if he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hejammy Posted yesterday at 05:47 Share Posted yesterday at 05:47 I'm more fearful of this game that I have been for any other in the last 10 years or more for an embarrassing defeat. Going to be 6+ goals I reckon with us having 0 shots. One of those watch from behind the sofa jobbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collymore Posted yesterday at 06:04 Share Posted yesterday at 06:04 16 hours ago, StanSP said: 'we want to play exciting football'. Play the right players then and it'll happen. We have exciting players just left sitting on the bench for majority of matches, or all in some cases. Fatawu and Ricardo are better than Ayew and Justin when it comes to 'excitement'. This. He can talk for another 20 pages, saying all the right things but what he is saying is not being backed up at the most fundamental level with team selection. Seems so obvious to every one but him which is the biggest mystery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collymore Posted yesterday at 06:09 Share Posted yesterday at 06:09 It has to be stubborness. It's the only answer. Players and fans are getting on his back and he doesn't want to be seen changing things to save face. It's the only explanation I can think of. It's funny he talks about great leadership being about being strong when things are bad but that strength is listening to others and admitting you're wrong first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbury Fox Posted yesterday at 06:09 Share Posted yesterday at 06:09 Not looking forward to this at all. Sport only works as a concept when there is a genuine prospect of any result at the end of the day. In this game the most we can hope for is not being totally embarrassed. Let's hope we improve on the 0.02 xG that we managed against these on the last occasion we met them under Rodgers. But I'm not confident that we will, given the way Cooper will set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collymore Posted yesterday at 06:13 Share Posted yesterday at 06:13 1 minute ago, Sunbury Fox said: Not looking forward to this at all. Sport only works as a concept when there is a genuine prospect of any result at the end of the day. In this game the most we can hope for is not being totally embarrassed. Let's hope we improve on the 0.02 xG that we managed against these on the last occasion we met them under Rodgers. But I'm not confident that we will, given the way Cooper will set up. I think he'll set us up so we keep them down to 3 or below but it'll come down to whether the players are looking to get him sacked. All subconsciously obviously, but against Everton it looked that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted yesterday at 06:19 Share Posted yesterday at 06:19 Had a dream we went 1 up through Vardy by half time. Then lost 10-1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokinghamfox Posted yesterday at 06:33 Share Posted yesterday at 06:33 We can all hope but man to man they are far better than us across the park. Nailed on defeat just by the law of averages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTimmy2 Posted yesterday at 06:49 Share Posted yesterday at 06:49 29 minutes ago, StanSP said: Had a dream we went 1 up through Vardy by half time. Then lost 10-1 I don't think we've got those bizarre results in us. Leave it to Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brookfox Posted yesterday at 07:08 Share Posted yesterday at 07:08 The boxing equivalent of Usyk vs a bloke down the pub who’s had a few pints and is getting lairy. Sure we might get a lucky punch in, but the odds are stacked on us getting a good thrashing. Fancy them for a couple from corners, then it’s about keeping it respectable unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted yesterday at 07:12 Share Posted yesterday at 07:12 This is actually one for 3 proper CB, 3DCM Inc ndidi, 2 WB and a number 10 and a striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Nige Posted yesterday at 07:51 Share Posted yesterday at 07:51 Mads Ricardo Faes Okoli Justin Winks Skipp Ndidi Fatawu Mavididi Ayew Let Ayew play through the middle, battle for scraps and win the odd free kick. After 60 minutes switch him out for Vards if the game hasn’t gone by that point, which I fully expect it will have. Sit in deep and let Fatawu and Mavididi carry the threat on the break. I have no issues about being pragmatic in fixtures like this, as long as there is a game plan to hurt them if we have the opportunity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted yesterday at 07:54 Share Posted yesterday at 07:54 I think if it's even slightly embarrassing then Cooper has to go. Anything more than 3-0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richmondfox Posted yesterday at 08:01 Share Posted yesterday at 08:01 3 minutes ago, Big_Nige said: Mads Ricardo Faes Okoli Justin Winks Skipp Ndidi Fatawu Mavididi Ayew Let Ayew play through the middle, battle for scraps and win the odd free kick. After 60 minutes switch him out for Vards if the game hasn’t gone by that point, which I fully expect it will have. Sit in deep and let Fatawu and Mavididi carry the threat on the break. I have no issues about being pragmatic in fixtures like this, as long as there is a game plan to hurt them if we have the opportunity The problem with Ayew is whatever role he plays he just hogs the ball and falls over. I’ve not seen anything otherwise from him so far. Against Palace when he should’ve been subbed, I remember him picking the ball up on the right wing, turning inwards and running all the way to the left wing and losing the ball by falling over to try and win a foul. That move could be a description of his career. I just see him as weakening those around him. He won’t bring the wingers and attackers into play and he won’t turn half chances into goals like Vardy can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted yesterday at 08:02 Share Posted yesterday at 08:02 Gonna watch this one from behind the sofa 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richmondfox Posted yesterday at 08:08 Share Posted yesterday at 08:08 1 hour ago, Collymore said: I think he'll set us up so we keep them down to 3 or below but it'll come down to whether the players are looking to get him sacked. All subconsciously obviously, but against Everton it looked that way. So setting us up exactly as every other game. I’m expecting the subs to be the same. Single like for like subs with no change to tactics and that’s 15 mins after Arteta has brought 3 on at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torquay Gunner Posted yesterday at 08:13 Share Posted yesterday at 08:13 3 minutes ago, Richmondfox said: The problem with Ayew is whatever role he plays he just hogs the ball and falls over. I’ve not seen anything otherwise from him so far. Against Palace when he should’ve been subbed, I remember him picking the ball up on the right wing, turning inwards and running all the way to the left wing and losing the ball by falling over to try and win a foul. That move could be a description of his career. I just see him as weakening those around him. He won’t bring the wingers and attackers into play and he won’t turn half chances into goals like Vardy can. Ayew is one of those players like Shane Long when he was at Southampton, where you scratch your head and wonder how on earth he can be considered premiership standard. I think he has something like 30 odd goals in over 250 appearances, which is shocking for a striker/winger. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted yesterday at 08:26 Share Posted yesterday at 08:26 2-0 down early on and nick a draw late in second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillippaT Posted yesterday at 08:34 Share Posted yesterday at 08:34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Nige Posted yesterday at 08:36 Share Posted yesterday at 08:36 24 minutes ago, Richmondfox said: The problem with Ayew is whatever role he plays he just hogs the ball and falls over. I’ve not seen anything otherwise from him so far. Against Palace when he should’ve been subbed, I remember him picking the ball up on the right wing, turning inwards and running all the way to the left wing and losing the ball by falling over to try and win a foul. That move could be a description of his career. I just see him as weakening those around him. He won’t bring the wingers and attackers into play and he won’t turn half chances into goals like Vardy can. The fact I’m advocating Ayew to start is actually a bit depressing, and I agree with what you’re saying. But for all his faults he’s a pest to play against, the ball sticks to him and while yes he doesn’t always release it as quick as he should, he’ll draw free kicks. I’m clutching at straws, the only way we get anything out of this game is by using a bit of the dark arts. Keep it tight for an hour, defend and scrap, then bring on Vardy when Arsenal are committing more and more bodies forward. if Vardys starts and his race is run by then I wouldn’t want Edouard or Ayew near any half chance late in the game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted yesterday at 08:48 Share Posted yesterday at 08:48 This is one of those I’ll just check the final score type of games Keep myself busy between 3 and 5pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted yesterday at 09:01 Share Posted yesterday at 09:01 Makes me laugh how some people have suggested we may be okay if we set up defensively….. I mean, we concede goals when we set up defensively…. So, we’re getting properly rodded…………. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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