Mikey10
Frederic Kanoute
Do I not like that...
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***OMT Tottenham v Dinamo Zagreb***
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Do I not like that...
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
The clear risk of rotating too much is if it backfires and we somehow went out, you'll be saving the players for what? This comp probably is our season.
1.i don't really think we'll go out
2. We obviously still have the LC final...and all the star faces will be ready for that.
IulianSteaua
Jose Dominguez
I think we will be fine with Winks and Sissoko but probably Jose won't risk it.
IulianSteaua
Jose Dominguez
Lloris
Aurier Sanchez Dier Davies
Sissoko Winks
Lamela Dele Bergwijn
Vinicius
It will be enough and it's one of the last chances to rest some players. It just makes sense.
Aurier Sanchez Dier Davies
Sissoko Winks
Lamela Dele Bergwijn
Vinicius
It will be enough and it's one of the last chances to rest some players. It just makes sense.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Ian Walker
I agree together they slowdown play and pass negatively, they would give our opponents a chance to dictate play, we dont have much else, I rather play Kane in midfield hes a better passer than both.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
With the current form of PEH and Ndombele, they would both have to have absolute shockers for it to be a downgrade imo.
IulianSteaua
Jose Dominguez
We are playing Dinamo Zagreb, PEH is suspended and Ndombele needs a rest. Only available options are Sissoko and Winks, which should be fine, this is not Real Madrid.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
That is the risk I personally think we have to live with.
I think it's too early to put all our eggs in the EL basket. We've already seen Son go down with a muscle injury, another key player or to going down could really hurt our chances in all competitions. And further exhausting our key players will only increase the chances of more lacklustre performances.
Definitely open to being wrong. Strong team tomorrow, strong team against Southampton, two good performances and no injuries that gamble will have worked. But to me it seems like the wrong gamble to take.
With 5 subs available we can have enough strength on the bench to be fairly confident of turning things around if needed.
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
As a theory ..
I think 3 or 4 changes at most so not to disrupt the flow of the team (that's if we have any in the first place
) is best, with further rotation happening within games as and when the scoreline allows.I think we have already been doing this, with the exception being Son, Kane, Hojberg (Kane did get time off with his injury). Villa Sunday btw.
We have played a lot of games already this season BUT I don't immediately put lacklustre performances down to it (ie tiredness), when in the previous 2 games that week tiredness didn't for one moment look an issue.
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
I wouldn't start Ndombele either BUT
He sat out the Palace game and then played 70mins against Zagreb last week and 60 mins against the Goons....at this stage of the season that's the most rest a ( fit) player can expect.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Cheers for the correction on Sunday.As a theory ..
I think 3 or 4 changes at most so not to disrupt the flow of the team (that's if we have any in the first place
I think we have already been doing this, with the exception being Son, Kane, Hojberg (Kane did get time off with his injury). Villa Sunday btw.
We have played a lot of games already this season BUT I don't immediately put lacklustre performances down to it (ie tiredness), when in the previous 2 games that week tiredness didn't for one moment look an issue.
3 or 4 changes, maybe, but depends on who those changes are. Hojbjerg is suspended so that's one key player, Son injured so that's another key player sitting this one out.
Kane and Alderweireld in particular for me would be a big risk to start again. Ndombele perhaps, he's played less, but I'm guessing he also has a lower fitness level.
milo
Jack L. Jones
I'd be looking to have Kane, Alderweireld, Bale and Ndombele on the bench on Thursday. They were very physical in the first leg and I don't think that we can risk them
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
Judging by the first leg if it’s reffed in the same way we don’t want to play Ndombele I this one. That said the risk of non qualification is huge to Jose so expect we will put everything into this. League form seems to get a pass whilst we are in this cup and have a chance of a back door route to CL...seems a very thin line to tread if we are way off the pace and we don’t win it
hard one to decide re the line up as we have seen previously (away to Antwerp) that if you get off to a slow start in the Europa it can be hard to turn around even with the big guns coming off the bench.
If we concede an early first goal we are in for a tough night and despite playing well in the first leg we didn't really create too much so i wouldn't say it's a given that we can go there and expect to score
If we concede an early first goal we are in for a tough night and despite playing well in the first leg we didn't really create too much so i wouldn't say it's a given that we can go there and expect to score
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Lemonade Money
Les Medley
This tie isn't over until we get an away goal.
IulianSteaua
Jose Dominguez
Their freaking coach is in prison. Our bench players are more valuable than their first 11. We will be fine.
I assume you’ve not watched us play before
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Luka Modric
If somehow we don't progress in this one then do you think that Levy would pull the plug on Jose?