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General Chat 2020/21

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    #2072
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Happy4all wrote: »
    The cup has a nice global feel, especially in these lockdown times.

    Opponents to date from:

    Thailand
    Ghana
    Australia ( this will be a tough one, looking at his team).

    Yeah it’s interesting I suppose, I’ve had Malaysia, USA and Norway so far. Kenya next.


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    #2073
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Lampard set to be sacked.

    https://twitter.com/telefootball/status/1353640433574928384?s=21


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    #2074
    Ace2007
    Registered Users Posts: 19,665 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    That may be good news for Timo :)


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    #2075
    gammygils
    Registered Users Posts: 17,233 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    New Manager Bounce?


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    #2076
    nullObjects
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭nullObjects


    I haven't watched them recently, was Timo still playing out on the wing?
    Just wondering if we can really put Timo missing chances from open play and missing a peno down to the manager
    Think he might still need time to settle

    Wonder what this means for Mount and maybe some of the younger guys like Abraham if they try to integrate the new guys in better


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    #2077
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    nullObjects wrote: »
    I haven't watched them recently, was Timo still playing out on the wing?
    Just wondering if we can really put Timo missing chances from open play and missing a peno down to the manager
    Think he might still need time to settle

    Wonder what this means for Mount and maybe some of the younger guys like Abraham if they try to integrate the new guys in better
    When a player is out of favour with a coach and the new coach brings him in, there is a real tendency for them to perform in the short-term.

    I mean he could just be bad for English football, but mentally he will be in a place now where he is dying to prove Lampard wrong I reckon.


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    #2078
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,364 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    That may be good news for Timo :)

    Lampard isn't the one taking bad shots


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    #2079
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Another factor that will be at play here for the likes of Werner and Havertz.

    One of the main reasons Lampard will have been sacked is his failure to get enough from the big money signings.

    The recruitment strategy/interview process will undoubtedly have focused on ‘how do we make the most of this 200 million investment we’ve made’. Very little chance they’ve brought in Tuchel to oversee an overhaul.

    Werner, Ziyech and Havertz will still have to perform for their future to be bright, but eh you can bet your arse that getting them to perform is one of Tuchel’s objectives.

    Bad news for the likes of Tammy/Giroud/CHO I reckon. They will have to outperform these lads all over again.


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    #2080
    JPA
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    It's a manager's job to give players confidence, so going well there another be a boost in performances from Werner etc.


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    #2081
    nullObjects
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭nullObjects


    CSF wrote: »
    I mean he could just be bad for English football, but mentally he will be in a place now where he is dying to prove Lampard wrong I reckon.

    Sorry yeah by settle I meant Frank almost seemed to change where people were played and the players around them from game to game, hard to get consistent chances when you have to adjust both your role in the team and the way you play with the people around you that often

    Would really like to bring in Ziyech when they settle on a structure / team sheet


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    #2082
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    As long as chilwell keeps his place


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    #2083
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Dr. Bre wrote: »
    As long as chilwell keeps his place
    Hard to imagine Tuchel is a secret Alonso/Emerson fan.


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    #2084
    nullObjects
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭nullObjects


    He's coached Pulisic before too I think


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    #2085
    Fitz*
    Registered Users Posts: 15,162 ✭✭✭✭Fitz*


    nullObjects wrote: »
    He's coached Pulisic before too I think

    Yep, Tuchel has coached both Pulisic and Thiago Silva previously.

    The obvious players that might get an uplift in form are Werner, Havertz & Ziyech but maybe Rudiger will get more of a look in now too.


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    #2086
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Fitz* wrote: »
    Yep, Tuchel has coached both Pulisic and Thiago Silva previously.

    The obvious players that might get an uplift in form are Werner, Havertz & Ziyech but maybe Rudiger will get more of a look in now too.
    People were posting media stories from when Tuchel was still PSG manager about how Rudiger was a target for him.


    Paper doesn't refuse ink etc. but that could suggest he would be the preferred choice at least to begin with.


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    #2087
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »
    Am I the only one who hates Stones?

    Rotation risk when the others are back and blocks a nice future City DGW gamble.

    Points ceiling of 6

    This aged well :pac::pac::pac:


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    #2088
    jaykay74
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭jaykay74


    Wonder will Mendy keep his place over Kepa for Chelsea with the new manager. Unhappy Mendy owner here but I would have other fires to put out this week. :)


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    #2089
    Benimar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,778 ✭✭✭Benimar


    jaykay74 wrote: »
    Wonder will Mendy keep his place over Kepa for Chelsea with the new manager. Unhappy Mendy owner here but I would have other fires to put out this week. :)

    Kepa is absolutely dogsh1t so no danger there.


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    #2090
    [Deleted User]
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    As a Soucek owner I’m worried about Moyes getting in a player he’s previously managed in Lingard.

    Does it mean Soucek dropping back a bit and only being relevant now for set pieces.

    Doubt Lingard is going there to sit on the bench but he doesn’t look any better than Benrahma. He doesn’t look even half as good as Benrahma.

    Now has me thinking about selling Soucek.

    Unless Lingard plays off the left to replace Fornals. I always thought he wanted to work more centrally.


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    #2091
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    As a Soucek owner I’m worried about Moyes getting in a player he’s previously managed in Lingard.

    Does it mean Soucek dropping back a bit and only being relevant now for set pieces.

    Doubt Lingard is going there to sit on the bench but he doesn’t look any better than Benrahma. He doesn’t look even half as good as Benrahma.

    Now has me thinking about selling Soucek.

    Unless Lingard plays off the left to replace Fornals. I always thought he wanted to work more centrally.

    Think it will be a while before Lingard is fit enough to challenge anyone so I guess you’ll at least get to see from his sub appearances where Moyes uses him.


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    #2092
    manual_man
    Registered Users Posts: 15,262 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Start Martinez or Johnstone?


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    #2093
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,832 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    manual_man wrote: »
    Start Martinez or Johnstone?

    Johnstone


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    #2094
    Ros1234
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Ros1234


    CSF wrote: »
    Johnstone

    I've the same 2 keepers, starting Johnstone fwiw, hopefully he has one of his 9 or 11 point weeks!


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    #2095
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    Start Cresswell or Shaw?


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    #2096
    Chuck Noland
    Registered Users Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭Chuck Noland


    Salah Bruno Gundogan Maddison Sterling
    Watkins Antonio Ings

    Who to drop here? Thinking Antonio atm and make him first sub


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    #2097
    Porthallian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭Porthallian


    FHFC wrote: »
    Start Cresswell or Shaw?

    I had the same dilemma. Then I transferred Shaw to Chilwell for a hit :pac:

    FWIW I would start Cresswell. More attacking threat IMO from set pieces, especially against a patched up Liverpool defence.

    Also Ole keeps playing Martial on the left, who Shaw would link up with. Reducing Shaw's attacking threat IMO. Ask any Utd fan about Martial and watch them implode with rage.

    Edit: start Cresswell


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    #2098
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    Chuck Noland wrote: »
    Salah Bruno Gundogan Maddison Sterling
    Watkins Antonio Ings

    Who to drop here? Thinking Antonio atm and make him first sub

    Antonio


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    #2099
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    FHFC wrote: »
    Start Cresswell or Shaw?

    Go cresswell. He has an attacking threat.


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    #2100
    Chuck Noland
    Registered Users Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭Chuck Noland


    FHFC wrote: »
    Start Cresswell or Shaw?

    Shaw is a banker to start after his rest midweek. The fixtures are equally tough. Both take some set pieces also. Cresswell probably more likely to get points from dead balls and Shaw more likely from open play. Shaw probably more likely then to keep a clean sheet

    Gun to my head Shaw starts


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    #2101
    Porthallian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭Porthallian


    Chuck Noland wrote: »
    Salah Bruno Gundogan Maddison Sterling
    Watkins Antonio Ings

    Who to drop here? Thinking Antonio atm and make him first sub

    I have 6 of your 8, Grealish/DCL instead of Sterling/Ings. And my dilemma is bench Antonio or Watkins also.
    Tough one, Antonio could have some joy against Liverpool's defence but now leaning towards benching him and starting Watkins. He's got 2 goals in 2 games (his first goals since GW8).


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