Yuck! Stupid Villa on Wednesday!

alderzalderz
edited January 2021 in Match Threads
I wanted to post a few Derby’s and none of you have started the match thread and now I’ve had a drink so here we go.

The Nolberto Solano Derby
The Nigel Rep-Coker Derby
The Marlon Harewood Derby
The James Collins Derby
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Comments

  • alderzalderz
    None of you noticed where I said the wrong day, right?
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    The Thomas Hitzlsperger Derby
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Der Hammer Derby
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Boooooooo.
  • LukerzLukerz
    John Carew derby
  • alderzalderz
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    Boooooooo.

    I really wanted you to make this thread Jordan, but you let me down. You let us all down. We believed in you.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Fabianski
    Coufal - Dawson - Ogbonna - Cresswell
    Bowen - Soucek - Rice - Fornals
    Benrahma
    Antonio

    Martin, Balbuena, Diop, Fredericks, Noble, Lanzini, Lingard, Yarmolenko, Odubeko
  • alderzalderz
    Yeah I agree with that Luke. I’d rather Johnson on the bench to cover left back than one of the two centre backs, but otherwise the same.

    I think the centre midfielders looked shattered today, but that was probably because there were four centre mids for them to play against. In an ideal world we’d have a few players to rotate in, but I’m not sure we have anyone who can come in without damaging the quality of the first team.

    I’m sure Lingard will get some time off the bench, and I’m hopeful that our new loan signings Hwang Hee-chan and Lionel Messi will get at least a few minutes each too.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Yea I'd also start the same team, yea Rice/Soucek looked tired today but Liverpool kept the ball so well they had a lot of ground to cover, but they were still getting forward by the 90th minute
  • alderzalderz
    I’m looking forward to seeing Coufal mark Grealish out of the game. I think he and Wan-Bissaka are probably the two best defensive fullbacks in the league.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    David James derby
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    The snodgrass and Carlton Cole derby
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    The Robbie Keane derby
  • alderzalderz
    Cuz1 said:

    David James derby

    This is a good one
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    The William Dove derby
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    the borrowed claret and blue derby
  • HamstewHamstew
    How many times is Grealish going to fallderz?
  • alderzalderz
    ONE HUNDRED
  • LukerzLukerz
    This is a very tough game. If we were to lose, which would not be impossible or a disgrace, we risk the season starting to go flat. Luckily, we have Fulham & Sheffield Utd after this game, so still a chance for us to get back on track, but I think the mood would change slightly with back-to-back losses, added to the transfer window disappointment.

    A draw would be a good result, but we need to target a win. I don't like Villa.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    I think we target a win most every game don't we?
  • Ace of ClubsAce of Clubs
    The Phil Woosnam derby.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    We need to put in a performance foremost and hopefully the result will follow. I don't want to see that smug grin on grealish's face as earns yet another free kick from diving I want to see stroppy pants Grealish sulking as his team lose 3-0 :-)
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    Grealish won’t be able to fall over, as he will be in Coufal’s pocket all night! 🤞
  • Brother_SledgeBrother_Sledge
    Wishful thinking? - in my opinion - Grealish will just drop back as far as he needs to collect the ball then set off on a run through us until he gets a touch and goes down.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    They were unlucky to have Watkins' goal chalked off in the last game, and probably deserved a draw. I can see them winning this one by a couple. Grealish, for all of his faults, is a very, very good player. We know he'll dive, we know he'll probably get a couple of our players booked, but we also know that he can hurt us.

    Rice and Soucek were blowing during the Liverpool game, and with only two full days rest before this one I can't see that they're going to be at full tilt.

    Klopp showed how to overrun our midfield two, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Dean Smith do something similar. Maybe we'll have to play Fornals as a third CM in a 4-3-3 to counter that with Benrahma and Bowen out wide.

    Our biggest threat again will be set pieces; Soucek and Dawson are big weapons in the opposition box so we need to play to these strengths. No more short corners and please; Beat. The. First. Man.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    We dealt with Grealish fine, for all his diving, in the last game. I think we’ll be ok.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    OutcastLondoner said:

    We dealt with Grealish fine, for all his diving, in the last game. I think we’ll be ok.

    He literally scored against us. I'd put good money on him doing the same tomorrow.

    Up against a fatigued SouDec, I think he's going to give us the runaround. Hope you're right, but fear you're not.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    OldCastleSwift said:

    OutcastLondoner said:

    We dealt with Grealish fine, for all his diving, in the last game. I think we’ll be ok.

    He literally scored against us. I'd put good money on him doing the same tomorrow.

    Up against a fatigued SouDec, I think he's going to give us the runaround. Hope you're right, but fear you're not.

    Aha forgot about that. Still, I felt like Coufal was fine with him. A lapse in the middle for the goal but I think he can be handled. We have to offer our own threat though as well
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    If you don't look tired at the end of the game then you haven't given your all, especially when losing. Rice and Soucek are fine.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IronHerb said:

    If you don't look tired at the end of the game then you haven't given your all, especially when losing. Rice and Soucek are fine.

    Could also say they looked tired half way thru the game IMO...
    Rice was IMO poor V Liverpool.

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