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Match West Ham (A) - BYOB (Bring your own binoculars) - 13th Sep, 530KO

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Richard Arlison said:
Yeah think it will be pretty similar to that.

Wonder if PP getting 90mins for Spain might mean Frank rests him and WHAM obviously going with a deep block makes Odobert more sensible at RW. Also think Richy will have travelled a shit load and played a shit load already this season and could maybe do with protecting.

[LINEUP]Vicario
Spence Romero VDV Udogie
Palinha
Sarr Xavi
Kudus RKM Odobert[/LINEUP]

Side: In theory that MF 3 has potential to get the most out of all 3. Palinha sits, Xavi drops deep to help build up and carry, Sarr runs beyond Xavi and box crashes. Might be chatting shit but it sounds nice at least.
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It all sounds reasonable to me. I would guess RKM gets a sub appearance before a start but not sure how it’ll all play out! Wouldn’t mind rotating PP either to help keep Udogie involved.
 
A lot will depend on what West Ham learned from our Bournemouth match. This one should be 3 points for Spurs, but they'll have to have more bite than we've shown so far.
 
One good question is- how do we expect to play against Villarreal? If needing to rotate a bit to be able to set up more offensively or defensively, it might affect the choices we make in this game.

Vs Villarreal:

Odo-RKM-Kudus
Gray-Benta-Bergvall
Udog-Danso-Rom-PP

I’m not sure there’s really a great answer to all this- highlights our lack of depth in key areas already…
 
bk_spur said:
One good question is- how do we expect to play against Villarreal? If needing to rotate a bit to be able to set up more offensively or defensively, it might affect the choices we make in this game.

Vs Villarreal:

Odo-RKM-Kudus
Gray-Benta-Bergvall
Udog-Danso-Rom-PP

I’m not sure there’s really a great answer to all this- highlights our lack of depth in key areas already…
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I have same Q on Villarreal.
I expect Spam to play a low block and try to counter. So I’d prob go Bentancur, Bergvall, and Xavi in midfield in this one. Sarr and Pahlinha for the CL. (W Xavi playing both)
 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vicario

. . . ? . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . (VDV) . . . . . Spence

. . . . . . . . . . . Sarr . . . . . Palhinha . . . . . . . . .

. . Kudus . . . . . . . . . Xavi . . . . . . . . Johnson

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kolo Muani . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For me this side could have a great offensive/defensive balance for a must-win away game. What other options could Frank exercise in central defence apart from Romero and Porro, I wonder.
 
------------------------Vicario--------------------------
Porro------------Romero-------VDV--------Spence
-----------------Palihnha-----Bergvall---------------
----------------------------Sarr--------------------------
--------Kudus----------------------------Simons-----
----------------------------Richy-----------------------
 
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