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FFS..... Surely he should just be kept here to continue with his fitness/recovery work!?!?
And he played well for Wales and definitely shows promise
Hopefully he’s over his injury now
Getting some minutes in a competitive match could be good for him, as he may start in the PL soon.
Just feels needlessly hasty and ultimately Wales-driven......
Great news that he is fit.
Be handy if he can get some minutes for Wales 'cos it looks like it's all hands on deck for the CP game.
Yeah I imagine we'll see this. Rodon to get his first runout in the ECL.
Then again, Nuno might not fancy Tanganga as a CB in a 2 at all. Back 3?
Against a bottom half club (no offense Palace)? Yuk..... Hope not.
Stability wise bringing Rodon in for Sanchez causes the least disruption.
Nuno may wait for the ECL to give Emerson his debut rather than straight into PL action against Palace's tricky wingers.
Guess it will all depend on Rodon's match fitness.
Nuno may wait for the ECL to give Emerson his debut rather than straight into PL action against Palace's tricky wingers.
Guess it will all depend on Rodon's match fitness.
Back 3 in and of itself need not be defensive as has been said many times. See Chelsea for a current example.
It's a tough one.. probably the best chance he'll have to get a look at him at CB given that he has two weeks of preparation with both Dier and Tanganga available for training. As good as he's been the first few games I think we're in an odd position with him. Could be a excellent CB but he needs a season of starts in the position at a high level to figure it out and we won't be able to give him that.
True, but it does mean we'll have to sacrifice a man from the MF battle.... Or worse a fwd.
Came to say what already was said - playing 3CBs and 2 attacking fullbacks does not have to mean we play super-defensive football!
Specially given that in past 2 EPL games we have had weak link in both midfield area (Alli) and forward line (3rd attacking player on top of Son+Kane).
We have played with 3 CDM, so replacing one CDM with CB is not that much of a change anyway, is it.
I could see us playing -
-----Son---Kane---
-----Alli/Moura-----
---Skipp--PEH---
-Reggie------Royal
Rodon-Dier-Tanganga
--------Lloris---------
I think that would be quite decent lineup, in fact.
I've not said anything of the sort (I'm more than aware that a back 3 doesn't automatically equate to parking the bus thx).
Funny however, that you're considering Skipp & PEH as attacking MFs tho. (Yet; see below)
.....You seem to be overselling your position.
Not sure why you'd say Dele has been a weak link....
We haven't played 3CDMs though.....
1 x DM / 2 x #8s.... 2 of which you're simultaneously describing as AMs (See above).
My point is/was simple..... Against CP i'd like to think our FBs would be given license to attack even without an extra CB.
As per your suggestion; we'd be switching up a working system to accommodate 2 likely rusty CBs rather than 1.
I think its a case of 2 rusty CBs hopefully > 1 rusty CB.
I think we'll just see either Davies or Rodon in place of Sanchez. We just need to score goals.