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From what I've seen of Son so far, ball retention is not one of his strengths..
Agree and that's a minimum of an out and out striker playing on their own. Chadli has the closest skill set IMO to cover Kane.
Unfortunately, he's never looked good there either. Remember when we were all "melters" on deadline day. Now look... don't think Kane playing every match has been optimal for him or the squad.
While Kane has had a hard time this season he has still done all the donkey work, pressing, holding the ball up, linking etc. we don't have anyone else who can do that, the reason I thought of Chadli was because when he is up for it he can be very strong and physical and ain't a bad finisher.
Everyone calling for Kane to be dropped obviously doesn't see the tremendous amount of work he does each and every game. Berahino would have provided something of an alternative but alas we have none.
I'll be honest. This will be a tough and brutal match. If Poch is smart, he will play his best defensive minded players to counter some of the massive threats that are coming our way. He's rested the squad, but City have went for momentum and I think they will carry it from the league cup game. They have fantastic attacking players with a weaker defensive unit, hopefully we can keep a clean sheet against the best striker in the league and keep De Bruyne and Silva quiet. If we can't it's going to be a long long afternoon.
Poch chose to rest players, now they need to step it up to a whole new level to beat a hungry Manchester City side or at least get a draw, because anything less and questions need to be asked about his decision to essentially throw away our cup run at the first hurdle.
Edit: Having said all that. I still fancy city to take all 3 points. I expect 3 - 1 on the day. Aguero with at least one of those. I have high hopes, but low expectations. I hope we can just do ourselves proud this time out.
Poch chose to rest players, now they need to step it up to a whole new level to beat a hungry Manchester City side or at least get a draw, because anything less and questions need to be asked about his decision to essentially throw away our cup run at the first hurdle.
Edit: Having said all that. I still fancy city to take all 3 points. I expect 3 - 1 on the day. Aguero with at least one of those. I have high hopes, but low expectations. I hope we can just do ourselves proud this time out.
They have speed up front, we have to be ready to combat that. Dier has to play the game of his life if we are to stop them from scoring.
On what planet does trippier get the nod in front of walker
So really you're saying we play for a draw?
For me this is the type of match where you have to ask questions of the opposition.
In order to do that we need to shut down Touré & Silva or at least consign them to more defensive roles...
so I would expect Mason to start rather then Alli.
Then there's Aguero...I think Davies will play instead of Rose...Verts looks more comfortable when Davies plays and
against Aguero you don't need any distractions.
If it was me I'd gamble N'jie (this guy is seriously fast) instead of Chadli but I expect experience will win out, at least initially.
Otherwise it's the usual suspects (including Son) plus a strong bench.
In order to do that we need to shut down Touré & Silva or at least consign them to more defensive roles...
so I would expect Mason to start rather then Alli.
Then there's Aguero...I think Davies will play instead of Rose...Verts looks more comfortable when Davies plays and
against Aguero you don't need any distractions.
If it was me I'd gamble N'jie (this guy is seriously fast) instead of Chadli but I expect experience will win out, at least initially.
Otherwise it's the usual suspects (including Son) plus a strong bench.
To be honest I haven't watched a whole lot of City so far this season but I think playing for a draw would surely backfire. Those midfielders are bound to pick out Aguero. I could even see us called for a pen. We can get a result but it will take a complete effort while keeping the pressure on them. And a bit of old fashioned luck.
Agreed. It's comical that folks are suggesting we drop the hardest working player in the squad.
Playing it safe with team selection isn't living by this motto one iota. You want to talk about daring? Beat Woolwich at all costs and say the Premier League isn't as important. That's daring. That takes true courage.
It's a little out of left field, but I actually think that Dembele could fill that gap at the moment.
Yes, I know he's injured at present.
I'm sure that's what the Spammers supporters thought before the match last week. Get down The Lane, sing as loud as you can and back the team and I guarantee that even if we don't end up victors they'll fucking know they've been in a match.
Whilst he very clearly isn't the hardest working player in the squad. I agree that it's comical we drop him. His drought and his willingness to want to show people he isn't a one season wonder should be more than enough for him wanting to succeed as opposed to dropping him for not scoring.
