Spurs v Liverpool FC

[David Hodgson]

-------------------------Mignolet

 

 

----------------Toure ------Skrtel-------Sahko

 

 

Johnson-------Lucas-------Allen----------Cissoko/Agger/Flanagan

 

 

-----------------------------Coutinho

 

---------------------Aspas-------------Suarez

[psl]

Bloody hell, that's not inspiring.

[muleskinner]

Vertonghen will be out for them. Get Luis up against Dawson as often as possible and we can win this.

[billybunter]

Cant understand any mention of Aspas in the team. Rodgers clearly doesn't fancy him, and his performances this season hardly help his cause.

[sutty]

Is Hendo defo out?

[épieur]

--------------------------Mignolet

-------------------Toure ---------Sahko

Johnson----------------- -------------------------Flanagan

--------------------Lucas---------Allen

----------------------------Alberto

Sterling--------------------------------Coutinho

---------------------------Suarez

Is what I would go with.

Edited December 10, 2013 by epieur

[sutty]

Lennon against Flanno would worry me.

[Red]

Johnson • Skrtel • Sakho • Flanagan

 

Lucas • Allen

 

Sterling • Alberto • Couthino

 

Suarez

 

 

 

... Same as Epieur's

[Florist Cinema Pond Goal]

Last season there we had Downing at LB and Enrique at LW so anything is an improvement on that.

[Conrad]

assuming Henderson, Gerrard and Sturridge are all out

Mignolet

Johnson-Sahko-Agger-Flanagan

 

Lucas-Allen

 

Sterling-Coutinho-Moses

 

Suarez

 

it's not great, and it shows up the direness of the summer again.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Heighway 61 Revisited

[_00_deathscar]

Isn't Kelly back?

[yellow jumper]

kelly agger sakho johnson

 

think there's an argument for playing genuine width on at least one side in front of that.

 

sterling and henderson could be useful making runs in behind their high line.

[Bigal]

Mignolet, Sinclair, Suarez, Yesil, Aspas, Sterling, Coutinho, Moses, Lucas, Ngoo, Rossiter.

 

Rossiter is the gamble.

 

Lucas can sit.

 

then its just the charge of the red brigade.

[Chili Palmer]

SM

 

Johnson Skrtel Sakho Flanagan

 

Allen Lucus

 

Alberto

 

Moses Coutinho

 

Suarez

 

 

a 1-0 win for us, Suarez getting the goal...obviously.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

-------------------------Mignolet

 

 

----------------Toure ------Skrtel-------Sahko

 

 

Johnson-------Lucas-------Allen----------Cissoko/Agger/Flanagan

 

 

-----------------------------Coutinho

 

---------------------Aspas-------------Suarez

 

Its hard to see a team that doesn't involve 3 at the back in the absence of Gerrard & Henderson.

 

I'd go along with that team but swap Sterling for Aspas purely for direct running and initial burst of pace. Sturridge is a big miss for this. Spurs need a headache behind them when they squeeze up and we don't have any pace for that. Sterling is the closest we have to that.

 

I also think that Walker or Vertonghen would swallow him up if he was played wide.

[Molby]

we don't have 3 cms available

 

that is f***ing grim

 

they have pacy wide men so we could play Johnson on the right ahead of Flanagan but then we're exposed on the left and in CM

 

 

so I'd go for an Italia 1982-style orthodox sweeper system to soak up their nippy but unsophisticated wide men and the odd foray from their midfielders, then hit them on the break

 

Mig

Agger

Johnson Toure Sahko Flanagan

Sterling Lucas Allen Coutinho

Suarez

defend on the 18 yard line and replicate Tardelli's goal in the 1982 world cup final (and Altobelli's) now and again; Agger in the Scirea role, which he's capable of

[Stevie H]

atkinson started the last two match threads and we opened up cans of whupass on our opponents. gutmann is asking for a hiding here.

 

and three at the back when they play just the isolated soldado up top remains mentalness.

[Conrad]

 

and three at the back when they play just the isolated soldado up top remains mentalness.

 

Absolument

[Molby]

atkinson started the last two match threads and we opened up cans of whupass on our opponents. gutmann is asking for a hiding here.

 

and three at the back when they play just the isolated soldado up top remains mentalness.

 

unless it's a ploy to sucker their support players in and provide cover for our fbs vs their wide players, as we sit deep, relax, watch the game from our vantage point on the 18 yard line, then cut them to shreds on the break

 

 

1982 style

[Swipe]

Worried about this. Their midfield isn't the same without Modric, but Sandro and Paulinho are good.

 

Wouldn't have Flanaghan in the team personally. Would rather stick Agger there if need be. Or move Johnson.

[Stevie H]

unless it's a ploy to sucker their support players in and provide cover for our fbs vs their wide players, as we sit deep, relax, watch the game from our vantage point on the 18 yard line, then cut them to shreds on the break

 

1982 style

 

sitting deep against these is what they want. soldado's a penalty box striker and the closer to our goal we let them play the nearer their creative players get to him. rather press them and push them back towards their two holding midfielders really and get our players closer to saurez and suarez running at their slightly iffy centre backs.

[yellow jumper]

flanagan was pretty poor v west ham i thought. immediate improvement after kelly came on. also think lennon or townsend not great match ups for him. I'd put johnson there and ask him to stop their winger coming inside.

 

sitting deep against these is what they want. soldado's a penalty box striker and the closer to our goal we let them play the nearer their creative players get to him. rather press them and push them back towards their two holding midfielders really and get our players closer to saurez and suarez running at their slightly iffy centre backs.

 

not how west ham or newcastle won there though. they did sit deep and narrow, and look to frustrate. both rode their luck though.

 

i'd expect us to play more on the counter. my only slight issue with that is suarez can get sucked deep or wide at times which might leave us an issue getting out.

 

having said all this i thought we did well there last season after a calamitous opening 20 minutes. dominated ball and chances.

[Beardsley]

I'd put Johnson on the left to handle Lennon/Walker - Kelly on the right (or Flanno). Sakho & Agger in the middle of defense.

 

Lucas - Allen

 

Sterling - Coutinho - Alberto

 

Suarez

[rednotdead]

They to defeating this lot is to stop them shooting from distance so I'm not sure 3 cbs helps unless one if specifically employed to close down advancing midfielders.

[D.Boon]

--------------------------Mignolet

-------------------Toure ---------Sahko

Johnson----------------- -------------------------Flanagan

--------------------Lucas---------Allen

----------------------------Alberto

Sterling--------------------------------Coutinho

---------------------------Suarez

Is what I would go with.

 

Defo, its only Spurs. They're s***.