Alisson
Trent Rhys Fabinho Robbo
Hendo Thiago Gini
Salah Bobby Mane
This what I’d like To see line up at Saints, make no mistake this is a real tough game, much sterner test than our last three, so we really need to be at the races, Hassenhutle has built up a very good side, a side that can do serious damage, if you let them, consistency wise their up & down so we don’t know which team will turn up, whoever it is, we need to take the game to them, we need our ‘A’ game and get back to winning rather than drawing, but a draw here wouldn’t be a bad return tbh,
Thiago has to start for me, in his cameo in Newcastle we seen glimpses of what he brings to the table, we need that from the start against this lot, it is clear we have lost a bit of confidence and momentum, the loss of Virgil, Gomez etc is starting to bite, but since we’re near the end of the Xmas madness and have more swinging dicks to choose from I think the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter,
Young Rhys next to Fabinho is what I’d opt for, Nat Phillips against Toon was a fish on a bike, and I’m sorry to say simply not good enough, at times he looked like he was running thru treacle, so for me Rhys gets the nod, although still not ideal he’s the better of the two options imo,
It’s been rumoured a new young CB is imminent but I’ll wait and see him hold a scarf above his head before I get the bunting out, but fookin hell do we need one, or two ?
I don’t think we played badly against ‘Toon’, we just couldn’t score, and that happens now and then, there was no lack in trying, maybe tried too hard in the end, it should be different against Saints, they don’t park buses for one, they like to attack which opens spaces in behind for us to exploit, so we should see lots of goals in a very open game.
This is gonna be good with plenty of viewing between the fingers.
2-3 Champions elect 2
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