I don’t see this as a MUST win in terms of our title retaining chances, but it is a must win in terms of our confidence and momentum going forward, I think that’s what Si was alluding to in his post, correct me if I’m wrong Si.
The way I see it is I think Jürgen will try a different approach to what we have been seeing of late, I think he will play a midfield trio of Hendo, Fabinho & Thiago, Matip as CB obviously and Phillips next to him, we need Trent in his customary role but as some say Son could piss all over him considering his form, this is where Hendo comes in, he’ll protect Trent and obviously get in a Son’s way, Fabinho back in at DM will protect Phillips so in essence Fab & Hendo between them defend the back four the whole width of the pitch, & gives license for Trent & Robbo to bomb forward and link up with Thiago, all then squeeze the space almost to the half way line & beyond, linking up with the front three, play with a high press, high tempo,
Maureen prefers to defend rather than attack, especially against top six opponents, he opts for the opposite against sides who don’t have the same threat as we or City do,
I’m confident, I reckon we will win this, not easily that would be foolhardy but, we seen signs V MUtants we can mount attacks with attempts on goal rather than the side to side going nowhere borefest.
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