Your team v Villa

[Nineteenx]

Manager - Jurgen

Team

Marmashiv

Bradley Konate Van Dijk Robertson

Szoboslai Gravenberch Mac Allister

Chiesa Ekitike Gakpo

Have tea cake dropping in and interchanging with Gakpo Play Wirtz at LCM or RCM is one of my 3 isn’t ready

[CCTV]

Giorgi
Sobozla Konate VVD Robbo
Wirtz Grav Maca Gakpo
Salah Ekitike

Subs: Woodman, Kerkez, Bradley, Gomez, Endo, Nyoni, Chiesa, Rio & Isak

For the starting 11 Sobozla at rightback. Wirtz right & Gakpo left with Salah & Ekitike up top.

[miller0863]

Mamardashvili
Bradley Konate VVD Robertson
Szoboszlai Gravenberch Jones
Salah Ekitike Gakpo

[sydenham red]

No wirtz unless he's playing in the front 3 as a forward. Go back to 433. We can't play a front 3 and a no. 10, the no.10 role/player may work with a front 2 though.

[miller0863]

Been saying that from day one Syd, totally agree

[jimmyliver]

Agree mate he has to play off the left in a three and leave three real midfielders In the centre .

[Nineteenx]

I simply can’t understand the reasoning in the change of formation

We don’t have attacking mids to play either side, we have wide forwards better played up making runs in behind, our most suitable player to operate as an attacking mid was Diaz and we sold him

It’s a nonsense 2 wide forwards up makes them leave 3 or 4 back

A lone forward up is easily picked up by either CB

A 9 who can play up and drop deeper right across the line would work rather than a 9 and a 10

1 up limits your opportunities for variation and switches and medium to long diagonals to release players and break shape and lines considerably and makes you have to pass it shorter and be more predictable & easier to defend

We’re not playing to the majority of our players greatest strengths in Slot’s fucked up fanrasy

2 of the best front foot 1v1 CBs going, if you have a midfield 3 that work with the full backs and always have pressure on the ball

4 great attacking full backs being made to look like liabilities because we’re a midfielder short to cover their runs and deeper forward players both sides restricting their space and failing to manipulate space for them as Mane & Robbo & Mo & Trent always did so well between them

Robbo’s was about the only back to front ball we’ve played successfully this season, because we don’t have the wide forwards up

I feel Ekitike can play across the line deeper and up top and when he does drop to receive and lay off we need the two wide players up and for him to have the option of one back to pick out either 2 forward

All those things are disappearing from our play with each passing game

If you have a lot of the ball without discipline in your positioning and pressing positions and not getting to many ahead of the ball a good pressing side not even a great one can undo you, it’s why City dumbed down their tappy crappy after 19-20

In the Prem there are too many good and better pressing sides than ever for a side to play as Slot is attempting his diamond Wirtz shows his misjudgement in believing it will work in the Prem, he’s bought a player too slow in what he does and too fragile

[Steveo]

Mamardashvili
Bradley Konate VVD Robertson
Szoboszlai Gravenberch Jones
Salah Ekitike Gakpo

This one

[Steveo]

I say that because Chiesa will be shattered after Wednesday night. Literally smashed

[jr81]

This one

Jones is injured, again. He can't string a run of games together without getting an injury.

So macca to start in his place? Go with the midfield from last season.
My guess though is slot had macca earmarked for the bench based on him starting midweek. We can't go with wirtz in the 3. Villa will boss the midfield if we do that.

Our full backs are an issue. I would go with robbo for this one. At rb it's a toss up of gomez or bradley.

[sydenham red]

Is this a fair assessment:

Injury prone:
Konate
Allison
Bradley
Frimpong
Isak
Macallister (looks fatigued)
Jones

Rarely injured:
Szobo
Gravenberch
Gakpo
Endo
Gomez

Bulletproof:
Robbo (aging)
Salah (out of form)
VVD (losing concentration a little)

Unknown:
Wirtz
Etikite
Chiesa (finally match fit?)
Kerkez (hasn't settled)

[Steveo]

Jones is injured, again. He can't string a run of games together without getting an injury.

So macca to start in his place? Go with the midfield from last season.
My guess though is slot had macca earmarked for the bench based on him starting midweek. We can't go with wirtz in the 3. Villa will boss the midfield if we do that.

Our full backs are an issue. I would go with robbo for this one. At rb it's a toss up of gomez or bradley.

Good points - brain fart on my behalf on Jones. Don’t know why I thought he was fit.

[CCTV]

Is this a fair assessment:

Injury prone:
Konate*
Allison
Bradley
Gomez
Isak
Jones
Chiesa
Wirtz

Rarely injured:
Szobo
Gravenberch
Gakpo
Endo
Frimpong
MacA
Ekitike

Bulletproof:
Robbo (aging)
Salah (out of form)
VVD (losing concentration a little)
Kerkez

I've deleted the unknown and fixed your list as I see it. Don't think you can argue form against availability.

Chiesa & Wirtz are injury prone imo, although Wirtz has come back from his worst injury a Cruciate ligament tear in the 2021/22 season.

Gomez goes in to the injury prone, hes had several biggies, and Frimpong & Maca come out of injury prone and into rarely injured. Frimpong has a few niggles but routinely fit.

Ekitike, rarely injured also. And Kerkez bullet proof. No injury record.

Finally, I'd argue Konate is largely available but gets a couple of niggly injuries, so Ill leave him in injury prone on a technicality. He has played a lot of football for us.

Alisson doesn't miss too many games, he is a goalkeeper and as such stays in injury prone.

[Red October]

Mamardashvili
Gomez Konate VVD Robertson
Szoboszlai Gravenberch mac
Salah Ekitike Gakpo

[Kev0909]

Surely we can't win 5 then lose 5 in a row?

I hope we win but i'll say 2-2 draw

Villa have good players to play direct long ball from the back

I expect us to dominate the ball, fuck around with it to the left, to the right, and to the back, get tackled and 1 or 2 passes leads to a goal for villa