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No mention of any problem with Bentancur in today's press conference by Antonio , Lucas & Gil not available, Cuti & Skippy awaiting availability on fitness reports.
How would we organise the back three? Lenglet plays on the left and is very left-footed, like Davies. That would require Sanchez to continue in place of Romero, with Dier between them.
Especially if they're going to need to deal with Antonio, who is a handful even when he isn't scoring, I'd rather persevere with the tested trio of Sanchez, Dier and Davies. Lenglet can ideally have his debut when we can have Dier and Romero to hold down the other two places.
Yeah I think it’s games like this that decide whether you are going for a title or top 4. If it is the title then need to be looking at a win.A draw against an upper mid table team is no good to us. Based on the last few seasons, you can get away with dropping points in a maximum of 8 or 9 games if you want any chance of winning the league, you can’t waste one of those against West Ham this early in the season when they’re not playing well.
In my mind, I see Conte scribbling notes, nodding furiously, thinking ‘this guy could be onto something…’Talk of rotation in coming games. That should be done over several games with one or two changes. Not a complete toss around with the line up. We shouldn't select a game where we go this is the one to rotate in and then change half the team. Never make too many changes in one go.
Yeah I think it’s games like this that decide whether you are going for a title or top 4. If it is the title then need to be looking at a win.
just for the record I personally think the league title is a bridge to far.
In my mind, I see Conte scribbling notes, nodding furiously, thinking ‘this guy could be onto something…’
I’m not disagreeing. Personally, I don’t think Conte is a great coach, but I do like his consistency in selection for now. Not that he’ll care what I think…We've had several previous managers who could take a not of it, Conte probably got it handled.
You can see it in our fan base though, and on here. People are looking for a game with poor opponents and thinking that's the game, that's the one where we can play the back up XI. That's how you go out of tournaments.
Not a great coach...?!I’m not disagreeing. Personally, I don’t think Conte is a great coach, but I do like his consistency in selection for now. Not that he’ll care what I think…
It’s called rotation.Dropping Son can’t help to boost his confidence. Did Kane get benched even he didn’t score for handful games last season?
Rotate Kulu with Richy. We need both Kane and Son in our team
Also, I will start Bissouma ahead of Bentancur as well. Rest remains unchanged
If Romero is still unavailable then I’d like to see Lenglet start. We just need to be a bit better coming out from the back and having one of our centre backs to step into that midfield as the 3rd in the middle to help our transition. Expect Bissouma to come in and maybe Richarlison too.