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Player Watch: Moussa Sissoko

wiggo24

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Best I can find right now.


Here’s a snippet from what the boss had to say. Read the full transcript here.

Will Hugo Lloris be fit for the match?
I hope yes, we are going to assess, we have a training session and we hope it is not a big issue, we hope he is going to be available.​
What about Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks?
Moussa Sissoko is not going to be fit, maybe for the next two weeks, we hope he can recover before but I am not so optimistic. Harry Winks we don’t now because it is a problem that is one day very good, next day not very good, it is about assessing each day. We hope he will be available for Tuesday but we are not sure.

Balls.
 

Mr Pink

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Aug 25, 2010
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Ajax at home without Sissoko or Sonny is gonna be very tough now.

I think it will all be about keeping a clean sheet at home, key to advancing for me.

Hopefully Winks is back though, and Wanyama getting fitter every day... With Dier building fitness as well. But Sissoko is a huge loss, sounds like he won't be available until Bournemouth away.
 

CoopsieDeadpool

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I think it will all be about keeping a clean sheet at home, key to advancing for me.

Hopefully Winks is back though, and Wanyama getting fitter every day... With Dier building fitness as well. But Sissoko is a huge loss, sounds like he won't be available until Bournemouth away.


Absolutely the most important thing & what a couple of us said as soon as the Son suspension was confirmed.

I've personally not watched a single second of Ajax, so I'll have to leave it all to you experts to decide if our remaining personnel are capable of achieving the main objective of a clean sheet.
 

wrd

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At least Dier is back but he looks woefully unfit, I think wrap up Sissoko in cotton wool in the hope he can play Ajax game and try and get Winks some minutes before hand. I think it should be simple enough to get the 3 points vs Brighton and honestly, I'd rather we rested players who are prone to injury for West Ham.
 

Timberwolf

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Absolutely the most important thing & what a couple of us said as soon as the Son suspension was confirmed.

I've personally not watched a single second of Ajax, so I'll have to leave it all to you experts to decide if our remaining personnel are capable of achieving the main objective of a clean sheet.
I'm not an expert either but they seem to have performed best away from home in the CL against teams that open up and give them space. We might almost be best treating the home leg like an away game and packing the defence with CBs like we did against City on Saturday. Apparently Ajax struggle a bit against big, physical sides, so Llorente up front with Lucas, Eriksen and Alli playing off him might yield results.

I don't think it will be pretty but Poch seems to be more pragmatic and adaptable than in the past, so hopefully we can nullify their threats and do a bit of a job on them.
 

JCRD

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I think it will all be about keeping a clean sheet at home, key to advancing for me.

Hopefully Winks is back though, and Wanyama getting fitter every day... With Dier building fitness as well. But Sissoko is a huge loss, sounds like he won't be available until Bournemouth away.


Clean sheet is important but i think say a 2-1 win is more vital. Need a lead to take there although I appreciate that the reason we beat Man Shitty was the lack of their away goal.

I think we will score over there and like Man Shitty, I think it will be a high scoring tie.
 

CoopsieDeadpool

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I'm not an expert either but they seem to have performed best away from home in the CL against teams that open up and give them space. We might almost be best treating the home leg like an away game and packing the defence with CBs like we did against City on Saturday. Apparently Ajax struggle a bit against big, physical sides, so Llorente up front with Lucas, Eriksen and Alli playing off him might yield results.

I don't think it will be pretty but Poch seems to be more pragmatic and adaptable than in the past, so hopefully we can nullify their threats and do a bit of a job on them.


Thank you for that. I don't know about you, but I couldn't give a damn of its not pretty as long as we keep that clean sheet.
 

Colonel Dax

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Here’s a snippet from what the boss had to say. Read the full transcript here.

Will Hugo Lloris be fit for the match?
I hope yes, we are going to assess, we have a training session and we hope it is not a big issue, we hope he is going to be available.​
What about Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks?
Moussa Sissoko is not going to be fit, maybe for the next two weeks, we hope he can recover before but I am not so optimistic. Harry Winks we don’t now because it is a problem that is one day very good, next day not very good, it is about assessing each day. We hope he will be available for Tuesday but we are not sure.

As that dude out of 'The Wire' once said:

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nedley

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He wins us the CL I'm getting a whole sleeve dedicated to the great man hinself.
 
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