After winning 5-1 in the last game, I'd be very surprised if Poch doesn't stick with the same team.
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It's a tough one to call.
Do you stick with the winning team or react to the fact that it'll be a completely different match so shuffle the pack accordingly. Dembele has been excellent recently and it would seem a shame to drop him, but at the same time I agree with @Mr Pink that against a team that sits back, he might not be the best option.
I also think we need some pace somewhere in the attack, and that probably needs to come from N'Jie, although then you're looking at dropping Alli who has also been good so far this season.
I think I'd go:
It's a sign of the strength in depth we have in some areas that I'd be equally happy to see Alli or Dembele come into the team though.
Lloris
Walker Alderweireld Vertonghen Rose
Dier Mason
N'Jie Lamela Eriksen
Kane
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Wimmer, Alli, Dembele, Townsend, Winks
And Dembele is my adopted player!
Seriously though, the way I see it is that we wouldn't be dropping him really. We're just adjusting tactically for the opposition. Easily explained to Dembele if you're following up your rationale with...'don't worry you'll be starting the three London derbies next month and we see you as a crucial player for those games'...or words to that affect.
All about using him astutely for me.
Surely pace is more necessary when a team isn't going to sit back so that you can stretch them and get in behind?It's a tough one to call.
Do you stick with the winning team or react to the fact that it'll be a completely different match so shuffle the pack accordingly. Dembele has been excellent recently and it would seem a shame to drop him, but at the same time I agree with @Mr Pink that against a team that sits back, he might not be the best option.
I also think we need some pace somewhere in the attack, and that probably needs to come from N'Jie, although then you're looking at dropping Alli who has also been good so far this season.
I think I'd go:
It's a sign of the strength in depth we have in some areas that I'd be equally happy to see Alli or Dembele come into the team though.
Lloris
Walker Alderweireld Vertonghen Rose
Dier Mason
N'Jie Lamela Eriksen
Kane
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Wimmer, Alli, Dembele, Townsend, Winks
We've hardly ever been on MNF IIRC....
Four years ago, Novermber 2011, Adebayor scored a brace to beat Villa on MNF....and then April 2014 Kane scored his first League goal in the 5-1 thrashing of Sunderland...incidentally Adebayor had another brace that night.
But is that the only times we've been shown live on Monday night football in the last four years?
Or was the Bale thunderbolt against West Ham, under AVB, a monday night game?
That must be fewest of anybody in the League.
Surely pace is more necessary when a team isn't going to sit back so that you can stretch them and get in behind?