please log in to view this image Date - Tuesday 05 / 04 / 22 Venue - Estádio da Luz KO - 20 :00 TV - BT Now its off to Portugal to play , for those of us of a certain age , one of the “names” of European football .Our record isn’t great against them in EC/CL with 5 wins to 3 with no draws and the last time we met in 05/06 we lost home and away . Since we are still involved in 3 comps it may well be that the team is now at the stage of being determined by what JK thinks is the minimum that will win the game with an eye to resting players for future games though it would be nice if Mo reappeared again. PL 22-6-2 CL 7-0-0 LC 5-0-0 - W FAC 4-0-0
This one can really set us up. A good win and we can control the second leg. We cannot rest players away from home in cl qf. Just cannot be done. Today we rested slightly and played a really slow pace. This game though... best team and full on. Use the 5 subs after 60mins and control (of all goes well)
Alisson Trent matip vvd robertson Henderson fabinho thiago Salah jota Diaz That's my line up. 5 subs. Gomez for trent after 70mins Konate/ milner depending if its henderson or matip to rest. Mane for salah Firmino for jota Ox or Jones. For henderson or thiago Midfield is my biggest concern. Need 3 big big performances from each in the next 4 games.
Prob say the first of our really tough april fixtures. Watford was an expected win. This we’ll be favourites for but come back with anything but a defeat and leaves the tie in our favour.
given the opponents vlachodimos Gilberto Otamendi Vertonghen Grimaldo Weight Taarbt Silva Ramos Everton Nunez those CBs v salah? Like.... ok their forwards are no joke here. Everton is in the brazil team and nunez is having a break out year but there zero pace at the back there. This is where we need to exploit them big time. oh and no chance. goal and assist max. #salahaintgreedy
I have to say that this game will be interesting. they are well short of porto in the league but they do have some forwards there. The same thing turns up in their league they have conceded at a goal a game compared to the sporting/porto rivals so have 9/10 goals more of ever the period which seems to align with the creaking CBs and even their CMs. High press, high intensity? or Sit off and counter in the first leg? I would personally go at them and out work and out fight them and crucify those cbs.
some songwriter from yesteryear. its a Freudian slip! Daniel Craig is too ugly to be bond. please log in to view this image
Doesn't mean much to me either, not my style. I only know who Craig David is because of the ruthless piss-takes by Leigh Francis years ago.
