I'm kind of in between the two viewpoints. I'd lean towards picking as strong a team as possible without rushing anyone back from injury.
Bit of both, van dijk will need the minutes and maybe Konate too: kelleher Gomez Konate vvd Tsimikas Elliott Endo Jones Doak Nunez Jota
imo we know nothing about these lads so it's the last thing we need to **** the first game with a scratch side. let's get the rotation going first in the Leicester game then move on to the home europa game where the crowd will carry us through. put 6 points out of 6 up and we can sail through the rest of the group. its absolutely crucial we top this group and we should have more than enough to do that.
Well, we don't - but I imagine the club has done a bit of homework, like. I tend to agree with you that we want to start the group with a good win, so we don't want to be playing too many fillers. I'm sure they'll be more wary of us than the other way round, but we'll have to see whether they take the safety-first approach or just go for it.
For me winning is a mentality Pointless doing all the hard work Throwing out a scratch side and losing momentum we aren’t there yet in terms of squad development We are right back at the start in terms of winning trophies we need to John Kreese this imho
Al Gomez , Quansah , VVD , Tsimikkas Szob , Endo , Jones Salah , Gakpo ,Diaz and hopefully by early in 2nd half we will be in a position to brinh on the likes of Gravenberch , Doak , Bajectic et al
probably a good compromise. bring one player into each line for continuity and then roll subs when 3-0 upafter 20mins.
Trust the squad to do the job. Send the second string out and bring first teamers on if required. **** them off in later games if they let us down. We should be pissing the group either way really
we might get lucky. I don't know. I have no concept of what this team is like bar their form on paper (which is actually half decent)
I assume as much from cobra kai. I didn't watch that but know its some off shoot of the original and now ruined karate kid movies.