When is Tiote back?

A couple of weeks ago Pards said he was gonna be fit for Villa.....

Any news on him? We could really do with him being fit.

If he is fit, I'd play this vs Norwich -

Marv----Ba----Ben Arfa

------Cabaye----------

---Jonas-----Tiote------

Santon-Willo-Saylor-Anita

---------Harper-----------

To be honest, normally I'd say without Tiote, we're not capable of playing the all out 4-3-3, because we need his ability to **** up opposition counter attacks and players.

But Norwich are the sort of side we cannot just sit back against. We're gonna get an aerial bombardment.

We should just go for it, with our without Tiote.

We should be beating them.

Without Tiote, I'd play Perch there instead. Leave Anita at RB. Anita seems much better at RB than Perch.

 

dunno about tiote but i wouldn't play marv after Mondays shocking display and he did sweet fa last night too. id give gosling or bigi a start both played well last night or go all out and have shola there

 

It's going to be Sooooooooooo refreshing to see Tiote when he's back... We have really missed him these past few games, we really looked awful in all of the past few games.

 

Marv was playing when the whole team was ****, and he got taken off before 2nd half.

Yesterday he had about 10 mins to make impact. He didn't do anything great, but he didn't play poorly.

Bigi was excellent. Gosling was not. I'd agree that Gosling wasn't as bad as some people made out, but he didn't really do anything signifcant, other than hit the post.

The only place I'd ever play Gosling is CM or CAM. I'd never play him as a DM in a premier league game, ever.



I'd love to see Tiote and Bigi as DM's together soon, but we should keep on easing Bigi in gradually.

He's an absolute gem and only 18. I'd say, not right now, but if he keeps going the way he's going, he'll be

 

Norwich would be exactly the sort of game to try out a Bigi and Tiote double DM role. While they're not ****e, they are a team we should expect to beat at home. Also, having double DM's will allow the front 4, however you arrange them, licence to attack.