I make that three of the back four that can't defend BTW. The only one that is able to is a midfielder lol
A little worried about how Can does in a straight back 4 - will be his first appearance as a conventional CB. Must be testing it for the cup. How have we ended up with such a worrying defence... And no striker...
Team doesn't fill me with confidence tbh, I'm just hoping the lack of pressure now eases the shackles a tad.
About sums it up. Big lack of creativity in midfield too, in the trio.. At least we have a bit of pace up top.
Never seen fans more pessimistic than on the Newcastle match thread atm... can just see a huge banana skin emerging against the horizon...
A defense which won't be able to defend. An attack with no goals in it. A midfield with no creativity. Still, I've been wrong before. I'm hoping Ibe can pick up where he left off and show the senior players how to step their game up. Big game performance from Jordan hopefully will kick Sterling up a notch.
so is it 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 or what Mignolet, Johnson, Lovren, Can, Moreno, Henderson, Lucas, Allen, Coutinho, Sterling, Ibe. OR Mignolet, Johnson, Lovren, Can, Ibe. Lucas, Allen Moreno, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, suppose it could be either
in any event zap brannagan must be raging the team is so **** we've not given him 10 mins as a sub even to run baout and make a debut.. whats it now 3 or 4 on the bench in a row
Should be a good game. Nice to see Ibe straight back, should do his confidence a load of good Doesn't say that much about Markovich though...
Coutinho starting centrally in a false 9 with Ibe wide right and Sterling wide left... Interesting to see if they stay that way.