Recent content by Mr. Coat

Play Aluko and Ince either side of a strong forward and we'll score plenty of goals.

It's because Sagbo isn't playing.

------------- McGregor Rosenior - Chester - Dawson - Robertson Elmo - Livermore - Huddlestone - Brady -------------- Aluko ------------- Jelavic And after typing that I realise it's identical to others, but hey.

We've won 2 out of 11 games and sit 2 points off the bottom 3 with Spurs, Man Utd and Everton the next 3. We have a stronger squad than last season but we're struggling for wins so frustration is to be expected, particularly after letting various leads slip away, and not reaching the Europa...

A centre back would have more chance of getting on the end of Elmo's crosses than Aluko, if we're going to play the crossing game with Jelavic out.

You don't play him with 5/6 defensive players sitting behind him and no one to link up with. Get Sagbo back (until jelavic is fit) for a physical presence up top and then some combination of Ben Arfa, Ramirez, Elmo, Brady, Aluko or whoever else attacking from midfield/the wings with a back four...

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Had 4 of 6 scores right one time last season, the other two games I went 1-1 and 0-0 and the results were 0-0 and 1-1. Even then there were loads of others on 4 scores ahead of me (probably due to first goal time), and a bunch with 5. Usually get a decent percentage of the results but very...

Any centre back off, Ben Arfa on.

I think he's taken out a loan.

We may not have the best players in the world, or even the best teams, and everyone knows our National squad isn't great, but the Premier League is the best global brand. There's a reason people all round the world are obsessed with British teams. That doesn't mean Man City should beat everyone...

The ball gets stuck between the advertising boards every home game, whether it's the ball boys limply underthrowing or a throw out of the stands that's bound to fall short. Can't we just put a cover over the gap so that won't happen? Always ends up happening when we want momentum too.

Agreed, but if you change to a central pair he's going to keep Huddlestone in to sit deeper so then has a choice of Diame or Livermore next to him. You could always play Diame behind the striker rather than starting Ramirez. It's all irrelevant anyway as I'm sure he'll stick with a 3-5-1-1, but...

The back 3 really needs Jelavic and Hernandez both up top to provide options for our wingbacks. With 1 striker it's not as effective. As mentioned it does suit Diame (and the others in the central trio) very well though. With only Hernandez up front I'd shift to a back 4 and play a trio of...

5-4-1 was hardly conducive to scoring. Had we not made that early blunder the game had 0-0 written all over it.