Go 4-4-2 Fletcher and Saha to start:MCclean, Sess, Colback (hope he gets forward though) Johnson, Bardo, Cuellar, Titus, Gardner. Subs Ronaldo, Messi, Bale, Van persie, Xavi, Balotelli and Ameobi !. just for a laugh.
yes he would imo, although he'll probably try and get him sent off again, just to be on the safe side
I do think Tiote would be too much for him in the middle to be fair, that said Cheick has been nowhere near the top of his game this season. I fear another poor performance from him on Sunday could mean we have very little to celebrate come Sunday evening.
Thought In last years derby at SJP in the first half Tiote couldn't get near Sess and had to keep clipping his ankles and giving away sly fouls to stop him, eventually Sess snapped and got sent off. Sess is no cm mind we will get overrun if he is ever played there.
I hope you don't play that team as I think you lot will be a handful at home with two up top. That team looks pretty good apart from central midfield. I think if you had two top class central midfielders then you'd be well set. Hopefully O'Neill will stick to his usual 451 counter attack direct style that he has stuck with for the majority of his career. That will suit us and give us more of a chance. We aren't exactly in great form so this is gonna be a tough one.
Dont think this game should be one to tinker with the team Simply got to put out the team thats got the best chance of getting 3 points. Id stick with mclean and sess with a view to dropping them if they dont do it in this game. .............................Mig bards.........Oshea.......Bramble........Rose Johnson.......Meyler.....gardner........Mclean .....................Sess ...........................Fletcher This team is used to playing with each other, should not freeze on the big occasion, give us bite in midfield, & if (a big if) Sess, Mclean & Johnson perform then we should win. 1st goal is massive as always in these games, especially as we rely on taking the lead!!!!
So stick with the players who have been poor all season and HOPE? I just can't see what we have done well the season with the formation and personnel we have utilised so far, if we play like we did against Man city or even Wigan for that matter, we will get turned over. I just hope and pray that Fletcher gets a good night's sleep on Saturday.
Yes, if we drop the players that have been poor we would have no midfield. This is not the game to stick a load of players together for the first time with a different formation.
I'd drop McClean and play Johnson on the Left and Larsson on the right personally - Colback Centre mid with either Meyler or Gardner (we miss that steel we need in there)
Mignolet Bardsley - O'Shea - Cuellar - Rose Johnson - Larsson - Meyler - Gardner - Sessegnon Fletcher no colback or we lose!
Well it seems that the majority want 4 5 1! Poor Fletcher, he will begin to get the feeling that no one likes him, left all alone up front every week, lets hope he is still wearing his magic, one shot/one goal, boots.... Why not just bring in 2 more defenders and go for the nil nil from the start.
