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Strongest team of the season ?

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  1. Freddd

    Freddd Well-Known Member

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    Reasonable guess for tomorrow is

    Krul

    debuchy - saylor - colo - santon

    jonas - sissoko - tiote - cabaye - gouf

    cisse


    The back four has ot be as strong as any this season. The middle three are the stuff of dreams.

    Jonas is a question mark. Gouf is showing promise. Cisse might or might not be the player he was last season - - prefer to have Ba though.


    Have we put out a team as good this season ?
     
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    2010 tops dog Well-Known Member

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    Can't see tiote starting due to his quick return he might be rested, if he does play
    Then that's some line up
     
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  3. Freddd

    Freddd Well-Known Member

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    Tiote hasn't played since Sunday. He was in training yesterday. Can't see any reason why he wouldn't start - - a bit of a plane ride but the lad can recover from that in 4 days surely
     
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    Hard to make any changes to the team that beat Chelsea.

    It was a great team performance. More of the same will get us safe which is all we've got to concern ourselves with at the moment.
     
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    We should never play a flat midfield -

    --------Cisse---------

    -------Sissoko----------

    Gouff---------------Jonas

    ------Cabaye--Tiote-------

    Santon---Colo--Saylor--Debuchy

    -------------Krul----------------
     
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    2010 tops dog Well-Known Member

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    Agree, I have just been reading a few articles and it looks this way I just thought he would have fatigue
     
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    Freddd Well-Known Member

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    Okay, with that very important amendment by Tash, have we fielded a team that good this year ?
     
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    Darth Plagueis Well-Known Member

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    We had one for 3 mins at the start of the season before Tiote came off injured lol!

    If we can make this formation work it can be fantastic.
     
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    If Ben Arfa was fit he'd be straight in for Guti

    Then and only then would the line up look immense.

    Just hope we can keep everyone fit
     
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    TheJudeanPeoplesFront Well-Known Member

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    I honestly think that line-up looks top 4 quality, which gives us at least a chance against Spurs, and I'm starting to grow in confidence we could get something from the game, even though our record in London is horrible.

    Spurs look a lot less industrious this season to me, perhaps due to the loss of Modric. They seem more reliant on Bale, who due to his direct game is either effective or completely ineffective.

    Dempsey and Adebayor still have a decent record vs us, so I still favour them, but I think starting Tiote over Perch would give us an important foothold in midfield.
     
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    G4rdToonArmy Well-Known Member

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    Still need to get HBA up and running again but then the first XI looks beastly.

    After that we have some good cover but we still need a few more bodies in the door, mainly a 2nd choice striker, happy to be in the match day squad and low wages, and get rid of dead wood
     
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    Freddd Well-Known Member

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    If HBA were fit, he would go in for Gouf for me tomorrow - - we're going to need to offer Debuchy some help against Bale
     
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    Switch Jonas for Anita and your talking.
     
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  14. Wisey's Hair

    Wisey's Hair Well-Known Member

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    I bet Perchinho starts again tomorrow, and it wouldn't be a bad thing if he did. He does a decent job in the holding midfield (is far better there than defence)
     
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