IanBishopsHaircut wrote:Stoke Everton and the Spuds...these are the teams I want to beat...who cares about the rags...they are not even our derby these days...
john@staustell wrote:Mancini has gathered some seriously tough players about - the only lightweight just about is Silva (not counting SWP as he aint gonna play). The aim I'm sure is to have maximum skill level accompanied by an ability to stand toe to toe with these bully teams and best them physically too. It'll be grand.
Ted Hughes wrote:I would play Micah rather than Boateng, for the reasons MRM states, then more or less the same team. If he plays Balotelli, obviously Stoke will try to get him sent off. If he plays & does get sent off, we should sell the cunt, so play him & tell him to fucking grow up.
Imo if we play Milner on the wing, there's a strong danger we'll forget how to attack & if we play a tight, defensive game, Stoke will almost certainly score at least one goal from a set piece. As rags & Spurs have shown, if you attack them, they can't defend for shit. Attack & go for the win. If we then lose, so be it, we'll atack Bolton & have the points back then. No fear, we're better footballers & we'd kick the shit out of them in a fight, so why be scared?
brite blu sky wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:I would play Micah rather than Boateng, for the reasons MRM states, then more or less the same team. If he plays Balotelli, obviously Stoke will try to get him sent off. If he plays & does get sent off, we should sell the cunt, so play him & tell him to fucking grow up.
Imo if we play Milner on the wing, there's a strong danger we'll forget how to attack & if we play a tight, defensive game, Stoke will almost certainly score at least one goal from a set piece. As rags & Spurs have shown, if you attack them, they can't defend for shit. Attack & go for the win. If we then lose, so be it, we'll atack Bolton & have the points back then. No fear, we're better footballers & we'd kick the shit out of them in a fight, so why be scared?
Agree completely with this and others saying get stuck into them. I cant see why we wont carry on the away set up we have used and had a Fulham, if the players are sharp enough we should be able to keep a decent amount of possession even against a more committed Stoke. You say Milner might lose some of the attacking intent, but while your point about Jo was valid it was also influenced by Kolorov being there. Not sure Jo wouldn't just get pushed aside.
Balotelli might start instead of Milner... but i hope not as it will be tricky to drag him off again after just 20 mins as he is losing it. Safer to bring him on at the end.
Ted Hughes wrote:brite blu sky wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:I would play Micah rather than Boateng, for the reasons MRM states, then more or less the same team. If he plays Balotelli, obviously Stoke will try to get him sent off. If he plays & does get sent off, we should sell the cunt, so play him & tell him to fucking grow up.
Imo if we play Milner on the wing, there's a strong danger we'll forget how to attack & if we play a tight, defensive game, Stoke will almost certainly score at least one goal from a set piece. As rags & Spurs have shown, if you attack them, they can't defend for shit. Attack & go for the win. If we then lose, so be it, we'll atack Bolton & have the points back then. No fear, we're better footballers & we'd kick the shit out of them in a fight, so why be scared?
Agree completely with this and others saying get stuck into them. I cant see why we wont carry on the away set up we have used and had a Fulham, if the players are sharp enough we should be able to keep a decent amount of possession even against a more committed Stoke. You say Milner might lose some of the attacking intent, but while your point about Jo was valid it was also influenced by Kolorov being there. Not sure Jo wouldn't just get pushed aside.
Balotelli might start instead of Milner... but i hope not as it will be tricky to drag him off again after just 20 mins as he is losing it. Safer to bring him on at the end.
True it would be safer but if he's such a wanker & has so little respect for the club, manager & team-mates that he can't avoid having to be taken off, because he refuses to control himself, what use is he to us? I think we should just throw him in & if he shits on us just get rid. If he's uwilling to learn now, directly after serving a 3 match ban, how can we possibly trust him at OT or Anfield or even at home to teams like Everton? Wouldn't it be better to find that out now, even if it costs a point or 3, then we can sign a replacement in Jan?
brite blu sky wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:brite blu sky wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:I would play Micah rather than Boateng, for the reasons MRM states, then more or less the same team. If he plays Balotelli, obviously Stoke will try to get him sent off. If he plays & does get sent off, we should sell the cunt, so play him & tell him to fucking grow up.
Imo if we play Milner on the wing, there's a strong danger we'll forget how to attack & if we play a tight, defensive game, Stoke will almost certainly score at least one goal from a set piece. As rags & Spurs have shown, if you attack them, they can't defend for shit. Attack & go for the win. If we then lose, so be it, we'll atack Bolton & have the points back then. No fear, we're better footballers & we'd kick the shit out of them in a fight, so why be scared?
Agree completely with this and others saying get stuck into them. I cant see why we wont carry on the away set up we have used and had a Fulham, if the players are sharp enough we should be able to keep a decent amount of possession even against a more committed Stoke. You say Milner might lose some of the attacking intent, but while your point about Jo was valid it was also influenced by Kolorov being there. Not sure Jo wouldn't just get pushed aside.
Balotelli might start instead of Milner... but i hope not as it will be tricky to drag him off again after just 20 mins as he is losing it. Safer to bring him on at the end.
True it would be safer but if he's such a wanker & has so little respect for the club, manager & team-mates that he can't avoid having to be taken off, because he refuses to control himself, what use is he to us? I think we should just throw him in & if he shits on us just get rid. If he's uwilling to learn now, directly after serving a 3 match ban, how can we possibly trust him at OT or Anfield or even at home to teams like Everton? Wouldn't it be better to find that out now, even if it costs a point or 3, then we can sign a replacement in Jan?
Well i cant argue with that, it is one way to find out. The only thing is we might be shooting ourselves in the foot if we take that line and he fucles up, whereas giving a bit of time to adjust and control himself might get us a tip top talent in the end. Its Bob's call as he knows him best out of anyone.
Out of comparison though i seem to remember shrek getting sent off a lot for stupid shit in his early years, Balotelli is possibly on a different planet but y'know what im saying.
Ted Hughes wrote:
Yeah I suppose Bob will know best. I don't think even he will give Balotelli endless chances though, well not without signing an alternative. I'd feel a lot happier if we had a backup for Balo & a replacement for Ade in Jan. We shouldn't really be having the conversation of having to play a midfielder on the left of the attack v Stoke because we can't trust any of our forwards to play there.
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