Recent content by frankw

I think we will go; Schmeichel Pereira Evans Soyuncu Chilwell Ndidi Choudhury Praet Tielemans Maddison Vardy This is our formation when Liverpool have the ball. When we get the ball, we will go 4 1 4 1 with Choudhury moving forward into an attacking mid-field role. I am assuming Maddison...

Newcastle to park the bus with a 4 5 1 formation, but Perez to save the day with a last minute overhead kick from the edge of the 6 yard box

That is a really strong side which shows intention for the cup competitions as a route into Europe

Harry Who? I thought that Soyuncu was class throughout the match. It is interesting that Benkovic, who played for Ted most of last season, hasn't had a look in yet.

Jamie Vardy is the only player to have scored a hat-trick against any Pep Guardiola team in top flight football.

Just got back from a weekend away and watched the recording. What a squad we now have. I was paying particular attention to Tielemans and he doesn't seem to be too comfortable in an advanced midfield role, but he is going to have to get used to it as the defensive midfield partnership of N'Didi...

Is Choudhury injured as he is not on the bench

I agree with Appleton 'til the end of the season. It is, however, quite possible that they have a shortlist already of managers who are available immediately. If so, then I would go for Lauren Blanc. He has been mentioned for the Chelsea job, but with their transfer embargo, he could well be...

If Tielemans is a mardy-arsed twat, I would trust in Kasper, Wes and Fuchs to sort him out

I agree totally. Choudhury give us so much more stability at the back and rarely goes past the half-way line. Just maybe we have found another gem from our youth development programme.

Neal Maupay anyone. He has scored 14 with 6 assists in a team that has only scored 34 goals. Does anyone have any info on him?

I went to the bookies a few years ago to put a bet on Laurent Blanc being the next Man U manager as he played a couple of seasons for them. He won the league with Bordeaux by winning the last 11 matches. They then went through the Champions League group stage unbeaten, the only team to do so...

I think that he was taken off to protect him for the next match. He reminds me of Kenny Sansom who had 86 caps for England. I think that his position as left sided defender is his to lose over the next 10 years and that he could become the highest capped full-back in the history of the English...

It took Claudio seven games to find his best team. Perhaps Claud has now found his.

I am watching Celebrity Masterchef and Greg has just asked Martin Bayfield " When you are in front of 80,000 fans, what do you concentrate on?" His answer was " The first 10 minutes, you have to start well". Let's hope that Claude is watching the same programme that I am.