Pre Match Burnley v Leicester

[M17TT C]

If Barnes is out for the season I'd be tempted.

Under really needs to put in a performance on Wednesday now, he's literally the only creative option we have unless one of the kids step up.

 

[londonfox]

I would give serious consideration to sticking Fofana up top.

Thankfully Brendan won’t.

 

[homer]

Thankfully Brendan won’t.

Neither will anyone else, ever

Apart from ‘Yvonne’

And he’s a nutty trolling ****

 

[Miles Away]

OK.

So I’ve had a look at the fixture list. We should, at this stage be thinking strategically about setups.

We play 3 games in next 2 weeks: Burnley, Brighton, Blades.

Forget the FA Cup for now. I’d play the kids

We don’t have a premier league game between March 14 and April 3 and that game is Man City.

From there is a run of games we that will make or break us: West Ham Southampton, Palace and Newcastle. We have a week to prepare for each.

The run in is brutal. Don’t expect much out of the last 3 of Man U, Chelsea, Spurs. I view those as free hits.

All of which to say we should be doing our utmost to get positive results the next 2 weeks, and use the break and ManCity game to get some rest. April is absolutely crucial.

Minimum 5 wins from 12 needs to be the target:

Brighton, Blades, Palace, Southampton, West Brom. Positive results against Burnley, Newcastle and West Ham would see us home and hosed, I think.

I know we are all a bit shell shocked, but nothing above is particularly unrealistic

 

[sparky79]

I just think people need a day or two to get used to the fact that we've gone from having the leagues most threatening and in form front 3, and looking at the last 16 of UEL - to having no Maddison and Barnes and a 1 legged Vardy. All in a week.
I cannot get excited about watching Iheanacho Under and Albrighton as our front 3 with no viable back up.

 

[Lako42]

We're ****ed it's as simple as that.

The only team to have been in the top 4 all season more than likely won't be finishing in it.

At least we'll have the EL to get our teeth into next season, love a bit of European competition.

 

[sparky79]

If we are in desperate straits injuries wise (which we now are) is there no way we can recall Dewsbury-Hall? Seems a bit rich to have no recourse whatsoever to recall a player regardless of how many of your 25 is out injured...

 

[homer]

If we are in desperate straits injuries wise (which we now are) is there no way we can recall Dewsbury-Hall?

No there isn’t

 

[Miles Away]

No there isn’t

He definitely should have come back in January, believe we had an option then.

 

[Jimmy Lad]

If we are in desperate straits injuries wise (which we now are) is there no way we can recall Dewsbury-Hall? Seems a bit rich to have no recourse whatsoever to recall a player regardless of how many of your 25 is out injured...

Don’t think we’re allowed to.

 

[homer]

He definitely should have come back in January, believe we had an option then.

We should also have brought players in on loan, or bought somebody

But we ****ed it up completely, and did absolutely nothing

 

[fitz]

We tried to get Chalobah and that load of bobbins that's stinking out West Brom. Odd choices really....

 

[Miles Away]

We tried to get Chalobah and that load of bobbins that's stinking out West Brom. Odd choices really....

Id snap your hand off for Maitland-Niles

 

[fitz]

Id snap your hand off for Maitland-Niles

He used to seem a canny player but not looking like it these days.

 

[camberwell fox]

It’s a 90 minute football match every 3 days.

Try watching the tennis someday.

Is this post supposed to be serious?

You think playing top level sport every 3 days doesn’t risk health and fatigue?

Tennis, FFS.

 

[City Fan]

Is this post supposed to be serious?

You think playing top level sport every 3 days doesn’t risk health and fatigue?

Tennis, FFS.

You don’t think Nadal or Djokovic playing at Wimbledon is top level sport?

The way we played today, it’s like we had just played a couple of hours before, not 3 days.

 

[Micky]

You don’t think Nadal or Djokovic playing at Wimbledon is top level sport?

The way we played today, it’s like we had just played a couple of hours before, not 3 days.

Wimbledon is over 2 weeks you knobhead!

 

[Skitzo]

Wimbledon is over 2 weeks you knobhead!

but the players can play 3 games in a week

 

[Micky]

but the players can play 3 games in a week

Yes, over 2 weeks.

 

[Skitzo]

Yes, over 2 weeks.

no, for 2 weeks then they move on to the next tournament that starts within a week somewhere else in the world, top level pro tennis players schedules are more full than most other athletes