| Team tonight then…. 11:30 - Dec 30 with 6805 views | itfcjoe |
Muric
O’Shea
Woolf
Greaves/Burgess
Davis
Morsy
Phillips/Cajuste
Johnson/Burns
Omari
Szmodics/Clarke
Delap
Those are my 4 calls but I’d go with Greaves, Phillips, Johnson and Szmodics
Obviously some fitness queries in there - imagine the second CM and Greaves the main ones effected |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 11:33 - Dec 30 with 4758 views | hadleighboyblue |
Would like to see Broadhead given a chance |  | | |
| Team tonight then…. on 11:41 - Dec 30 with 4668 views | Rocky |
No Hutch? |  | | |
| Team tonight then…. on 11:45 - Dec 30 with 4639 views | Steve_M |
I would be expecting Burgess back in for this one and Cajuste to start given how little Greaves has played and the midfield sub on Friday.
Phillips to come on for 30 minutes with us 1-0 ahead then. Maybe.... |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 11:49 - Dec 30 with 4601 views | unstableblue |
Difficult call tonight
A few observations - it was a back 5 at The Emirates in the first half as Johnson and Davis sat in full back positions. And OShea wasn’t really a full back at anytime. Perhaps it was a back 4 at times in the second half when Johnson moved forward and OShea did move wider.
But we need some more attacking intent, and Johnson looked a bit loose; so play Burns but deeper than usual at home to give us some solidity. Davis has been much better of late as a defender which will help. Wolfenden grew into the game, despite the error on their goal. So keep his place.
Tough on Greaves but bring back Burgess to deal with Jackson.
I would love to see Phillips and Cajuste continue, at the expense of Morsy. Not going to happen and I know Arsenal was only a few days ago. But Phillips was back to his best come the end of the game in North London.
Omari is off the boil, but too good to drop out and his old club are the opponents.
So it’s
———————- Muric
OShea—-Wolf———-Burgess—-Davis
Burns———-Morsy—Cajuste
————————Hutchinson——-Szmodics
—————————Delap
Muric is doing pretty well in my view
Wouldn’t surprise me if we see Chaplin and/or Clarke coming in for Omari and/or Szmodics |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:00 - Dec 30 with 4447 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Agree generally, but would equally be ok with Cajuste in for Morsy.
I think Broady deserves more game time.
Hutch? [Post edited 30 Dec 2024 12:01]
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:04 - Dec 30 with 4394 views | StockholmBlue |
Would like to give Broadhead and Chaplin decent enough of minutes on the pitch tonight. Think they both have deserved more time, and have done well when coming on. Do not know whether they should start or finish the game. But would like to see this at some point:
Muric or Walton
O'Shea Burgess Greaves Davies
Phillips Cajuste
Hutchinson Chaplin Broadhead
Delap |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:05 - Dec 30 with 4354 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Team tonight then…. on 11:49 - Dec 30 by unstableblue |
Difficult call tonight
A few observations - it was a back 5 at The Emirates in the first half as Johnson and Davis sat in full back positions. And OShea wasn’t really a full back at anytime. Perhaps it was a back 4 at times in the second half when Johnson moved forward and OShea did move wider.
But we need some more attacking intent, and Johnson looked a bit loose; so play Burns but deeper than usual at home to give us some solidity. Davis has been much better of late as a defender which will help. Wolfenden grew into the game, despite the error on their goal. So keep his place.
Tough on Greaves but bring back Burgess to deal with Jackson.
I would love to see Phillips and Cajuste continue, at the expense of Morsy. Not going to happen and I know Arsenal was only a few days ago. But Phillips was back to his best come the end of the game in North London.
Omari is off the boil, but too good to drop out and his old club are the opponents.
So it’s
———————- Muric
OShea—-Wolf———-Burgess—-Davis
Burns———-Morsy—Cajuste
————————Hutchinson——-Szmodics
—————————Delap
Muric is doing pretty well in my view
Wouldn’t surprise me if we see Chaplin and/or Clarke coming in for Omari and/or Szmodics |
I do think Phillips and Cajuste is the best midfield pairing we have when fit. | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:06 - Dec 30 with 4354 views | BrockleyBlue78 |
Same XI that started against Arsenal except Morsy for Philips
They’re too good not to go with the back 5 again, even at home
Hopefully the ball will stick with the front 3 better than against Arsenal, and with a little more composure, quality and luck up top we will fair better
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:06 - Dec 30 with 4334 views | _clive_baker_ |
Muric
Johnson
O'Shea
Greaves
Davis
Morsy
Cajuste
Burns
Hutchinson
Szmodics
Delap [Post edited 30 Dec 2024 17:01]
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:08 - Dec 30 with 4311 views | itfcjoe |
| Team tonight then…. on 11:49 - Dec 30 by unstableblue |
Difficult call tonight
A few observations - it was a back 5 at The Emirates in the first half as Johnson and Davis sat in full back positions. And OShea wasn’t really a full back at anytime. Perhaps it was a back 4 at times in the second half when Johnson moved forward and OShea did move wider.
But we need some more attacking intent, and Johnson looked a bit loose; so play Burns but deeper than usual at home to give us some solidity. Davis has been much better of late as a defender which will help. Wolfenden grew into the game, despite the error on their goal. So keep his place.
Tough on Greaves but bring back Burgess to deal with Jackson.
I would love to see Phillips and Cajuste continue, at the expense of Morsy. Not going to happen and I know Arsenal was only a few days ago. But Phillips was back to his best come the end of the game in North London.
Omari is off the boil, but too good to drop out and his old club are the opponents.
So it’s
———————- Muric
OShea—-Wolf———-Burgess—-Davis
Burns———-Morsy—Cajuste
————————Hutchinson——-Szmodics
—————————Delap
Muric is doing pretty well in my view
Wouldn’t surprise me if we see Chaplin and/or Clarke coming in for Omari and/or Szmodics |
Really good explanation of our shape here
https://open.substack.com/pub/jacksaunders/p/tactical-notes-arsenal-v-ipswich?r= | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:14 - Dec 30 with 4185 views | Blooos |
Really hope no Johnson, gets ran past every single time without fail and is absolutely 0 attacking threat. H.Clarke isn’t great but is better than Johnson imo. | | | |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:16 - Dec 30 with 4125 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:14 - Dec 30 by Blooos |
Really hope no Johnson, gets ran past every single time without fail and is absolutely 0 attacking threat. H.Clarke isn’t great but is better than Johnson imo. |
Johnson needs a run of games, he had started to show promise until he got injured. |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:17 - Dec 30 with 4146 views | GlasgowBlue |
As much as we all love Sam Morsy, if we have any chance of staying up out midfield has to be the players from Napoli and Manchester City.
I completely agree with Blue Monday when they say that we need to get all of our players with Premier League experience in the team. |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:22 - Dec 30 with 4051 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:17 - Dec 30 by GlasgowBlue |
As much as we all love Sam Morsy, if we have any chance of staying up out midfield has to be the players from Napoli and Manchester City.
I completely agree with Blue Monday when they say that we need to get all of our players with Premier League experience in the team. |
IF both are fit, that has to be out midfield duo, but can both do another 60 0dd minutes so soon after Arsenal, I don't think they can.
What I do hope thos is KM has relised that Morsy needs to come off as much as cajuste did around 65 minutes,, | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:25 - Dec 30 with 4014 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:22 - Dec 30 by FrimleyBlue |
IF both are fit, that has to be out midfield duo, but can both do another 60 0dd minutes so soon after Arsenal, I don't think they can.
What I do hope thos is KM has relised that Morsy needs to come off as much as cajuste did around 65 minutes,, |
To be fair, they've not exactly been over worked so far this season, and they are not old players.
I don't think its a stretch to start them both. | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:31 - Dec 30 with 3964 views | Illinoisblue |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:17 - Dec 30 by GlasgowBlue |
As much as we all love Sam Morsy, if we have any chance of staying up out midfield has to be the players from Napoli and Manchester City.
I completely agree with Blue Monday when they say that we need to get all of our players with Premier League experience in the team. |
Will be the biggest call of KM’s career to drop Morsy. Not against it but has Phillips really shown this season that he’s any better ? |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:33 - Dec 30 with 3932 views | NeverSayDie |
Really tough call tonight to get the formation right, let alone the starting XI, but personally I’d like to see us stick with the 3 CB’s, but with a strong emphasis on paying the opposition far less respect when we are in possession than we did vs Arsenal, defend resolutely and counter swiftly. The pressure of it being a home game may well sway towards the familiar 4231, but I think this would be a mistake.
In terms of personnel (regardless of formation) I think there’ll be a couple of changes; I don’t think Phillips will start and Morsy/Cajuste is rekindled in the middle, Szmodics is at risk in favour of Chaplin/Clarke and H Clarke could get a start in front of Johnson, Burgess likely to return (if injury free).
Best guess with no idea of the fitness of the squad in terms of injury/illness 🤷♂️ |  | | |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:33 - Dec 30 with 3921 views | BasingstokeBlue |
| Team tonight then…. on 11:41 - Dec 30 by Rocky |
No Hutch? |
> Johnson/Burns
> Omari <------------------- a.k.a. Hutch
> Szmodics/Clarke |  |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:37 - Dec 30 with 3852 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:31 - Dec 30 by Illinoisblue |
Will be the biggest call of KM’s career to drop Morsy. Not against it but has Phillips really shown this season that he’s any better ? |
yes | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:49 - Dec 30 with 3686 views | billlm |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:05 - Dec 30 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I do think Phillips and Cajuste is the best midfield pairing we have when fit. |
I agree, but it will be morsy Cajuste,
Unless we've been saving Phillips at a 100k which is very doubtful lol
Would be Phillips be surprised if he can play two games especially against that quality from no starts, |  | | |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:51 - Dec 30 with 3644 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:49 - Dec 30 by billlm |
I agree, but it will be morsy Cajuste,
Unless we've been saving Phillips at a 100k which is very doubtful lol
Would be Phillips be surprised if he can play two games especially against that quality from no starts, |
Lets really do something different and have Morsy, Phillips and Cajuste | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:53 - Dec 30 with 3617 views | billlm |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:51 - Dec 30 by FrimleyBlue |
Lets really do something different and have Morsy, Phillips and Cajuste |
Would love something different were to same old, | | | |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:55 - Dec 30 with 3608 views | Steve_M |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:31 - Dec 30 by Illinoisblue |
Will be the biggest call of KM’s career to drop Morsy. Not against it but has Phillips really shown this season that he’s any better ? |
I think that we won't start Phillips twice in four days after so little football this season.
A fully fit Phillips on the other hand, probably starts more games than he doesn't. | |
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| Team tonight then…. on 12:56 - Dec 30 with 3604 views | strikalite |
| Team tonight then…. on 12:37 - Dec 30 by FrimleyBlue |
yes |
But has to be said that Morsy dictates the way we play, so good on the ball and rarely gives it away, think he starts tonight but Phillips did look much better at Arsenal no doubt.. |  | | |
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