Perhaps our resident Sheffield United fan @Gutter Boy could give us a run down of their strengths & weaknesses?
Yes but will they play with the handbrake on or off?Norwood is the star man, runs midfield
Ahmedhodzic is a brilliant young CB (perhaps one for us?).
Ndiaye at #10 is their main creative outlet, though McAtee from City looks exciting from the bench too.
A bit like Chelsea, they struggle up front though. Brewster seems to have flopped, McBurnie is their best but not great, and they still wheel out Billy Sharp.
So the real question is how brave do we be here?
- Kane must need a rest, we need him on week-end and in CL against Milan
- PEH is the only senior midfielder, so do we really want him playing 4 games in 11 days?
- Davies also probably needs to be managed
Options
- Richi for Kane, Danjuma for Deki
- Porro for Royal, Perisic for Davies
- Sarr in for PEH
That would be 4 first team changes (5 positions, Son starting)
Further options
- Sanchez in for Romero?
Yes but will they play with the handbrake on or off?
Shouldn't be a problem.I expect we will make a few changes but i hope not to many. They are second in in their league and will be a hard game, and i would love to see us win the FA Cup again.
Even though they play 5-3-2, I thought that was an issue ? Eg not playing a system Poch played years ago.Definitely off. They are a confident, progressive team
Even though they play 5-3-2, I thought that was an issue ? Eg not playing a system Poch played years ago.
We play 3-4-3 though, the extra forward means we relinquish possession, but hopefully pose more of an attacking threat. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t..They play 3-5-2. It's quite different from ours, as with 3 CMs (Norwood, Berge and Fleck), they tend to have some possession
We play 3-4-3 though, the extra forward means we relinquish possession, but hopefully pose more of an attacking threat. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t..