DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
I'd settle for a point here, tbh. Pulis seems to have our number.
-------------------------------Lloris------------------------------
Walker------------Toby----------------Jan-------------Davies
------------------------------Wanyama--------------------------
Lamela-----------Eriksen--------Dembele (if fit)/Alli-----Son
-------------------------------Janssen---------------------------
Subs: Vorm, Dier, Rose (if fit)/Trippier, Sissoko, Winks, Onomah, N'Koudou
Justifications -
Dembele in the attacking midfield 'four' over Alli - the formation we've recently adopted seems, at first glance, to be sort of ill-fitted for Dembele's bursts from deep, but I feel like his ability to retain possession in tight spaces will be more useful against Pulis' ten men on the goalline than Alli's moves into space (of which there will likely be little). Plus, it would help prevent breakaways, and might result in creating space for the other three AMs if (as is usually the case when he plays deeper) two or three of West Brom's midfielders lose discipline and go in on him to try to win the ball.
Janssen over Son up front - Son up front worked well against City, on our turf, but I put Janssen in there just because I'd like to see him muscle West Brom's defenders about a bit - they'll definitely do it to us, so might as well leave the elbow in a bit form our side as well.
1-1, Wanyama with a blooter and some troglodyte bundling in a (sadly) deserved equaliser for them after a period of long-ball pressure.
Edit: Sorry, forgot Chadli's going to be playing for them! 1-1, Wanyama with a blooter for us and Chadli with a magnificent, slaloming run and finish to equalize for them, *after* which he gets mobbed by his neanderthal team-mates.
-------------------------------Lloris------------------------------
Walker------------Toby----------------Jan-------------Davies
------------------------------Wanyama--------------------------
Lamela-----------Eriksen--------Dembele (if fit)/Alli-----Son
-------------------------------Janssen---------------------------
Subs: Vorm, Dier, Rose (if fit)/Trippier, Sissoko, Winks, Onomah, N'Koudou
Justifications -
Dembele in the attacking midfield 'four' over Alli - the formation we've recently adopted seems, at first glance, to be sort of ill-fitted for Dembele's bursts from deep, but I feel like his ability to retain possession in tight spaces will be more useful against Pulis' ten men on the goalline than Alli's moves into space (of which there will likely be little). Plus, it would help prevent breakaways, and might result in creating space for the other three AMs if (as is usually the case when he plays deeper) two or three of West Brom's midfielders lose discipline and go in on him to try to win the ball.
Janssen over Son up front - Son up front worked well against City, on our turf, but I put Janssen in there just because I'd like to see him muscle West Brom's defenders about a bit - they'll definitely do it to us, so might as well leave the elbow in a bit form our side as well.
1-1, Wanyama with a blooter and some troglodyte bundling in a (sadly) deserved equaliser for them after a period of long-ball pressure.
Edit: Sorry, forgot Chadli's going to be playing for them! 1-1, Wanyama with a blooter for us and Chadli with a magnificent, slaloming run and finish to equalize for them, *after* which he gets mobbed by his neanderthal team-mates.
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