Midfield structure needed.
Play a tight 451. Hug the touchline. Gordon LW & Elanga / Murphy RW. 3 in CM. Maybe Big Nick vs low block.
FWD - 🤢🤢🤢
Wissa
Osula
Neave
Just somebody who can find space, run behind and shoot.
Don't even have to score. Just upset the opposition.
Rant over #HWTL #NUFC
Defence, until injuries subside, picks itself (maybe Botman for Burn when fully fit. Sidenote- as great as it was to see, WTF was BDB doing on that left touchline towards the end of the match? He's a CB!!!)
Mid - only play Joelinton vs Sky6 teams. Need to break them down not break them.
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Wasn't going to post anything after today's match but...😬
To begin, not going to look at long-term issues (Gk, aging players, misfiring FWDs).
What can be rectified?
Gordon not FWD vs PL teams.
No creativity in mid / no Def Mid protection.
Forget 433. Go 451.
Utilise what we have = Pace.
Class write up and fingers crossed Grace's predicted scoreline is correct 😉 #NUFC
We can give them a hell of a game at least!!!!
If the tie is still alive in the 2nd leg then who knows 🙏 #NUFC
#NUFC If I had to pick either to win in the PL or the FA Cup vs City I'd pick the Cup every day of the week.
We gave a good show of ourselves, especially considering the long week we've just had.
#NUFC Sat 8pm KO.
Under the lights at SJP.
As good as we could have wished for.
Just Get Into Them!!!
Neave looked 👌 when he came on. Hopefully he can get a few more minutes in the return leg.
Looked tidy
What's the craic there with Trips and Gordon at HT?
Reckon Trips wanted himself / Big Nick / someone else to take that 2nd penalty and Gordon pulled PK rank.
Would have been nice to see Wolt get on the scoresheet but no time for sentimentality
Situation needs calmed down at HT by Eddie & JT #NUFC
Forget I mentioned him then 😅
Young.
Homegrown.
70 / 80 million maybe 🤔
Hopefully we put in a sell on % clause or buy back option or just something that shows forward thinking for a change.
You're probably right.
Didn't think of that 😕
Hopefully financially in our favour 🙏
Maybe even a Savinho or Marmoush thrown into the mix too 🤔
Now that #NUFC have drawn Man City (again) in the FA Cup I hope Eddie does the same thing against them this weekend that he did against Liverpool last year for the Carabao Cup - play a false formation / attempt to throw them off the scent.
I'd 100% rather we win in the FA Cup than in the league ⚫ ⚪
That cup run was amazing 🏆
It's better for the health just to assume we'll always get the tough draw. That CL draw when we made it back was ridiculous as well.
Ah well, least we're at home, hopefully it'll be under the lights and SJP will be a bear pit!
#NUFC beat 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th to win the Carabao Cup last year.
We've just beat 3rd (Villa).
Now drawn against 2nd (Man City).
We'll have to do it the hard way. Again.
We can't go top heavy
Elanga is playing himself into form
Wolt and Wissa need games
Can't have those 3 plus Gordon and Barnes starting imo
442 maybe with Gordon LM Elanga right?
I dunno.
Just hope we have a go today and not have Murphy RWB in a back 5 #NUFC
Ahead of the FA Cup match vs Villa a few #NUFC thoughts...
Ramsdale is yet to keep a clean sheet
Shahar still not made an appearance
433 = def and mid pick themselves
5 at the back - not the answer
Rotation is key - 4231?
Wolt and Wissa rested vs Spurs
Pope
Back 4
Sandro JW
Elanga Wolt JJ
Wissa
?
The two of them, and Elanga, have been looking sharper these last few games. Hopefully that continues and isn't a case of two steps forward one step back.
I'd love nothing more than to see a 15 yard Willock kneeslide today / Elanga skinning Villa's LB down the line / JJ scoring on his return #NUFC
Ramsey and Elanga look like their confidence is returning, hopefully they build on it vs Villa at the weekend.
Willock's ability to just run with the ball / glide with it, no-one else in the squad has that ability. When on form he's a great asset.
Hopefully this is the start of a good run of form😊
Credit where it's due, Eddie got a tune out of the players last night. When I saw Trips and BDB as the fullbacks - especially when Odebert skinned BDB a few times in the opening 10 - I thought we were in for a long night. It helps playing a team as low in confidence as Spurs but fair play #NUFC
Play 4231
Nick in the 10
Legs in midfield (start Ramsey)
Shahar at RB.
Come summertime get a new GK in, possibly new coach and hope to move forward and not backwards.
Murphy in the first 15 minutes misplaced so many balls, gave away passes, generally just looked all over the shop.
Trips is done.
Wissa looks like Jon Dahl Tomasson Mark 2.
Our midfield control is non-existent.
Our press has dissolved.
Just a complete waste of a season.
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Don't
Even
Talk
Neave STILL to make his PL debut. Unbelievabe.
He's cooked come the summer.
I'm saying it.
Eddie has lost me.
The boos in the stadium are for him.
His tactics,or lack of, are glaring.
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Two out of 3 subs right.
Finally have a front 2
Hope they got blasted in the face at HT! #NUFC
We've never seen him.
Or Neave.
Eddie is losing his good grace the longer he doesn't adapt.
What the hell happened to our press too???!!!!
Get Willock Trips and Murphy off at HT
Throw Sharar on
Big nick for Murph
Elanga for Willock
4-2-3-1
Back 4
Bruno Tonali
Barnes Nick Elanga
Wissa up top
Eddie needs to try and do SOMETHING and not wait until the 70th minute for subs.
I predict Brentford will win 3-1 just like the 1st game #NUFC
Some folks are great at it. But I still think we should collectively be re-posting way more on here, to avoid the situation where we have to go digging for #NUFC content. I reckon we can take this site if we do lads 😉⚫⚪
