Agreed, but I do think we need a big man to give us the option of doing that but Ade ain't the answer.
I reckon there's no point in having Kane sitting behind the front man in the center of the 3. Either put him where hurts the opposition or don't use him at all. Right now he's not helping gel our attacks. I'd rather see Kane up front on his own and perhaps Soldado sitting behind.
Townsend needs to be on the left. Davies is totally exposed to their winger and we need to stretch their defence more. I might even be inclined to bring on Lennon and take off Ade.
Not sure that Stambouli and Mason are the best pairing either.
Difficult away leg ahead. We're well unlucky to have all these absent / injured players when we're probably hitting the most important 6 weeks or so of the season. I hope some of the players who haven't featured much so far are up to the job. If we drew Liverpool or Chelsea for this semi, I think we'd be out of the tournament today.
I don't know why we're surprised really. Any hardworking and well organised team who get men behind the ball present us with problems because we lack real creativity. Added to that most of our team were below par tonight especially those we usually rely on i.e. Kane and Eriksen
the sort of game where you blow a huge raspberry at the end ..
a win is a win is a win i suppose but good god we made hard work of that. we shouldn't be struggling that much against a league one side.
A league one side capable of beating southampton and seemingly up for the task of Spurs
I was impressed with Utd today, didn't look a League one side, yes you should expect to be better on the field than theses teams but don't forget....it is football, it's doesn't always pan out
The manager said he is taking Sheff Utd seriously, and then goes and picks a weakened team again...5 first teamers dropped from the weekend match against Sunderland.
I don't know why we're surprised really. Any hardworking and well organised team who get men behind the ball present us with problems because we lack real creativity. Added to that most of our team were below par tonight especially those we usually rely on i.e. Kane and Eriksen
I'm not massively surprised, to be fair because you've summed up quite well how we often struggle against sides like that. Knarf says it all the time as well.
But then I suppose, to be fair, the players like Kane and Eriksen aren't going to be able to turn it on every single time - fatigue is certainly going to play a role in that part of their game, so hopefully they'll be more up for it next week.
The one slight advantage we'll have is that Sheffield will have to come at us to try and get a goal, so if we can exploit that then we might be ok.
Would be nice to get Lamela back soon as well as i think he could certainly make a difference.
If we can play at a tempo then Sheffied U will surely be out classed. If we don't then we will give them a chance to use their physicality.which has taken them pass other Premiership teams in this competition.
I don't know where the physicality talk comes, they're one of the smallest sides in the league
It must be from when Bassett was there.....20+ years ago
I'm not massively surprised, to be fair because you've summed up quite well how we often struggle against sides like that. Knarf says it all the time as well.
But then I suppose, to be fair, the players like Kane and Eriksen aren't going to be able to turn it on every single time - fatigue is certainly going to play a role in that part of their game, so hopefully they'll be more up for it next week.
The one slight advantage we'll have is that Sheffield will have to come at us to try and get a goal, so if we can exploit that then we might be ok.
Would be nice to get Lamela back soon as well as i think he could certainly make a difference.
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To be fair though he cant do anything until our midfield get the freakin ball off them.
I suppose this would probably be a game where Soldado would do quite well as we'd benefit from his link up play.
I wonder if the idea is to just play it safe, not concede and hope to catch them late ?
I reckon there's no point in having Kane sitting behind the front man in the center of the 3. Either put him where hurts the opposition or don't use him at all. Right now he's not helping gel our attacks. I'd rather see Kane up front on his own and perhaps Soldado sitting behind.
Take Ade off.
Agreed, pee'd off with 1st half performance.
Not sure that Stambouli and Mason are the best pairing either.
.. three at least
a win is a win is a win i suppose but good god we made hard work of that. we shouldn't be struggling that much against a league one side.
A league one side capable of beating southampton and seemingly up for the task of Spurs
I was impressed with Utd today, didn't look a League one side, yes you should expect to be better on the field than theses teams but don't forget....it is football, it's doesn't always pan out
The manager said he is taking Sheff Utd seriously, and then goes and picks a weakened team again...5 first teamers dropped from the weekend match against Sunderland.
Im so disappointed again.
I'm not massively surprised, to be fair because you've summed up quite well how we often struggle against sides like that. Knarf says it all the time as well.
But then I suppose, to be fair, the players like Kane and Eriksen aren't going to be able to turn it on every single time - fatigue is certainly going to play a role in that part of their game, so hopefully they'll be more up for it next week.
The one slight advantage we'll have is that Sheffield will have to come at us to try and get a goal, so if we can exploit that then we might be ok.
Would be nice to get Lamela back soon as well as i think he could certainly make a difference.
I don't know where the physicality talk comes, they're one of the smallest sides in the league
It must be from when Bassett was there.....20+ years ago
Stop calling them Sheffield>:(
They only represent one fifth of the city
I shall bear that in mind in the future
It might not seem much but it matters to us:)
I'm still angry though cos I backed you lot -1 goal;-)