But starting Koumas to lead the front line should not be one of them.
Pressing aside. If Koumas misses his chances. Iraola will be criticized for not having a more senior player in that position in such a huge game.
Barcola should start up top. And earn his wages and transfer fee.
Barcolas trickery, speed and movement might actually suit Wirtz’ s game more and be a better target for him.
So its Rio, Barcola, munoz front 3. With wirtz at 10… Dom and Macca in double pivot.
Im not opposed to wirtz in false 9. With Barcola and Munoz cutting inside from the wings.
But then it must be a mid trio of Macca, Nyoni and Szoboszlai. With macca and nyoni forward passing needed. And their defense to shutdown the likes of Cherki and Enzo.
Fuck it though, the crowd need to be the difference makers. Don’t let up all match long. The young guys need to step up to the mark and show us what they’re made of. Time for Wirtz to shine - he has nowhere to hide with Szobo out of the lineup now.
Apparently the City bus still caught up in traffic on the M62, match may well end up being forfeited and the 3 points awarded to us. Nobody has any idea what the possible cause could’ve been.
Beside everyone else in the team, we need Grav to have a good game today… Not sure why, but I hold little faith in him at the moment to play well, more games seem to go past him…
Hoping he plays a blinder, failing that after giving it 60/65mins, we would need to get Trey on the pitch and hope he proves a better call at that stage of the game
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