Bournemouth (A)..pre match thread.

[Ric Flair]

47 minutes ago, Hales said:

We don't have the best results without them? Yes I absolutely want them back in the team. 

Results without Chilwell:

 

Won 4

Drew 2

Lost 1

 

Results without Maddison:

 

Won 2

Drew 1

[Guest An Sionnach]

22 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Results without Chilwell:

 

Won 4

Drew 2

Lost 1

 

Results without Maddison:

 

Won 2

Drew 1

If Chilwell is at wing back absolutely fine , I always thought James and Youri  get in each others way , over to you Bren to sort that one out.

[st albans fox]

both out as expected

[Ollie93]

I'd like to see Praet in, playing just infront of Ndidi, his passing and vision are the best we've got imo.

Edited 10 July 2020 by Ollie93

[Rugby_City]

Massive game for us and Bournemouth! Watford play Newcastle at home and West Ham are playing Norwich so their is a possibility that they could be 6 points behind by the time we play them. Bournemouth's next games also away at Manchester City so I think they have no choice but to come out and try and win this game which should play into our hands. They looked solid yesterday against Spurs but I thought Tottenham were abysmal rather than Bournemouth being good. They ran themselves into the ground and looked shattered after the game so you would hope that our extra rest and preparation time will help us for this one. The only concern I have us if they score first because then they will have a flat back 10., if we score first I expect them to crumble as their confidence is very fragile at the moment, especially if the Watford and West Ham results go against them at the weekend.

Edited 10 July 2020 by Rugby_City

[Gevans_97]

58 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Results without Chilwell:

 

Won 4

Drew 2

Lost 1

 

Results without Maddison:

 

Won 2

Drew 1

Because of our good start, and the fact we’ve had good results when we’ve rotated, you can probably make these stats work against the players for quite a few of them in our team...

 

Results without Vardy:

 

Won 2 

Lost 1 

 

Results without Perez:

 

Won 3 

Drew 2

 

imo, only player that we really miss is Wilf. 

 

Results without Wilf:

 

Won 1

Drew 2

Lost 3

 

i think it’s harsh to suggest that we play better without Maddison and Chilwell in the team. Maddison is our best creator, yes he’s not on the best form but we lose creativity when he’s not playing. Less so with Chilwell, he’s not had the best season. But I think he’s a bit of a scapegoat on here. 

[moore_94]

Referee is Stuart Attwell - yet to ref a game for us this season

 

4th Official is Simon Hooper

 

VAR is Stephen Child - can find hardly anything on this guy, either seems to more regularly be a linesman or the assistant VAR

[jeffschlupp]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Referee is Stuart Attwell - yet to ref a game for us this season

 

4th Official is Simon Hooper

 

VAR is Stephen Child - can find hardly anything on this guy, either seems to more regularly be a linesman or the assistant VAR

PL website says Child is AVAR, Pawson is VAR.

[Wymsey]

From his Wiki page, Attwell is from Nuneaton.

That could make him a Coventry supporter..

[StanSP]

We sticking with 3 at the back for this then? 

 

Think it'll work in this game better than the Arsenal one where their attack was far too good for it. 

 

Ndidi, Youri sit deeper, Perez in the middle further up. Justin and Albrighton as wingbacks.

 

Iheanacho and Vardy up front. 

Edited 10 July 2020 by StanSP

[Guest]

Will Youri be able to pass forward against a shit Bournemouth? Really wish we had maddison in. I'd start Praet over Youri as he passes forwards and gets himself into the box. But in all honesty whoever we play should be able to beat a team who are going to struggle to stay in the championship next season. They could easily be League 1 by this time next season.

[Lesta2014]

Chilwell and Maddison both not playing due to pending moves? 

[red5]

10 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

Chilwell and Maddison both not playing due to pending moves? 

Edited 10 July 2020 by red5

[Legend_in_blue]

Momentum in these games is key, especially with these daft mini breaks.  Score first and we will win this game.  Concede first and it'll be a slog.

[AKCJ]

1 minute ago, red5 said:

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0MYCdgXBL5YDWNyw/html5

 

Don't be so ridiculous.

[Grebfromgrebland]

I'm really nervous about this one. All our games have been must win but we have beat palace which we don't always do and we managed a draw against arsenal.

 

We need a minor miracle to keep to 4 now I think. 

[Grebfromgrebland]

13 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

Chilwell and Maddison both not playing due to pending moves? 

Did cross my mind too. Madison STILL hasn't signed a contract extension and Chilwell might be looking for a move.

 

Both know they can move to a champions League club in a summer. 

 

Haven't other players refused to play to secure moves in the summer? Eg Lallana

[fuchsntf]

1 hour ago, Rugby_City said:

Massive game for us and Bournemouth! Watford play Newcastle at home and West Ham are playing Norwich so their is a possibility that they could be 6 points behind by the time we play them. Bournemouth's next games also away at Manchester City so I think they have no choice but to come out and try and win this game which should play into our hands. They looked solid yesterday against Spurs but I thought Tottenham were abysmal rather than Bournemouth being good. They ran themselves into the ground and looked shattered after the game so you would hope that our extra rest and preparation time will help us for this one. The only concern I have us if they score first because then they will have a flat back 10., if we score first I expect them to crumble as their confidence is very fragile at the moment, especially if the Watford and West Ham results go against them at the weekend.

They could come out...and wup our ever obliging heroes....

[Guest An Sionnach]

If Bournemouth want to be a premiership club , they should do something about their terrible facilities . The premiership should refuse entry to any club without a 20,000 seater stadium minimum. Its one of the wealthiest towns in England ffs.

Edited 10 July 2020 by An Sionnach

[volpeazzurro]

54 minutes ago, StanSP said:

We sticking with 3 at the back for this then? 

 

Think it'll work in this game better than the Arsenal one where their attack was far too good for it. 

 

Ndidi, Youri sit deeper, Perez in the middle further up. Justin and Albrighton as wingbacks.

 

Iheanacho and Vardy up front. 

Praet in for Perez for me. He's more likely to thread a ball through to Vardy or Nacho. Perez, though admittedly better in the middle than stuck out on the wing, still got regularly outmuscled and lost the ball or passed it to the opposition. Though to be fair, I'd have Praet over Tielemans as well. 

[Hales]

1 hour ago, Lesta2014 said:

Chilwell and Maddison both not playing due to pending moves? 

 

1 hour ago, red5 said:

🙄😴

[Spudulike]

1 hour ago, An Sionnach said:

If Bournemouth want to be a premiership club , they should do something about their terrible facilities . The premiership should refuse entry to any club without a 20,000 seater stadium minimum. Its one of the wealthiest towns in England ffs.

Why would they want to play in the Scottish League? 

[RonnieTodger]

On 07/07/2020 at 23:51, Aus Fox said:

                   Kasper

 

            Evans Soyuncu

                   

Grey  Tielemans Madison Barnes
                    Perez    
          Vardy Iheanacho Hirst
 

Attack, Attack, Attack attack attack.

 

Isn’t that the formation from table football?

[UniFox21]

2 hours ago, red5 said:

Seriously what is your issue? 

[OntarioFox]

1 hour ago, An Sionnach said:

If Bournemouth want to be a premiership club , they should do something about their terrible facilities . The premiership should refuse entry to any club without a 20,000 seater stadium minimum. Its one of the wealthiest towns in England ffs.

I hate this mentality. I agree that Bournemouth could have (and probably should have) invested in a stadium expansion by now - their ground is in the middle of a park for Christ's sake, so it's not like they're boxed in.

 

But grounds like theirs are part of the variety and fun of football. It's a tidy little stadium and by no means a bad ground - the only real downside of its size is (a bit like us now we've grown our fanbase so considerably) that it's incredibly difficult to get a ticket to a match unless you're in a supporters' club or know someone. 

 

It maybe shows a little lack of ambition on their part, but Bournemouth's sensible model is one I think a lot of teams their size envy.