The Subhuman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 12:35 pm I'm a Mbeumo fan tonight if that helps ... need a goal or assist from him.

Unfortunately so am I . . . . Sorry

Well not really. If you are going for the win then you may be taking more risks, flooding men forward at the expense of being able to have a crowd of players when defending. Us in the championship as an example wouldn't have been better off employing a more defensive formation as the onus was on us ...

We played 5 or 3 at the back many times last season it just wasn't 3 centrebacks as such but one of Ampadu or Gruev simply becoming part of a 3 as Bogle and Firpo bombed forward. Our system was fluid, as are most top teams these day and continually adapting and changing throughout the match but ...

Well said and very important to not jump to conclusions on a small sample size. The 5-3-2 is likely a better formation against teams like City or Chelsea where they have vastly superior players and the key is to make it as crowded as possible in our defensive areas whilst also allowing us to be a ...

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15

A disgrace

Don't watch many of those sports or listen to those singers and I haven't seen many of those films

By the sounds of it be a surprise isn't some rotation

Both the front 2 have minor issues

Tanaka possible as well

Not major injuries more fitness

Farke here on mood There is no replacement for wins. To win in this manner, it was a well deserved win. Good for the mood and the confidence. We are always optimistic. It's normal that the mood drifted a bit, it should be like this at a club like this. Liverpool Still a top class side and the ...

GreennWhite wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 3:49 pm No one believes that, even you

The words took maybe 10 minutes.

You underestimate the speed which I can spew out thoughts

I'd like to see JP in the 2. I thought he and Okafor did well in their brief time together helping us keep the lead. Okafor ran in behind and Piroe played him in and got us up the pitch. Thought they showed an alternative to DCL and Nmecha. Also be tempted to start James Justin for some fresh legs.

Bit of love for Lukas.

Worked his socks off yesterday, some really nice touches and turns.

Good intelligence with his positioning.

He's scored 25% of our goals as well.

Probably the best value for money of our signings given he was a free

I think our normal formation probably results in the same score... I would doubt that. We played our normal formation and style first half vs Man City and it was like a training game for them. Lost to Forest, Spurs, Brighton, Burnley etc. It isn't just the formation of course (direct approach less ...

I enjoyed the scrolling... Very difficult to draw conclusions because Chelsea didn't turn up, be interesting to see the same maps after we've been beaten 3-0 in the 532. My guess, not a lot of difference Potentially not. And as Maresca said Farke has barely ever used a back 3 or 5 in his career so ...

After a spirited 2nd half vs Man City and a welcome formation change the performance of the season arrived as we took apart multi billion pound Chelsea. With a more direct and aggressive approach combined with a new formation Poundland Pep and his team of superstars struggled to cope with the new ...

CUSSIE01 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 12:17 pm You need to get out more.

Potentially

That only took 10 minutes

So lots of chat about is the back 3/5 the key, is it coincidental, is it a Farke masterstroke or just playing to the strengths of the squad. Many have views and those are fine, everyone entitled. But imo I think it's interesting to look at why this tactical switch works just from a positional ...

malcolmw wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 12:36 am Just wont let it go will you.

I answered a question . . . . . .

oh well we will play 532 and win the league. Absolute (well it rhymes with the name of the street where the stadium is). Formation had less to do with it than the team being up for it, the desire. You could see from the first minute that the team was well and truly up for it. You could play with an ...

Well done Farke and the whole team :clap: Some experts on here said we would get no points from this set of games :lol: Must be hard for those that want Farke gone to stomach a result like this, but it wont stop the gurning from them. Just wait till we have a bad game and they will be back at it ...

Farke here It felt a loing time coming. The players deserved a night like this. One poor home performance in the last 15 months. To be effective in the moments against this team - to win this game, it was deserved. We didn't give one chance away in the first half. We scored three and it could have ...

weasel wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 10:45 pm Nope no idea. You are making even less sense than usual.

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