Howe's The Pedro Pursuit You Ask? v Mike Deans Mellon Munchers

[wykikitoon 16503]

I would make changes for this game.

Dubs, Lascelles, Ciggy, Ritchie, Anderson, Wood.  Surly they start?

[Dougle 2853]

Hoy Bondswell into the mix too after his decent pre-season.     

[Christmas Tree 3997]

16 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

I would make changes for this game.

Dubs, Lascelles, Ciggy, Ritchie, Anderson, Wood.  Surly they start?

Na, fuck that. So sick over the years of managers promising to take the cup seriously and then putting out a shit team.

 

I want the best 11 out there. 

 

 

[wykikitoon 16503]

We should still have enough to beat these with them starting?

[Monkeys Fist 38597]

9 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Na, fuck that. So sick over the years of managers promising to take the cup seriously and then putting out a shit team.

 

I want the best 11 out there. 

 

 

Tranmere are currently 17th in Leaygue 2 marra.
I think we can afford 2-3 changes to the starting XI without too much trouble. 
 

If and when we progress further in the cups, then we can realistically target them with full strength squads. 
 

I do think Eddie will be eyeing a cup this year, as, quite apart from the insane scenes it’ll trigger if we win one, it’ll help instil the winning mentality needed to become a team truly challenging for the big prizes. 

[PaddockLad 14529]

7 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Na, fuck that. So sick over the years of managers promising to take the cup seriously and then putting out a shit team.

 

I want the best 11 out there. 

 

 

Howe legendary at Bournemouth for not taking cups seriously, you’ll be able to look up his record and probably comments from their supporters too

[Dougle 2853]

8 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Na, fuck that. So sick over the years of managers promising to take the cup seriously and then putting out a shit team.

 

I want the best 11 out there. 

 

 

 

[OTF 6131]

Krafth as well. 

 

Also, what's with the Ciggy name for Longstaff?

 

I honestly wouldn't mind if Bruno, Bot, Burn, Joelinton, Willock and Miggy played in some capacity too, not sure why I feel obliged to give Schar a rest, probably because Lascelles is guaranteed to play. I assume you can still make 5 subs in cup games? Hopefully Targett will be fit for this - I didn't hear the latest after he was going to have a late fitness check for the Man City game.

 

So many times in these cup games we've played a weakened team, failed to score when we've had the upper hand and had the less favoured opposition grow in confidence. Start with a strong team, aim to get in front then swap in the fresh players and keep our momentum.

[OTF 6131]

21 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Howe legendary at Bournemouth for not taking cups seriously, you’ll be able to look up his record and probably comments from their supporters too

 

That was Phase 0/1 Eddie Howe. We're at least at Phase 2 now.

[The Fish 8955]

5 minutes ago, OTF said:

Krafth as well. 

 

Also, what's with the Ciggy name for Longstaff?

 

I honestly wouldn't mind if Bruno, Bot, Burn, Joelinton, Willock and Miggy played in some capacity too, not sure why I feel obliged to give Schar a rest, probably because Lascelles is guaranteed to play. I assume you can still make 5 subs in cup games? Hopefully Targett will be fit for this - I didn't hear the latest after he was going to have a late fitness check for the Man City game.

 

So many times in these cup games we've played a weakened team, failed to score when we've had the upper hand and had the less favoured opposition grow in confidence. Start with a strong team, aim to get in front then swap in the fresh players and keep our momentum.

 

I think the difference between then and now is the ethos of Howe's teams. Whomever we play in the cup game, the way we play will stay largely the same. I'd rest ASM and Bruno, maybe Trippier and one of the centre backs. Maybe give Dubravka a game? With Longstaff, Murphy, Fraser, Krafth, Anderson and the like playing we should still have enough to beat Tranmere. Especially if we play with the same intensity we saw in the games against Forest and Brighton. 

[Craig 6294]

1 hour ago, Christmas Tree said:

Na, fuck that. So sick over the years of managers promising to take the cup seriously and then putting out a shit team.

 

I want the best 11 out there. 

 

 

 

[PaddockLad 14529]

If there’s one season to make an assault on the last 8 of the league cup it’s this one…the World Cup break skews everything…

[The Fish 8955]

1 minute ago, PaddockLad said:

If there’s one season to make an assault on the last 8 of the league cup it’s this one…the World Cup break skews everything…

I'm getting strong 2011/12 vibes from the start of this season.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

1 hour ago, wykikitoon said:

We should still have enough to beat these with them starting?

We lost to Cambridge at home THIS YEAR,to a team that included Trippier, Schar, ASM, Shelvey & Joelinton.  

 

It already looks like Wilson is out.

 

For me, it’s as strong as possible, especially as we are not playing til Sunday.

[Gemmill 34196]

I'd start:

 

Dubravka

Targett if fit

Krafth

Lascelles

Longstaff

Anderson

Wood

Murphy

 

That should be more than enough to beat these and we can react if things start going south. We're not the unprofessional knacker club that can't afford to rotate its first team anymore. 

 

Our second string will be fitter and sharper than theirs and we should knack them. 

 

 

[Craig 6294]

You put a side out that is capable of winning this sort of match. You definitely DON'T put out your your strongest possible XI. The risk of injury is just too great. 

Thankfully Eddie has already made comments to suggest there'll be changes.

[The Fish 8955]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

I'd start:

 

Dubravka

Targett if fit

Krafth

Lascelles

Longstaff

Anderson

Wood

Murphy

 

That should be more than enough to beat these and we can react if things start going south. We're not the unprofessional knacker club that can't afford to rotate its first team anymore. 

 

Our second string will be fitter and sharper than theirs and we should knack them. 

 

 

I'd probably want to name 11 players, mind. We're good, but I don't think we should try and beat them with 8 men.

[Gemmill 34196]

Step outside of your front door. I'm taking a long run-up to Manchester to kick you in the balls. 

[The Fish 8955]

3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Step outside of your front door. I'm taking a long run-up to Manchester to kick you in the balls. 

I'll just put a magnet at the end of the drive, fry your circuitboards before you get to the front door.

[Gemmill 34196]

Might just give me a power up. Double my BPM right at the point of contact. 

[Gemmill 34196]

 

 

Just by way of preamble to the match, I've managed to retrieve the above CCTV footage from that hotel reception in Brighton showing @scoobos attempts to check in. 

[Ayatollah Hermione 12737]

Ritchie and Krafth full backs, Botman with Lascelles, Willock, Shlongstaff and Anderson in the middle with Fraser and Murphy either side of Wood. Job done 

[Christmas Tree 3997]

[wykikitoon 16503]

Dubs on his way then

[thebrokendoll 7085]

3 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Dubs on his way then

 

definitely bit of a clue there I reckon!