by thebigbangtheo » Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:16 pm
This game has the potential to be a real banana skin for us, whilst at the same time having the possibility of being the game that suddenly has us in raptures and singing the praises of Unai Emery.
I honestly can't remember one time when we've played them in Sheffield and had an easy ride regardless of their form being good, bad or indifferent, similar to how Wimbledon often used to be a fly in our bowl of soup.
Whether a managerial master stroke or pure accident of nature, I think Holding will be straining at the leash to play and perform so as to be first choice centre back and I think the same applies to Tierney at left back.
From what I saw of his performance against Columbia, the Duracell bunny that is Torreira is perfect for this game if played the same way he is for Uruguay. There is going to be a proper scrap in the middle of the park so the additional abundance of energy and touch of guile Guendouzi and Willock have to offer is likely to prove crucial.
If as expected Lacazette does return and Pepe retains a bit of the positivity he'll have from scoring for Ivory Coast, the fading memory of an explosion of goals from our TEAM might once again come screaming back into focus.