[Albion] Should we just kick them?

[banjo]

Got to catch then to kick them.

 

[Birdie Boy]

City have one of the fewest if not the least amount of tackles made in the premier league. So we need to keep ball when we have it. Don't just hoof it in the general direction of Murray.
Press them, don't let them have space. Two of Chelsea's goals they had too much space around the penalty area.
Don't give needless fouls away anywhere near our penalty area.
When we do get the ball, if we can, move it quickly and forward.
If we get a chance, score, we won't gey that many chances to be able to waste them.

 

[Sorrel]

Let's hope:
- they have an off day
- Wembley inspires us to play the match of our lives
- the sight of 35,000 B&HA fans is worth an extra goal
- luck is going our way
- they really have an off day

 

[knocky1]

Let's hope:
- they have an off day
- Wembley inspires us to play the match of our lives
- the sight of 35,000 B&HA fans is worth an extra 4 goals
- luck is going our way
- they really have an off day

You were nearly there.........

 

[Scappa]

"Million to one chances happen nine times out of ten" as Terry Pratchett once wrote

 

[Guinness Boy]

Kick them? No.

a) We'd end up with key players (or Knockaert and Stephens ) banned for the league campaign. VAR and all that......
b) They'd probably score directly from a 45 yard free kick anyway
c) I'd rather they won the title than Liverpool and so having both squads emerging intact in to the PL fray would be a result as far as I'm concerned
d) There is a 0.000000001% chance we can beat them with actual skill and goals.

 

[darkwolf666]

That's basically my sex strategy

And you didn't even mention getting it in the box early or coming from behind!

 

[Medwayseagull]

Dan Burn might provide an insight into how to beat them.

 

[Argartu]

Dan Burn might provide an insight into how to beat them.

We could get Walton in on a 1 game loan as well.

 

[Cozzy]

I dont condone violence but would be good to see some focused controlled aggression from our players. Might just be how I see things but we see to bounce off the opponents more often than we push them off the ball and seem to lack any bite apart from Stephens and he often gets it wrong.
Perhaps less defensive training and more work on weights & straightening up would help but all too often we just lose the ball without much effort to retain it.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

11 men against 11 men, skill for skill, ability for ability, fitness for fitness - we have sod all chance. We've got to get at them, rattle them, play dirty and grind out an ugly win. That, ladies and gentlemen, is our only chance.

Coming out and defending for our lives for 90 minutes will see us on the end of a spanking. Stevie Wonder could see that - and I hope CH does too.

 

[Napier]

Take no prisoners, tackle hard, get in their faces, rattle them, niggle them, let them know we are there, make them know they are in a game.

 

[Arthur]

Funnily enough I've just watched Take the ball, Pass the ball on a flight home this morning. Follows Pep's Barcelona side during their dominance. Mourinho's only answer to them was to kick the living shit out of them. Madrid did end up beating them but they also got spanked 2-6 at home.

On Amazon prime, worth a watch.

Getting back on thread (easier said than done) we need to just try and contain them in the first 15-20 mins. They could have been 3 or 4 up last Saturday at Fulham and did exactly the same on Wednesday against Cardiff. If we can keep them quiet then they do lose the intensity towards the mid point of the first half.

 

[London Irish]

We only have a chance if we press them. Hughton won’t do it cos he thinks it will leave too many holes. He’s probably right but letting them deep inside our half doesn’t work either as we saw on Wednesday.

It’s whether we take positive risks or negative risks. For the sake of just watching something decent, I hope positive

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Totally change tack and press them all over they have bigger fish to fry than a cup semi get at em hard n early set the tempo get our lot right behind and leave nothing on the pitch

Completely agree. It's frustrating to hear Hughton coming out saying that we'd be foolish to try and out-football City. We all know that but Swansea were minutes away from knocking City out. We need to be aggressive and on the front foot. Get amongst City and try and upset their rhythm. If we sit back with 10 men behind the ball and try and hit them on the break, or hope we can hold out for 120 minutes and nick it on pens, we're going to have our pants pulled down.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Play two left backs, if Solly fails a fitness test....No I don't expect this to be a popular choice.

 

[Barham's tash]

Can we have a whip-round and hire Uri Geller for the day?

He’s a chuffing Reading fan of all things so no thanks.

 

[Barham's tash]

11 men against 11 men, skill for skill, ability for ability, fitness for fitness - we have sod all chance. We've got to get at them, rattle them, play dirty and grind out an ugly win. That, ladies and gentlemen, is our only chance.

Coming out and defending for our lives for 90 minutes will see us on the end of a spanking. Stevie Wonder could see that - and I hope CH does too.

You haven’t read the Argus article then?

 

[Bodian]

Let's hope:
- they have an off day
- Wembley inspires us to play the match of our lives
- the sight of 35,000 B&HA fans is worth an extra goal
- luck is going our way
- they really have an off day

I've had three things go wrong at home/work this week, and as they say 'bad things come in threes'. And the City lad I'm travelling down with has only had two things go wrong this week....so far.

It's in the bag!

 

[crookie]

I've had three things go wrong at home/work this week, and as they say 'bad things come in threes'. And the City lad I'm travelling down with has only had two things go wrong this week....so far.

It's in the bag!

Nailed on then, I'd get on large at 25/1 !!