Crush them early then rotate the lines for some rest
Shreddonia on
No changes is a big surprise, but hey, no doubt that this is pretty much as strong as we can go right now and I can’t complain about that. Nice to see Bailey back on the bench too. Hopefully we can be in a position by half time to make some switches and maybe give the likes of Durán and Maatsen more time, but this should be a good one.
Sad_Lone_Wolf_ on
WTF is up at Right Back? Purchase a €10m 🇷🇸 RB w/ UCL experience (Ned) and bench them for Bogarde a CB/CM playing out of position?!?!
WordsUnthought on
Oh so we’re like *going for it* going for it. Nice.
Mizunomafia on
Surprised by that. I would have started Duran and saved Onana for the league.
mrlee10 on
Did Martin O’Neil sneak back in charge?
We just going to play the same 11 every single game from now till the end of the season lol?
This Bogarde situation is so weird
teamorange3 on
I feel like maatsen, Ned, Barkley and Duran should be in
im_on_the_case on
Interesting, I wonder if Unai will do some rotation for the Wolves game… I think the lineup is fair though, you want the core team to have at least one CL game under their belt before we face Bayern where we would be starting the first team anyway. Also the secondary players will get a runout in the League Cup one week from today.
fishandsheeps on
4th best RB starting again😳
Loud-Storage7262 on
Incredibly harsh on Duran but I get it, we’re going for it
LiorahLights on
I’ve ducked out of work early, got my shirt on and I AM READY!
bambinoquinn on
Poor jaden can’t catch a break. Maybe they don’t want to risk him on a plastic pitch, but with the Bailey injury I feel like he was probably in unais thoughts over the games since west ham, but has had about 10 mins because of injuries
arenaross on
I’m not sure why people were expecting rotation for the Champions league ffs.
This is our most winnable game, you probably need 3 wins to get through.
Win this and you just need 2 more wins from 7 further games.
The time for rotating is much later on.
coupl4nd on
Rogers gonna score a banger…
SpaceboyMcGhee on
Surprised not to see us rotate at all, we’re going to have to start doing so at some point soon to be ready for the long season ahead. That said, I suppose it is a marquee game being our first in the CL (even if it’s one of the potentially weaker sides we’ll face). We rotated hard in our first game of the conference league last season and got turned over in Warsaw, perhaps Unai wants to make absolutely sure we start things off with a bang.
Alive_Fix_489 on
Honestly, the more I look at it, the more it makes sense. Young Boys, while not to be underestimated, aren’t the best squad we’ll face by a long shot. Duran is just waiting for a huge breakthrough and I hope we see that either against Bayern or Juve, where I doubt Unai won’t start him. On the other hand, looking at our next fixtures up until Bayern, we have a cakewalk both in the League (struggling Wolves side and Ipswitch) and in the Cup (League One side). I am very excited and hopeful for this side and we should be able to go far.
GuySmileyIncognito on
I am getting a little concerned about our complete lack of squad rotation this season. We added a bunch of depth to the squad only to make no changes that weren’t forced by injury the entire season. Why do we have two keepers on the bench? Why did we make such a huge effort to bring Philogene back only to have him barely play so far this season and not even be on the bench for this match? What is he thinking? The team sold him on how much they wanted him back and how Emery kept saying constantly how much of a mistake it was to let him go the previous season. Did he pick up an injury over the past couple days?
It’s a long season and even if the starters aren’t tired *yet*, we still need to get all the rotation players active so that they’re ready when they get called on as the season keeps going.
sejm on
Maybe the plan is gain control, tire them out and throw on 3 rapid players in Maatsen, Nedeljkovic, and Duran to finish the game off?
ziggylcd12 on
Holy shit didn’t really YB were bottom of their league with 3 points from 6 games
unbr0kenchain on
Is there a way of saying “let’s smash these young boys” without finding oneself on a register?
ojama-ted on
Would have probably given Ned and Duran a start, but can’t complain at all with this lineup! Let’s go!
Hungry-Afternoon7987 on
Young boys are not gonna be a push over. They are here on merit.
We got our eyes wiped in the conference league by being arrogant.
Glad Unai has put out a strong team. Great options off the bench. 2-1 villa.
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Crush them early then rotate the lines for some rest
No changes is a big surprise, but hey, no doubt that this is pretty much as strong as we can go right now and I can’t complain about that. Nice to see Bailey back on the bench too. Hopefully we can be in a position by half time to make some switches and maybe give the likes of Durán and Maatsen more time, but this should be a good one.
WTF is up at Right Back? Purchase a €10m 🇷🇸 RB w/ UCL experience (Ned) and bench them for Bogarde a CB/CM playing out of position?!?!
Oh so we’re like *going for it* going for it. Nice.
Surprised by that. I would have started Duran and saved Onana for the league.
Did Martin O’Neil sneak back in charge?
We just going to play the same 11 every single game from now till the end of the season lol?
This Bogarde situation is so weird
I feel like maatsen, Ned, Barkley and Duran should be in
Interesting, I wonder if Unai will do some rotation for the Wolves game… I think the lineup is fair though, you want the core team to have at least one CL game under their belt before we face Bayern where we would be starting the first team anyway. Also the secondary players will get a runout in the League Cup one week from today.
4th best RB starting again😳
Incredibly harsh on Duran but I get it, we’re going for it
I’ve ducked out of work early, got my shirt on and I AM READY!
Poor jaden can’t catch a break. Maybe they don’t want to risk him on a plastic pitch, but with the Bailey injury I feel like he was probably in unais thoughts over the games since west ham, but has had about 10 mins because of injuries
I’m not sure why people were expecting rotation for the Champions league ffs.
This is our most winnable game, you probably need 3 wins to get through.
Win this and you just need 2 more wins from 7 further games.
The time for rotating is much later on.
Rogers gonna score a banger…
Surprised not to see us rotate at all, we’re going to have to start doing so at some point soon to be ready for the long season ahead. That said, I suppose it is a marquee game being our first in the CL (even if it’s one of the potentially weaker sides we’ll face). We rotated hard in our first game of the conference league last season and got turned over in Warsaw, perhaps Unai wants to make absolutely sure we start things off with a bang.
Honestly, the more I look at it, the more it makes sense. Young Boys, while not to be underestimated, aren’t the best squad we’ll face by a long shot. Duran is just waiting for a huge breakthrough and I hope we see that either against Bayern or Juve, where I doubt Unai won’t start him. On the other hand, looking at our next fixtures up until Bayern, we have a cakewalk both in the League (struggling Wolves side and Ipswitch) and in the Cup (League One side). I am very excited and hopeful for this side and we should be able to go far.
I am getting a little concerned about our complete lack of squad rotation this season. We added a bunch of depth to the squad only to make no changes that weren’t forced by injury the entire season. Why do we have two keepers on the bench? Why did we make such a huge effort to bring Philogene back only to have him barely play so far this season and not even be on the bench for this match? What is he thinking? The team sold him on how much they wanted him back and how Emery kept saying constantly how much of a mistake it was to let him go the previous season. Did he pick up an injury over the past couple days?
It’s a long season and even if the starters aren’t tired *yet*, we still need to get all the rotation players active so that they’re ready when they get called on as the season keeps going.
Maybe the plan is gain control, tire them out and throw on 3 rapid players in Maatsen, Nedeljkovic, and Duran to finish the game off?
Holy shit didn’t really YB were bottom of their league with 3 points from 6 games
Is there a way of saying “let’s smash these young boys” without finding oneself on a register?
Would have probably given Ned and Duran a start, but can’t complain at all with this lineup! Let’s go!
Young boys are not gonna be a push over. They are here on merit.
We got our eyes wiped in the conference league by being arrogant.
Glad Unai has put out a strong team. Great options off the bench. 2-1 villa.