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    3. KingPing43 on

      Hornicek

      Miley Thiaw Botman Hall

      Nico Joelinton

      MFP Willock Barnes

      Wissa

      Would be my guess. Maybe Willock further back and big Joe on the wing??

    10. xScottieHD on

      Improvement with no Murphy but I’m struggling to see what Willock and Joelinton being a side that needs technicality and control.

    11. The_Best_Smart on

      Looks like Jaissle has learned his lesson from all the previous atrocious performances and decided once again not to have a midfield

    14. lildrangus on

      I’m happy to give a manager some grace in adapting to a new league and having some failed experiments, but if we don’t switch to 3 midfielders, I’m concerned that Jaissle has no interest in being anything other than a young German Allardyce

    16. JackAndrewThorne on

      I desperately hope it is a change in shape to a three man midfield but if not… I’m not optimistic.

    19. swimmingwithrocks on

      Get battered two games in a row and keep the formation with a single change to the lineup.

      We’re getting melted

    21. jwuer on

      Guys I get things are grim but I would prefer we don’t run our children midfielder and winger into the ground.

    23. noidtiz on

      If it hadn’t been for Captain-Eyed Joe, we’da lost the midfield a long time ago, where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from, Captain-Eyed Joe?

    26. POITINGOUTCUNTS on

      85m on players who aren’t up to starting in the PL in key positions. Cracking stuff

    27. ajtct98 on

      Absolutely astounding to me that Jaissle has only made the one change of taking Murphy out and putting Joelinton in.

      He’d better have made some big tactical adjustments otherwise we’re going to be taken to the cleaners by Villa

    29. norcimo on

      Was having quite a good day. Then looked at this. Oh well, hope they prove my increasing sense of doom wrong. 

    30. Krisyj96 on

      MFP as right wing then? With Wissa at 9 and Willock at 10? I don’t mind it. Especially with Joe and Nico as a double pivot.

      Just hope there’s been at least a slight tweak in the tactics

    32. wrobwrob on

      I think schar would be a good choice to improve our attack. He has great vision and can deliver the long passes

    33. simplytom_1 on

      Not sure on the 4-2-3-1 again but no Murph and Willock as the 10 is an improvement, although again Botman still scares me

      But I’m saying Big Joe hat-trick. HWTL

    34. EdBullGivesYouThings on

      The most positive thought I can summon is that MJ’s basketball tactics could be oddly well suited to playing Emery and this could be a front 3 of Barnes/Wissa/Pardo with Willock in behind, Nico/Joelinton deeper which could work.

      Equally likely Pardo/Barnes play on the same wing, Willock and Wissa both at 10, we get endlessly pressured by giving away aimless long balls (again) and for some reason Murphy off the bench doesn’t turn it all around.

    35. essjay281 on

      Fuck sake i’d convinced myself this game was tomorrow and my Saturday wouldn’t be ruined by this absolute shower of shite. 

      Ahh well here we go

    36. robinta on

      How he hasn’t broken up Botman and thiaw paired at CB is beyond me… Unless BDB isn’t fully fit, and/or he thinks they’ll be better with some actual protection in front of them from Joe.

      I’m very, very unconfident. A bad result/performance here and it could turn really nasty for Jassle.

    37. Jabberwhorl on

      I’m not 100% sold on the formation but they definitely have to tighten that gap between defence and midfield as the lack of control in that area is causing individual errors which are costing us massively.

      Also Wissa just didn’t affect the game at all in that deeper role, needs to be higher up the pitch. Just think Jaissle needs to find balance quickly as it’s not a bad team on paper.

    39. MJ1931 on

      Don`t think he is going to mess with that Wissa & Pardo combination (unfortunately) so RW for Willock it is.