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No Cork or Schneiderlin. That's biggest gamble, I think. They've been Saints engine for much of the past 2 years. Davis, JWP, Wanyama strong alternatives, of course. And if we're not owning midfield, I guess one or both come in 2nd half. Disappointed Gallagher still out. We'll need JRod on before the 2nd half gets too old.

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Expected Wanyama, Clyne and JWP to start, all good players but Hooiveld and Guly have had enough chances now and neither are at the level needed. Jos especially.

 

Davis + Jos in the same side = may as well add one to Sunderland's goal count now since they will individually do something stupid or combine to cost us.

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No Cork or Schneiderlin. That's biggest gamble, I think. They've been Saints engine for much of the past 2 years. Davis, JWP, Wanyama strong alternatives, of course. And if we're not owning midfield, I guess one or both come in 2nd half. Disappointed Gallagher still out. We'll need JRod on before the 2nd half gets too old.

 

Agree.

 

And any defence containing both Jos & Yoshida is going to be vulnerable.

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F*ck sake. I understand fully the need to rotate, but does Boruc really need a rest? Biggest disappointment for me is having Hooiveld back at CB although after that gash on Fontes leg that's understandable.

Good chance for Guly to get a goal but still not in the Prem.

 

how do you know boruc is rested?

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We've lost.

 

Rubbish selection in my opinion. Does MoPo realise the importance of this game? The tradition of the FA Cup at this club? The fact its the only thing we can win this season?

 

Weak defence - adequate midfield and weakest attack we can currently field.

 

Strong bench but you can only make 3 substitutions.

 

Disappointed.

 

PROVE ME WRONG PLEASE MOPO - PROVE ME WRONG.

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Agree.

 

And any defence containing both Jos & Yoshida is going to be vulnerable.

 

Yoshida's been our best CB since Lovren has been out. If anything I'd have been more worried if it had been Fonte & Hooiveld. That's nothing against Jose, it's just Maya has at least played with Hooiveld more.

 

Jos is League 1 standard at best and him being in the starting line-up in any game for us is a massive risk

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They dont have Johnson who's by far and away their best player and we have Lallana + Lambert - i still think we ought to win

 

Big game for JWP who's struggled to make the step up so far, like to see him be more involved, a bit stronger and not be afraid to go past a player. His crossing, in these conditions, could be a key factor

 

Jos = :uhoh:

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We've lost. [/b]

 

Rubbish selection in my opinion. Does MoPo realise the importance of this game? The tradition of the FA Cup at this club? The fact its the only thing we can win this season?

 

Weak defence - adequate midfield and weakest attack we can currently field.

 

Strong bench but you can only make 3 substitutions.

 

Disappointed.

 

PROVE ME WRONG PLEASE MOPO - PROVE ME WRONG.

why?

have you seen theirs

 

 

people call me knee jerk, negative lol

 

i think we will win

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Jos is League 1 standard at best and him being in the starting line-up in any game for us is a massive risk

 

Maybe not quite up to the PL, but he was one of our best players during our rise up the Championship, don't forget.

 

That said, I'm feeling a lot less confident than I was about an hour ago. Ho hum, at least we might still finish 8th on the league!

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why is it an insult?

we have a squad of 25. the players looked fooked on tuesday

 

They're professional sportsmen FFS, we're not the only team to have played Tuesday, plus they've a whole week to recover. I'd be livid if I travelled all that way to find out we'd made that many changes.

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They're professional sportsmen FFS, we're not the only team to have played Tuesday, plus they've a whole week to recover. I'd be livid if I travelled all that way to find out we'd made that many changes.

 

well, they havent had all week have they. 3rd game in 7 days

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Appaling line up based on what?

 

Jos and Davis,other that that that is still a strong team,Wanyama was bossing games before his injury and Davis has been probably one ofthe most consistent players this season.

Guly may not score his share of goals but he puts in a decent shift and is always back defending if needed,to many bedwetters on here imo,if you think we can play with the same 11 all season you need your head checked.

 

Imagine if we get into Europe,certain posters on here will explode with team selections

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I still feel quite confident despite the several changes. Unlike all of us on here, the players will have known this selection and been training appropriately during the week. They would have been working on tactics with this selection and formation. I have doubts about Jos but hopefully he can have one of his good games.

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Awful selection. Playing one of K Davis, Hooiveld and Guly is bad enough but playing all three is unacceptable. Would have been fair enough playing them in the Hull game, but this is our most important game for weeks. Clearly Poch doesn't see it that way (even though Lallana does) and favours going all out for 7th over extending the cup run.

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why is it an insult?

we have a squad of 25. the players looked fooked on tuesday

 

Not even 25, just now we have a squad of 14 fit senior pros (including 2 keepers) and 3 or 4 good young players.

When a couple of the regulars are knackered or get knocks we're scrapng the barrel. Still perhaps we'll have Gaston and Dejan available again next week but I feel we've really let the squad become far too small.

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Dissapointed we have not picked our strongest side. Especially as all week people have been saying we should be able to handle 2 games in 5 days.

Big gamble for mopo. If it pays off then genious, if it doesnt then will get a lot of flak and rightly so.

 

its 3 games in 7 though.?

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