Din
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But yeah amazing to get so many injured players back. Hernandez a massive boost as I wasn't expecting to see him for a while yet. Still not expecting much from this game but undoubtedly good news.
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OldRobert
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A draw would be a very good result imo.
dj161
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a few changes, either McLean is pushed into the hole, or we're playing 4-3-3
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Number 9
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Given Farkes complete reticence to change things, I would suggest its probably a straight swap McLean and Steiperman without altering the formation.
dj161
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still 0-0 after an hour, but Godfrey has gone off for Tom Trybull, so what is our defence partenership right now, Amadou and Trybull/Tettey?
edit - just found a stream, looks like Amadou/Tettey is the central defensive partnership right now
edit - just found a stream, looks like Amadou/Tettey is the central defensive partnership right now
Fenway Frank
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A point away from home and a clean sheet, happy with that
dj161
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especially when we played the last 40 minutes with zero central defenders on the pitch, happy with that today
morty
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Lets hope big Ben is okay!
OldRobert
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I wonder if that was precautionary. Tettey just said in interview that it should be 2 weeks to get over the hernia op, and Ben's done it in 9 days, let's hope so, therwise as someone said we ain't got no more!!
Anyway excellent point and clean sheet. Saw a lot of our away form from last season, particularly in the second half, we definitely could have had all 3 points today. Haven't been able to say that before this season.
morty
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Messaged my lad, who was at the game, and he said Ben came out and applauded the fans, so hopefully, like you say, just a precaution. Farke said as much and that Ben only had one training session with them before the game, so he did rush back a bit.
OldRobert
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Fingers crossed, shame there isn't another international break!
Din
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Yeah Farke suggested after the game it was more precautionary. Godfrey also said on Twitter that he's fine and put 'see you next week' on Instagram so seems as though there's no doubt in his mind he'll play in the Man United game.
All in all I'm very pleased with our first away point and clean sheet of the season. Bournemouth really isn't an easy place to go and keep them quiet yet we managed to do that and if either side was gonna win it it felt like it was gonna be us. Defensively we were superb today, and Amadou, Tettey and Godfrey/Trybull when they were on the pitch all played their part. Both full backs were excellent as well. It was actually our link-up play in the final 3rd that let us down a bit at times, with Cantwell and Buendia not quite able to pull the strings as we would want. Great that Hernandez was able to get some minutes though and hopefully that will continue in the next few games.
But yeah, feels like we laid down a platform today, now we just need to build on it. Seems strange to say and this is obviously before they play Liverpool, but the Man United game next Sunday feels like a brilliant opportunity to do that. Carrow Road is gonna be rocking and generally when the big teams are in town we turn up, so I hope we can do that. Not saying at all though that we should be winning it by any means, but after that we have 16th place Brighton away and bottom place Watford at home, so we really could with a good points haul from the next few games. But yeah, pleased with today!
All in all I'm very pleased with our first away point and clean sheet of the season. Bournemouth really isn't an easy place to go and keep them quiet yet we managed to do that and if either side was gonna win it it felt like it was gonna be us. Defensively we were superb today, and Amadou, Tettey and Godfrey/Trybull when they were on the pitch all played their part. Both full backs were excellent as well. It was actually our link-up play in the final 3rd that let us down a bit at times, with Cantwell and Buendia not quite able to pull the strings as we would want. Great that Hernandez was able to get some minutes though and hopefully that will continue in the next few games.
But yeah, feels like we laid down a platform today, now we just need to build on it. Seems strange to say and this is obviously before they play Liverpool, but the Man United game next Sunday feels like a brilliant opportunity to do that. Carrow Road is gonna be rocking and generally when the big teams are in town we turn up, so I hope we can do that. Not saying at all though that we should be winning it by any means, but after that we have 16th place Brighton away and bottom place Watford at home, so we really could with a good points haul from the next few games. But yeah, pleased with today!
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