TEAM NEWS VS BOURNEMOUTH Club News This afternoon's lineups have been announced... Continue reading on the official site...
Resting Stules from the start could be interesting- imagine him off the bench! Surprised Morris isn’t starting instead of Chaplin, but in Val we trust
Happy with that. Good to see Styles being rested. If Dike, Morris and Victor are on the bench, does that mean we'll be a bit less vertical to begin with?
He’s definitely lining up to press them. The good thing is that’s the front three that did so well in December. The bad thing is, it’s the front three that couldn’t beat the top sides.
Cynical view maybe but perhaps VI sees this as a likely defeat and wants to keep his strongest side for the next two more winnable games
Important to also look at the potential subs when assessing these lineups. Very strong bench of which 5 will likely come on. The starting XI barely even matters.
I'd guess that Val's thinking that the result will be sorted in the second half so he's playing the workhorses first half and craftsmen second half.
Don't think he views games like that Prince. Think with his winner's mentality he views every game as winnable. Look how we approached the Chelsea game
It's all about the press for the first half. It'll be interesting to see how it goes hopefully it'll be as good as it was in the home games against Norwich and Chelsea.