The teams are in.
Interesting selection this. I didn’t expect Hodgson to go with one up front and wouldn’t have picked Nevland for the role, but perhaps he reckons Kamara and possibly Eddie Johnson might scare Perm with their pace from the bench. Baird and Etuhu will hold in central midfield, while there’s an interesting attacking triumvirate ahead of them. Gera’s switched into the middle rather than out wide and Duff and Riise will try and work the magic from the flanks.
The cynics might suggest this is a team designed to keep things tight.
AMKAR PERM (4-4-2): Narabin; Sirakov, Gaál, Belorukov, Cherenchikov; Grishin, Telkiyski, Peev, Drincic; Jean Carlos, Kuchev. Subs: Usminski, Pomerko, Novakovic, Zhilyaev, Junuzovic, De Oliveira, Kalashnikov.
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Schwarzer; Kelly, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland; Etuhu, Baird; Gera, Riise, Duff; Nevland. Subs: Stockdale Anderson, Smalling, Seol Ki-Hyeon, Saunders, Kamara, E. Johnson.
REFEREE: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden).
If Dempsey scores, it will be amazing, especially since he’s not playing today.
Ha ha. I meant Riise and I’m pleased he’s getting a chance.
Dempsey and Duff is the usual pairing which is where auto pilot took over I think. Now corrected!
Hmm … Roy didn’t agree with my team 🙁
so no demps on the bench then? I thought he was in one of the pictures on the offal. Surely Roy wouldn’t have him travel just for the flight?
No, Phil, he’s not on the bench and I thought he’d made the trip as well. Seems a little odd. Perhaps he’s picked up a niggle and we aren’t going to risk him.
Well that seems like a waste of everybody’s time. If there’s one thing Clint doesn’t need (aside from getting injured), its got to be another long plane ride. I wonder, which Cottager do you think has traveled the most in the past 12 months — Demps or Schwarzer?
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Watching it nervously now. Defending pretty deep if you ask me.
We just had a nice spell of possession finally. Amkar looks like a different team this week.
I really don’t see what Roy does in Gera…his touch is shockingly bad!
Can’t afford to be as casual in possession as we were then on the edge of our own box. Fortunately that offside flag bailed us out.
I agree. Although I remember bitching when Gera came on versus United last season and having to eat my words in front of my wife.
Can we please go back to a 4-4-2 in the 2nd half? Bring on Kamara. This 5 person midfield shit isn’t working for me.
Goodness me that was close. That’s karma for the centre back that did AJ. How did he miss, not once but twice?
Yeah that was crazy.
Off topic, Russian commercial advertisements are goofy.
I agree about the 4-4-2…bring in Dio for Gera, play Duff out wide left where he belongs and trust that ol mr. baird can play a few balls in to the forwards.
Hope Amkar gas out. Seems like we are content to let them keep possession and move forward at will.
Yeah. They had a couple of great chances at the start of the second half. We could out already if they’d put some of these opportunities away.
Time for a change methinks – or at least try and play a bit more football in their half.
Kamara in for Nevland. At least this makes slightly more sense given our formation.
Here comes Dio.
Seol for Riise didn’t make much sense. Gera has blackmail on Roy, I swear.
Well, not pretty but we advanced.
Good stuff. Here’s the report:
https://hammyend.com/?p=3149