That Fabio Vieira red card is quite a big deal now that I think about it.

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    10 months ago

    Really not a big deal. Luton is very close and psv away should be a meaningless game for us.

    Villa away will be difficult regardless

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    10 months ago

    It’s good to see Fabio spoken of so highly these days. It’s a nice shift and it just adds to how incredible the recruitment has been.

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    10 months ago

    It all depends on health. If MØ, Saka, and Ben White are fit, then we have a strong chance, even more so if Jesus is fit (although Trossard as a false 9 is a very adequate substitute at the moment).

    I believe we are more than capable of getting results regardless, but having key players back will be huge.

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      10 months ago

      Villa have a very difficult run of games coming up and little ability to rest and rotate.

      Spurs (a), Legia Warsaw (h) - lost to these already and if they drop points the final game is must win, Bournemouth (a), City (h) and Arsenal (h). After us play in Europa again which is an important game for either qualifying for next round or going for top of group.

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      10 months ago

      Their last loss was against us back in February, wasn’t it? And we know how tight that one was too.

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    10 months ago

    We should be able to beat Luton with some rotation, and if we take care of business against Lens, we can rotate heavily against PSV.

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    10 months ago

    Win at home against Lens, and the PSV game becomes a completely meaningless dead rubber that we can literally play with reserves and academy players.

    The Wolves and Luton games won’t require us to so much as leave the Greater London area, so not much travel related tiredness there. If Odegaard is back, we should be fine.

    Villa away is the one that worries me. And Vieira likely wouldn’t be playing in that game, anyhow.

    But we really, REALLY, need to win the Lens game.