Nervous. They will press hard from the off

and even though Smith has improved it a lot our defence still has errors in it (sometimes Hanley needs to just f**king welly it already). They're quick and will look to play fast. That might/should leave holes for us to play into if we can beat the press though.

It always feels stupid saying "the first goal is really important", cos in what match is that not true? And yet...

On our side their defence is a bit makeshift and even at full strength you'd think we could make chances. A key thing is can we start to convert more of the chances we're creating?

I'm expecting Rupp for Normann, rest unchanged, with Tzolis given another run out mid-late second half. He's not ready to start yet and I'm assuming Todd isn't fit enough yet (and when he is that's another question, as lots of competition for him now in the squad).

I guess I'll go with 1-1 as a prediction, so rest assured the final score will be anything but that (yes I know I got the 2-1 right but lightning does not strike twice).

Posted By: Old Man, Nov 30, 16:22:51