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Newcastle vs Arsenal

two very strong line-ups, both clearly fancy some silverware.

Newcastle
Pro’s
I like the formation, The side has a nice balance to it, whilst your youth players fill the quota required there’s a lot of experience in there, 2 very good wingbacks. I liked the transitions and the passing triangles, with the diagonal switches, think it’d work well

Con’s
Benzema the

Arsenal

Pro’s
Has a very Arsenal feel about (might put this is cons too) Strong keeper, solid spine even if I;m not sure on the Rice hype train, I like the front 3 attacking mids adds pace and goals, good use of width which is the best chance of exploiting at back 3 (5)

Con’s
Edouard – not sure how good he is and if his 40 odd goals for Celtic count for too much.

Slots:
H – 8
A – 8
D – 3

Fruity – H/A/H

Newcastle 2-1 Arsenal
Benzema (Trent)
Ings (Odegaard)

PEA (Gnabry)

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Soton vs Chelsea

Soton Pro’s – Young but experienced core, Rashford and Pulisic offer a genuine goal threat, strong and mobile defence, good keeper, nice use of width, Camavinga looks like he could be a real baller.

Soton Con’s – I may be wrong but everything I’ve read about Szoboszlai indicates he’s more Left mid/wing than playing through the middle like you want him to, but I may be wrong..

Chelsea Pro’s – I like the formation, side seems balanced, experienced back-line and a midfield that can control the play, front-three has goals in abundance

Chelsea Con’s - Ya keeper looks about 12,

Slots:
H – 8
A – 8
D – 3

Fruity – H/A/A

Soton 1-2 Chelsea

Rashford (Pulisic)

Greenwood (Mbappe)
Torres (Zielinski)

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Man City vs Sheff Utd

City Pro’s – Really experienced line-up, balanced squad, mix of pace and power, Lukaku a proven match-winner,

City Con’s – I know next to nothing about the Brazilian keeper other than he’s conceded 12 in 9.

Sheff Utd Pro’s – ¾’s of that front-four. Good strong keeper, balanced side and as always well thought out tactics.
Sheffield Utd Con’s – Koopmeiners sounds like and Aldi version of brand cider

Slots:
H – 8
A – 8
D – 3

Fruity – A/D/H

City 2-2 Utd
Lukaku (Pogba,Dembele)
Brooks (Reus) Mertens (James)

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Spurs vs Wolves

Spurs Pro’s – Like the lay-out, front four is quality and the back four holds up well enough, always rated Barella, Tactics read really well as always and ya game plan is well laid out, subs bench is really strong.

Spurs Con’s - Midfield 2 could be over-run by wolves’ sheer numbers in the middle, you’ve done a ROF like last week.

Wolves Pro’s – Considering DDG is 2nd choice keeps shows how far you’ve come, I like the system it doesn’t feel anyone is playing out of position, strong spine and I like the trident up top.

Wolves Con’s – I know nothing of Baptiste other than he’s 16 and yet to play a pro game, Garcia has approx 25 proper games under his belt for City, and Killman has sub 20 games for wolves, I think in short what I’m saying is the defence for me is a little too inexperienced to play as a unit.


Slots:
H – 10
A – 6
D – 3

Fruity – H/H/A

Spurs 2-1 Wolves
Lacazette (Eriksen) Asensio (Barella)

Leao (Jota)

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Bournemouth vs Pompey

B’mouth Pro’s – Playing the kids is no hindrance to elsie I love your tactics as always, I like the set-up I like the possession football with a purpose and I like the injection of pace as and when,
B’mouth Con’s – No major weaknesses, the player fit the system or the system fits the players, Only real negative is the same as I’ve said before, in that some of the players don’t have the profile of your rivals.
Pompey Pro’s – Balanced side, decent tactics, Proven match-winners
Pompey Con’s – No glaring weaknesses Fan

Slots -

Slots:
H – 8
A – 10
D – 3
Fruity – A/A/H

B’mouth 1-2 Pompey

Nunez (Talles)
Sane (Grealish) Ronaldo (Doku)

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Leicester vs Leeds

Lesta Pro’s – Calling Felix the new Rui Costa was a cheap point to see if I’m reading tactics made me laugh mentioning Bastoni’s pace, when his name means walking stick – right to business, loved the line up has the magic in the side but a solid foundation to enable it to do it’s thing, tactics as always are spot-on.
Lesta Con’s – Like what I’ve read about some of the youngsters, Happy Gilmour whilst having potential has only got 850 mins of pro football to his name, is lacking the experience to run a midfield ( granted the point is playing the kids so&hellip
Leeds Pro’s – I kinda like the formation when I process you’re playing a midfield 2, Foden looks a player and Depay too, SMS is a baller and in Pope you have a decent keeper, better at crosses than his boss was.
Leeds Cons’ - Much like strikers scoring for fun in Scotland, I’m not sure how to value Maylens goals in Holland, but his record speaks for itself

Slots:
H – 10
A – 8
D – 3
Fruity – H/D/A

Leicester 1-1 Leeds
Felix (Jesus)
Malen (Foden)

Group A

Newcastle P1, W1, D0, L0, F2, A1, GD1, PTS3
Chelsea P1, W1, D0, L0, F2, A1, GD!, PTS3
Man City P1, W0, D1, L0, F2, A2, GD0, PTS1
Sheff Utd, P1, W0, D1, L0, F2, A2, GD0, PTS1
Arsenal P1, W0, D0, L1, F1, A2, GD-1, PTS0
S'Hampton P1, W0, D0, L1, F1, A2, GD-1, PTS0

Group B
Spurs P1, W1, D0, L0, F2, A1, GD1, PTS3
Pompey P1, W1, D0, L0, F2, A1, GD1, PTS3
Leeds P1, W0, D1, L0, F1, A1, GD0, PTS1
Leicester P!, W0, D1, L0, F1, A1, GD0, PTS1
Wolves P1, W0, D0, L1, F1, A2, GD-1, PTS0
B'mouth P!, W0, D0, L1, F1, A2, GD-1, PTS0

Goals
2 -
Lukaku
1 -
R.Leao
Asensio
Lacazette
Benzema
Felix
Malen
Ings
Aubameyang
Rashford
Greenwood
F.Torres
Nunez
Brooks
Mertens
Ronaldo
Sane

Assists -
1 -
TAA
Foden
Jesus
Talles
Grealish
Doku
Odegaard
Pulisic
Gnabry
Zielisnki
Mbappe
Pogba
O.Dembele
Reus
James.R
Jota
Eriksen
Barella