An early indication of the type of side will see take the field against FC Astra tomorrow night has come via the official website.
The site has revealed that although the likes of Mark Noble, James Tomkins and Aaron Cresswell are at home, such as Kevin Nolan, Carl Jenkinson, Manuel Lanzini, Darren Randolph and Modibo Maiga all in Romania.
However, in his final press briefing ahead of the game Slav declared: “It’s a good game for us. It’s a European game and we are very respectful of this competition. Its 2-2 after the first leg and we were not happy with the result
He said: “It was the plan before to play the team we did in the first leg, but it was always part of the plan that because the Premier League begins on Sunday that some players would stay at home.
“But we have come here with a good team that I have a strong belief in. We want to win every game and it is a risk, ok [to leave some players at home], but I am taking that risk because of the bigger picture.
“Thursday’s game is a very important game for us and we have senior players all over the pitch. We have senior players in defence, in midfield we have our Club captain and players who have played in the Premier League.
“Up front we have Lanzini, we have Modibo {Maiga] so I am really looking forward to the game.”
Bubs, is that a 4-2-4-1 formation? Think you’ve got too many players on the pitch there!
It seems like Burke,Amilfatano,Samuelsen and Jarvis have not travelled.
So Bubs you need to adjust that line up.
Our 3rd team need you
Bloody hell…. for one scary moment there I thought i was on the wrong site.
Randolph,
Jenkinson,Henry,Burke,Page
Poyet,Oxford,
Jarvis,Lanzini,Alfitano,Samulesun or Cullen
Magia
Not a bad side
Cullen or Samulsen,Lee,Nolan,Amos,Spiegle On the bench
Good enough to beat the Romainians and a lot of other teams
Make Jenkinson captain for the night he is in Slav,s pocket