[han2503]

Our bogey team, the team that got Allegri fired (thanks for that one Sassuolo (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )

They haven't exactly been all that great this season, they've struggled a lot, have missed a couple of key players, most importantly Berardi and they've just not been the swash buckling little thorns we've gotten used to over these last few years.

That being said, it's still going to be a very hard fixture for us, we tend to struggle against them for whatever reason, and we've still got a lot of injuries through the squad

That being said, I saw yesterday that DS and Calabria could both be back so at least the situation at FB is not as dire as it was

Best line-up we can field imo

Abate--Gomes--Paletta--De Sciglio
Kucka--Sosa--Pasalic
Suso--Lapadula--Deulofeu

[han2503]

Phew. FT 3 points in the Mapei, all that matters

But as a side note, we were just horrific to watch today, especially in this second half

[Danny]

Phew. FT 3 points in the Mapei, all that matters

But as a side note, we were just horrific to watch today, especially in this second half

Not surprised to see you didn't mention Zapata and the countless interceptions, blocks, and tackles he made in the second half (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Delighted to get the win, bogey ground for us. Disappointed in the increasingly annoying Suso who's going back to his old ways - final second, misses a chance, ref blows for full time, instead of cheering the team result he punches the ground in frustration and behaves like a brat.

Gone right off him the past few weeks.

But that's ok because Deulofeu has taken his place - he's been inspirational and I'm really enjoying being wrong about him. He and Sosa are currently my favourite players, the latter is growing with every match.

[han2503]

Not surprised to see you didn't mention Zapata and the countless interceptions, blocks, and tackles he made in the second half (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Delighted to get the win, bogey ground for us. Disappointed in the increasingly annoying Suso who's going back to his old ways - final second, misses a chance, ref blows for full time, instead of cheering the team result he punches the ground in frustration and behaves like a brat.

Gone right off him the past few weeks.

But that's ok because Deulofeu has taken his place - he's been inspirational and I'm really enjoying being wrong about him. He and Sosa are currently my favourite players, the latter is growing with every match.

I would have but I posted that quick one and had to leave for a bit. If you'd have waited for my detailed match report ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ) you would have seen him in my top mentions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Look, I think Zapata is a decent enough defender. He's good at tackling, blocking and interceptions, he's pretty quick and he's not too bad in the air either. But even with all that he's just not a smart player, and he's absolutely awful with the ball at his feet. And this is not me over-exaggerating to get my point across. He's cost us countless points over the years due to his bad decisions when he's on the ball. And that for me undoes all the good he can do thanks to the attributes I mentioned above

I'm actually starting to like Gomez a lot from what I've seen of him this season, he's very rough around the edges but I think he can be a modern day Kaladze for us.

As for Suso, you know I think that's really a show of his ambition and intent. He's a massive reason for our success this season and him and Deulofeu combines very well on the counters to create those chances.

The only player that I've completely gone off of is Bacca. If anyone has been acting like a brat for months now, it's him

Also, does Vangioni remind anyone of a limp noodle? There's just something about him that sort of irritates me, I don't know if it's his face or the way he runs. It's completely irrational and juvenile on my part because he hasn't really done anything wrong, but I just can't get over it