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Fez of Mahrez

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Fez of Mahrez

Fez of Mahrez

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--------------------------Logan-------------------------------

Stearman-----Kenton-----------McCarthy------Johansson

---------Wesolowski-----------------Johnson---------------

Hume-----------------Williams-----------------------Porter

------------------------O'Grady------------------------------

Subs: Henderson, McAuley, Tiatto, Hughes, Dodds

Wasn't convinced by McAuley against Colchester. Can't understand how he made Championship Team of the Week or whatever it was. I think DJ Campbell would exploit McCarthy and McAuley's lack of pace so I'd play Kenton there instead and keep Johansson in on the back of a competent performance last Saturday. Stearman to right back after a couple of decent attacking showings. Wesolowski and Johnson to try and do the job they did at Sunderland. Porter and Hume to be encouraged to run with the ball and make it more of a 4-3-3 than 4-5-1. Williams to receive the ball from the two defensive midfielders and try and play in one of the three attacking options. O'Grady to try and hold the ball up and have Porter and Hume running off him.

Thracian

Thracian

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I fear the worst. Even Stowell's talking in the Mercury about the fine line between winning

and drawing...

It reminds me of Graydon taking before the Ipswich match about "getting something out of it".

In other words we'll take a draw. We lost without a whimper.

It is that mentality that has to change but it's hard because even some fans think like this.

Not only losing but the idea of drawing shouldn't enter a manager's head. Every effort, every thought should be directed towards winning.

Towards scoring a goal and then scoring the next one etc.

If I were mentoring Kelly I'd give him a book I'm reading about terrorism. It would explain exactly what I mean about attacking, about imposing our will and about refusing to compromise.

My choice would be:

Logan;

Stearman, McCarthy, McAuley, Nils;

Hammond, Hume, Wesolowski, Porter;

Dodds,

O'Grady.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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I fear the worst. Even Stowell's talking in the Mercury about the fine line between winning

and drawing...

It reminds me of Graydon taking before the Ipswich match about "getting something out of it".

In other words we'll take a draw. We lost without a whimper.

It is that mentality that has to change but it's hard because even some fans think like this.

Not only losing but the idea of drawing shouldn't enter a manager's head. Every effort, every thought should be directed towards winning.

Towards scoring a goal and then scoring the next one etc.

If I were mentoring Kelly I'd give him a book I'm reading about terrorism. It would explain exactly what I mean about attacking, about imposing our will and about refusing to compromise.

My choice would be:

Logan;

Stearman, McCarthy, McAuley, Nils;

Hammond, Hume, Wesolowski, Porter;

Dodds,

O'Grady.

2 strikers in midfield? No manager would ever do that. I like your ideas of invention, but i've never seen a team with 4 strikers in ever do any better than a team with 2 or possibly 3.

Manwell Pablo

Manwell Pablo

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I fear the worst. Even Stowell's talking in the Mercury about the fine line between winning

and drawing...

It reminds me of Graydon taking before the Ipswich match about "getting something out of it".

In other words we'll take a draw. We lost without a whimper.

It is that mentality that has to change but it's hard because even some fans think like this.

Not only losing but the idea of drawing shouldn't enter a manager's head. Every effort, every thought should be directed towards winning.

Towards scoring a goal and then scoring the next one etc.

If I were mentoring Kelly I'd give him a book I'm reading about terrorism. It would explain exactly what I mean about attacking, about imposing our will and about refusing to compromise.

My choice would be:

Logan;

Stearman, McCarthy, McAuley, Nils;

Hammond, Hume, Wesolowski, Porter;

Dodds,

O'Grady.

Birmingham would laugh at that side, before sticking 5 goals past it.

Shum

Shum

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Logan

Stearman Kenton Paddy Nissa

Sylla (YES you heard!) Weso Williams Porter

Fryatt (is he deffo injured?) Hume

If Fryatt injured, then O'Grady I suppose.

Babylon

Babylon

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Is everyone leaving out Fryatt because they thinks he's no good or because one bloke on another forum asked if it was true he had gone over in training???

I've not seen anything confirming the injury, have I missed something????

escape2victory

escape2victory

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What Id like to see:

----------------------Logan

Stearman------McAuley--McCarthy-------Johansson

-----------------Johnson--Wesolowski

-----------------------Williams

Hammond------------O'Grady-------------Hume

Thracian

Thracian

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2 strikers in midfield? No manager would ever do that. I like your ideas of invention, but i've never seen a team with 4 strikers in ever do any better than a team with 2 or possibly 3.

I've always seen Hume as more of a midfield attacker than a striker but he's shown himself quite capable in either role. And with him there Hammond could make a third striker, effectively giving us 4-3-3 in possession with Hume coming through from midfield - our main shortcoming right now.

Haven't Manchester United won vital matches by chucking on every striker they can find?. Admittedly only for periods of a game but I am not suggesting any sort of kami-maze approach and have qualified that in the first paragraph.

You're right though. RK will never do it. :(

Vo Rogue

Vo Rogue

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3-5-2

Logan

Kenton

McCarthy

Nissa

Stearman

Wesolowski

Williams

Porter

Tiatto

O'Grady

Hume

Subs: Henderson, McAuley, Johnson Dodds, Gradel

Well selected Ric. You have done the right thing in ommitting Johnson, Hughes and Low and made best use of the remaining squad.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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Is everyone leaving out Fryatt because they thinks he's no good or because one bloke on another forum asked if it was true he had gone over in training???

I've not seen anything confirming the injury, have I missed something????

It's all un-confirmed but i'm picking my team on the basis of him being injured. We heard Weso had snapped his leg the 2nd time a few days before the club confirmed it so it wouldn't surprise me if the news were true.

Fez of Mahrez

Fez of Mahrez

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Is everyone leaving out Fryatt because they thinks he's no good or because one bloke on another forum asked if it was true he had gone over in training???

I've not seen anything confirming the injury, have I missed something????

Like Ric, I'm presuming he's injured. If fit I'd tempted to alter the front six I put to;

Hume-------Williams-------Wesolowski-------Porter

--------------Fryatt-----------O'Grady----------------

MBK

MBK

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--------------------------Logan-------------------------------

Stearman-----Kenton-----------McCarthy------Johansson

---------Wesolowski-----------------Johnson---------------

Hume-----------------Williams-----------------------Porter

------------------------O'Grady------------------------------

Subs: Henderson, McAuley, Tiatto, Hughes, Dodds

Wasn't convinced by McAuley against Colchester. Can't understand how he made Championship Team of the Week or whatever it was. I think DJ Campbell would exploit McCarthy and McAuley's lack of pace so I'd play Kenton there instead and keep Johansson in on the back of a competent performance last Saturday. Stearman to right back after a couple of decent attacking showings. Wesolowski and Johnson to try and do the job they did at Sunderland. Porter and Hume to be encouraged to run with the ball and make it more of a 4-3-3 than 4-5-1. Williams to receive the ball from the two defensive midfielders and try and play in one of the three attacking options. O'Grady to try and hold the ball up and have Porter and Hume running off him.

well well, after all the good things AJ s been doing he s hardly worth playing...so replace with tiatto who is far more defensively minded plus should be fit from the midweek reserve game...i think the chance for dodds instead of o grady is a fair one. plus the hume-williams-porter combination is a good without the usual crappy ideas of playing these guys out position

Fez of Mahrez

Fez of Mahrez

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well well, after all the good things AJ s been doing he s hardly worth playing...so replace with tiatto who is far more defensively minded plus should be fit from the midweek reserve game...i think the chance for dodds instead of o grady is a fair one. plus the hume-williams-porter combination is a good without the usual crappy ideas of playing these guys out position

Never ever been impressed with Tiatto in central midfield. For every Johnson v Colchester performance there's a Tiatto v Southampton away last season. Sounded like Johnson played well at Sunderland and with the lack of any other defensive midfielder, I'd stick with him for this one because I think he'd be better with less onus on him as an attacking force. Against Colchester Weso and Hughes were completely anonymous and Johnson had to do a lot of the incisive passing. With Porter, Williams and Hume offering attacking options and constantly wanting the ball (well, Porter and Hume do anyway) then Johnson might be more effective. It's not ideal but that's what I'd go with.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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Never ever been impressed with Tiatto in central midfield. For every Johnson v Colchester performance there's a Tiatto v Southampton away last season. Sounded like Johnson played well at Sunderland and with the lack of any other defensive midfielder, I'd stick with him for this one because I think he'd be better with less onus on him as an attacking force. Against Colchester Weso and Hughes were completely anonymous and Johnson had to do a lot of the incisive passing. With Porter, Williams and Hume offering attacking options and constantly wanting the ball (well, Porter and Hume do anyway) then Johnson might be more effective. It's not ideal but that's what I'd go with.

:D:D

Tried to and failed more like.

Fez of Mahrez

Fez of Mahrez

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:D:D

Tried to and failed more like.

Well yes there is that. I particularly liked the sprayed 40-yard effort straight out of play on the right hand side. I think the crowd were more bemused than frustrated at that one.

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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Well yes there is that. I particularly liked the sprayed 40-yard effort straight out of play on the right hand side. I think the crowd were more bemused than frustrated at that one.

That was my personal favourite, I was going to ask him about that when I saw him in the car park and ask him to tak me through how it all panned out. I imagine he'd have been over the moon at re-living the moment of genius.

Mark

Mark

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-----------------------Logan

-Stearman---McCarthy---McAuley---Kenton

----Wesolowski------Williams-----Porter

-------------------Hume

---------O'Grady-----------Hammond

Subs: Henderson, Tiatto, Hughes, Chambers, Gradel

If Fryatt is out then it's time to try the partnership that worked pre-season in a game we're not going to win, bear in mind that I have no confidence in it whatsoever.. ;) I'd just like to see if we can muster up a goal this way.

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