Strikers

[Stinkenzo]

We now have 6 strikers at the Walkers Stadium, so now all strikers will want to cement their places in the starting eleven.

Which pair would you like to see start?

Would you rather see a different formation?

Will the strikers stay happy with the competition?

Thoughts?

[dandannieldanok]

Fryatt + Hume for me, by the sounds of it Horsfield's finishing is appalling and despite his decent contribution I would want to see Kelly keep faith with these two.

[lildave3]

Fryatt + Hume for me, by the sounds of it Horsfield's finishing is appalling and despite his decent contribution I would want to see Kelly keep faith with these two.

Me too

[Fez of Mahrez]

Fryatt and Horsfield.

We need pace up front.

[Basingstoke Fox]

whatever it is get rid of hammond please!!

[Stinkenzo]

Cadamarteri & Glombard

Which joker voted that

[Leicester Lass]

Still Fryatt and Hume for me.

[Jack]

Hume & Horsfield for me. Horsfield is good in the air and hume has got the pace to run onto his flick-ons

[London_Fox]

Not really sure which partnership because it depends on who they want to play with and who works as a team. Horsefield seems to work really hard which is great but two strikers (him and Hume) doing the same thing lacks a natural finisher.

Think it's good to have options though.

[cisono]

None of them. We don't need strikers

[lcfc_jme]

I'd probably at this moment in time prefer to play Horsfield and Fryatt, just to see how that would work out. We've seen Hume and Fryatt this season, and it hasn't been the most effective. We've also seen Hume and Horsfield, and whilst it has looked good, they haven't produced goals. Fryatt was starting to regain form, and the Horse is a powerhouse, so stick them in there and see how they do.

[Fez of Mahrez]

I was joking!

[lcfc_jme]

I was joking!

:laugh: so was I...

Nah, honestly I'd go for that just for a couple of games, a la Hume and Horsfield. The Fryatt-Horsfield partnership can't be any worse than the Hume-Horsfield partnership at present, because the HH partnership hasn't produced any goals yet.

[Fez of Mahrez]

Hume in midfield is the way forward, as long as we come up with something up front that will get us a goal once every six months.

[lcfc_jme]

Hume in midfield is the way forward, as long as we come up with something up front that will get us a goal once every six months.

We don't need Hume in midfield to provide energy anymore though, because we now have Jarrett there.

I'm sure a goal every 6 months is do-able. Even Elvis scores more often than that. Fear not, we shall be fine even when rotating our strikers.

[Fez of Mahrez]

We don't need Hume in midfield to provide energy anymore though, because we now have Jarrett there.

I'm sure a goal every 6 months is do-able. Even Elvis scores more often than that. Fear not, we shall be fine even when rotating our strikers.

Something like;

Porter -- Wesolowski -- Jarrett -- Hume

for me, if Fryatt and Horsfield could score enough goals to justify selection up front together. Plenty of energy and support to the attack in that midfield but also four players who will put in the effort defensively.

It's a winner.

[filbertway]

Fryatt and the horse for me, drop hume in behind them as he is better shooting outside the box and he can use his pace and tricks and other stuff out there.

He just gets owned when he's in the opositions box.

[Flynny]

The key to getting goals is centre-backs. Why not play 5-5-0?

[lcfc_jme]

Something like;

Porter -- Wesolowski -- Jarrett -- Hume

for me, if Fryatt and Horsfield could score enough goals to justify selection up front together. Plenty of energy and support to the attack in that midfield but also four players who will put in the effort defensively.

It's a winner.

Surely Fryatt and Horsfield will score more goals if the energetic midfield can provide enough creative influence for them? They're poachers, they don't make their own goals.

I agree in principal Fez, it'd be a fooking good midfield in theory, though I know for a fact it will not happen.

Reckon they could do a good enough defensive job though?

[Fez of Mahrez]

Surely Fryatt and Horsfield will score more goals if the energetic midfield can provide enough creative influence for them? They're poachers, they don't make their own goals.

I agree in principal Fez, it'd be a fooking good midfield in theory, though I know for a fact it will not happen.

Reckon they could do a good enough defensive job though?

Personally I do yeah, you've got two box-to-box central midfielders who will cover for each other when one goes forward and two attacking midfielders out wide who put 100% effort in and will track back until they can't stand up.

Of course it's all theoretical but at least there's a gameplan behind it, rather than using players like Johnson, Hughes and when he was here Williams, who don't/didn't really have set roles, play/played too deep and are/were midfielders who aren't/weren't effective either defensively or in an attacking sense, they are/were just there. And they are/were too slow as well.

What an awful sentence.

[Lineker's Left Foot]

Fryatt and Horsfield with Hume as an attacking midfielder??? But then, if that's the case would we need a big target man with an attacking midfielder?

I'd potentially not rule out a diamond formation of:-

Henderson

Maybury McAuley Kisnorbo Johansson

Jarrett

Yeates Porter

Hume

Horsfield Fryatt

[lcfc_jme]

Personally I do yeah, you've got two box-to-box central midfielders who will cover for each other when one goes forward and two attacking midfielders out wide who put 100% effort in and will track back until they can't stand up.

Of course it's all theoretical but at least there's a gameplan behind it, rather than using players like Johnson, Hughes and when he was here Williams, who don't/didn't really have set roles, play/played too deep and are/were midfielders who aren't/weren't effective either defensively or in an attacking sense, they are/were just there. And they are/were too slow as well.

What an awful sentence.

I can appreciate all of that, even though that sentence was a complete mess!

As you say, it's all theoretical and highly unlikely to happen, especially whilst we have Johnson and Hughes here. Not quite sure how Hume would do on the left-wing to be honest, he normally prefers charging in from the right wing. Wesolowski doesn't have much attacking prowess either, and for that reason I think Kelly may be more inclined to play Hughes there.

[Fez of Mahrez]

I can appreciate all of that, even though that sentence was a complete mess!

As you say, it's all theoretical and highly unlikely to happen, especially whilst we have Johnson and Hughes here. Not quite sure how Hume would do on the left-wing to be honest, he normally prefers charging in from the right wing. Wesolowski doesn't have much attacking prowess either, and for that reason I think Kelly may be more inclined to play Hughes there.

I did mean Hume on the right.

I think Weso has looked really good once or twice charging forward. He set up a goal or two last season (remember one in particular at QPR that really kickstarted our revival) and with a bit more freedom he might look a better player. He certainly went on one or two good runs in the Villa Cup game and scored a pearler against Fulham.

Hopefully Johnson will be gone next season anyway.

[lookwhaticando]

Hopefully Johnson will be gone next season anyway.

We can dream... hope... pray.

[Zingari]

neil warnock made a good point on motd about him having an abundance of strikers at sheff utd , he said that with the stiff competition for places they were more prepared to do as they were told and defend from the front (as ian rush used to so successfully) good point i thought....oh and ady boothroyd was class when he said " lets not get carried away with this........oh alright lets get carried away )