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What about Porter, on the left wing?

I think he could be be the answer to England's left sided problem :whistle:

Seriously though, I'd like to see a winger or two on the Bench, Gradel for DJ

Amazing how desperate people seem to keep DJ out of the side. Are you an agent or something?

Posted

Would like to see

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Morrison Hobbs Brown Berner

Adams King Wellens Dyer

Fryatt Waghorn

Logan, McGivern, Oakley, Howards, Gallagher, kermorgant, Campbell

More creativity down the right hand side, and Adams takes over Oakley's dead ball taking

More pace up front, with loads of options on the bench

Palace will come and frustrate, men behind the ball. Need pace and invention to break them down. Today's team showed little sign of that

Do I think it will happen? Not a chance. Oakley seems to be first name on the sheet but he's behind King and Wellens to me and a waste of time on the right hand side

Posted

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Oakley (I agree with Thracian, I don't think he has as much of an impact as Wellens and King but shouldn't be dropped, would be a good right back if he got back and stayed in position, something he struggled to do today on the right of midfield.)

Hobbs

Brown

Berner

Adams

King

Wellens

Dyer

Gallagher

Campbell

Bring on Waghorn/Fryatt and Howard in the second half for fresh legs and impact.

Posted

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Morrison Hobbs Brown Bruno

Gradel/Adams Wellens King Dyer

Kermo Fryatt/Waggy

Subs- Logan, McGivern, Gradel/Adams, Oakley, Gallagher, Howard, Fryatt/Waghorn

No room for DJ, wanted him in, but no room.

This is all based on PlayerRatings btw :P

Posted

If Pearson must play Oakley then Thracian's got me convinced - Right back is the best place for him. On the right wing we need the sort of penetration that was lacking today (yesterday).

I wish Gradel was impressing in training :/.

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Oakley - Hobbs - Brown - Berner

N'Guessen - Wellens - King - Dyer

Fryatt - DJ/Gallagher/Waghorn

Posted
If Pearson must play Oakley then Thracian's got me convinced - Right back is the best place for him. On the right wing we need the sort of penetration that was lacking today (yesterday).

I wish Gradel was impressing in training :/.

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Oakley - Hobbs - Brown - Berner

N'Guessen - Wellens - King - Dyer

Fryatt - DJ/Gallagher/Waghorn

It's only an idea I think might be worth trying. It lifts the goals potential of the team and I don't see how we'll climb the league unless we start scoring.

Trouble is on the Gradel/N'Guessan issue I can't see N'Guessdan doing the tracking back Gradel does and, in any case, he's shown precious little as a winger. Times I've got the impression he might show something but, rather like Sylla, he never seems to generate any pace.

Only when he heads for the penalty area does he seem to have a presence.

Another point is that Gradel can take a free-kick and seems to be the last of his species in the club!

Posted
It's only an idea I think might be worth trying. It lifts the goals potential of the team and I don't see how we'll climb the league unless we start scoring.

Trouble is on the Gradel/N'Guessan issue I can't see N'Guessdan doing the tracking back Gradel does and, in any case, he's shown precious little as a winger. Times I've got the impression he might show something but, rather like Sylla, he never seems to generate any pace.

Only when he heads for the penalty area does he seem to have a presence.

Another point is that Gradel can take a free-kick and seems to be the last of his species in the club!

Yet to be convinced by N'Guessan myself - seems unintelligent to me, but I've missed games where he's supposedly played well so I can't complain too much.

Posted
Would someone give me some reasons why they'd pick Kermorgant?

He showed a bit of a leap and a bit of skill in his first 15 minute cameo if memory serves but to me it's as bad as the Kaebi frenzy and we all know how that ended.

From what little I've seen so far he's not in DJ's class. Nor as good as Gallagher outside the box or as forceful of Waghorn in it. Yes, all the choices are flawed but right now, even 4-5-1 would be preferable to using strikers who don't score cos I can't see the point in that at all.

He is most similar in style to Howard, so his inclusion causes the minimum of disturbance to the teams style, but he is far more mobile and looks like he can pick a pass. The logic behind advocating Yann is that he looks like a possible upgrade on one malfunctioning areas of our team.

The other players you speak of would require more deep rooted changes in the way the team plays. If you pick Waghorn or Campbell to partner Fryatt then you are going to need to find a way to get some attacking midfielders threading passes to them, this might require not using wingers and moving away from a flat midfield. Just shoe horn them into a 4-4-2 and you'll be knocking hopeful long passes towards grateful defenders all day.

I thought the Derby match was the perfect opportunity for us to try such changes to the side. The lumping it to Howard thing has been looking less and less effective as the season has gone on and we've been forced to abandon a flat midfield in several matches due to being over run. Sadly Pearson declined the opportunity and I guess from here on in we'll see a 4-4-2 with a target man and at least one 'traditional' winger. I suspect we'll see the following midfield/attack...

Gallagher/Oakley......Wellens......King...Dyer

...........................Fryat....Yann

I'd like to see us play a 4-2-3-1. Have N'Guessen and Waghorn roaming off their wings and finally providing some outlets for our talented passers as well as bodies in the box when we do get forward.

...............King.....Welens...

....N'Gussen...Gallagher....Waghorn..

....................Fryatt

Posted

I personally think we should play Gallagher. I still maintain that he needs to start and be played at his rightful positions, because he's certainly one of our better players creativity wise.

Yet another player who's victim of his own versatility.

Posted

Palace will have pace up front but slow defenders. We need an attack capable of out pacing them. Also, I would freshen up the defence with McGivern.

Weale

Morrison

Hobbs

Brown

McGivern

Waghorn

Oakley

Wellens

Dyer

Kermorgant/Gallagher

Fryatt

Posted

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MORRISON HOBBS BROWN BERNER

GRADEL OAKLEY WELLENS WAGHORN

HOWARD FRYATT

SUBS: LOGAN MCGIVERN N GUESSAN ADAMS KING/CLEMENCE KERMAGANT CAMPBELL

Unfair on Andy King as he was superb against Derby, we got to start taking on the full backs and getting balls in the box, N'Guessan, Dyer, Adams all bottle it and come inside, Gradel goes past players although his delievery can be poor at times, remember the cross Waghorn put in against Watford for N'Guessan's header? Quick, likes to take on players, left footed, got all the right attributes to be a good left sided midfielder.

Posted
He is most similar in style to Howard, so his inclusion causes the minimum of disturbance to the teams style, but he is far more mobile and looks like he can pick a pass. The logic behind advocating Yann is that he looks like a possible upgrade on one malfunctioning areas of our team.

The other players you speak of would require more deep rooted changes in the way the team plays. If you pick Waghorn or Campbell to partner Fryatt then you are going to need to find a way to get some attacking midfielders threading passes to them, this might require not using wingers and moving away from a flat midfield. Just shoe horn them into a 4-4-2 and you'll be knocking hopeful long passes towards grateful defenders all day.

I thought the Derby match was the perfect opportunity for us to try such changes to the side. The lumping it to Howard thing has been looking less and less effective as the season has gone on and we've been forced to abandon a flat midfield in several matches due to being over run. Sadly Pearson declined the opportunity and I guess from here on in we'll see a 4-4-2 with a target man and at least one 'traditional' winger. I suspect we'll see the following midfield/attack...

Gallagher/Oakley......Wellens......King...Dyer

...........................Fryat....Yann

I'd like to see us play a 4-2-3-1. Have N'Guessen and Waghorn roaming off their wings and finally providing some outlets for our talented passers as well as bodies in the box when we do get forward.

...............King.....Welens...

....N'Gussen...Gallagher....Waghorn..

....................Fryatt

That's well reasoned and highlights something I mentioned a few weeks back - that it is so hard to find solutions to our problems without causing other difficulties or imbalances elsewhere.

Even Fryatt poses problems because, while he's our main goalscorer and virtually undroppable, he is not a Sheringham or Berbatov type who can deftly bring others into play.

For me we need to find a team and a system which brings the best out of all its components.

Posted

I'd like to see a whole new formation. A MON 3-5-2 style with wing-backs.

Something like this:

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Morrison - Brown - Hobbs

N'Guessan-------------------------Berner

Oakley - King - Wellens

Fryatt - Kermorgant

But the weakness would certainly be on the right as we dont really have anyone who could play as a wing back on that side as N'Guessan is really a winger.

Unless we played Neilson....

Posted
That's well reasoned and highlights something I mentioned a few weeks back - that it is so hard to find solutions to our problems without causing other difficulties or imbalances elsewhere.

Even Fryatt poses problems because, while he's our main goalscorer and virtually undroppable, he is not a Sheringham or Berbatov type who can deftly bring others into play.

For me we need to find a team and a system which brings the best out of all its components.

Abso****inglutely!

Yesterday we played a passing game in midfield and a long ball big man/little man up front, total bloody nonsense!

We must know the strengths and weaknesses of our squad by know so FFS decide on a style of play and pick the players to play it.

Until we do that we are going nowhere, slowly and tediously.

Posted

As much as he's not scored for 4 games, I just don't think that, given our lack of goals this season, we can afford to drop the Championship's second top scorer at this stage, so Fryatt must play - it's pretty clear he works best with a big man, but we've become a bit predictable, so I'd probably go with Campbell up front with him...

Weale

Morrison

Hobbs

Brown

Berner

Gallagher

Oakley

Wellens

Dyer

Fryatt

Campbell

subs: Logan, King, Waghorn, Howard, McGivern, N'Guessan, Gradel.

Posted

I've been thinking (dangerous, I know :P ) and I'd quite fancy a 4-3-3.

Weale

Morrison

Hobbs

Brown

Berner

Oakley

King

Wellens

Gallagher

Fryatt

Waghorn

Bench: Logan, DJ, Kermorgant, Howard, Dyer, McGivern, Adams

The thinking behind this was that we seem to be wanting to play a passing game in our build up play at home, and the diamond was pretty effective at that. The downside was the lack of width. So this time out, use gallagher and waghorn on the sides of the front 3, where they can work the channels to stretch the palace defence. Has a nice balance with the left footed waghorn on the left and right footed gallagher on the right. Nice solid central 3 in midfield, which is going to be important, as Palace are bound to be pretty physically strong in the middle of the park. The big downside is no real height up front, which means no hoofing! If we're playing balls in the air with this formation, it would have to be in the form of diagonal balls into the channel. Howard or Yann can come off the bench if Fryatt gets too outmuscled by the 2 centre backs.

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Morrison

Berner

Hobbs

Brown

Adams

Dyer

Wellens

Oakley

Kermorgant

Fryatt

Subs: Logan, McGivern, Campbell, Waghorn, Howard, King, Neilson

Thats what i'd like to see, but as long as we play with 2 wingers i'll be happy. Oakley cannot play wide as he drifts inside and leaves us unbalanced.

Posted

Team I'd like to see tried.

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Morrison Hobbs Brown Berner

Gradel King Wellens Dyer

Fryatt Gallagher

I'd like to see this tried as with Gallagher's natural inclination to drop off slightly deeper into the hole, this can give a little extra space and licence for our wingers to push forward more. With this in mind, I'd use Dyer and Gradel's pace.

Posted
I've been thinking (dangerous, I know :P ) and I'd quite fancy a 4-3-3.

Weale

Morrison

Hobbs

Brown

Berner

Oakley

King

Wellens

Gallagher

Fryatt

Waghorn

Bench: Logan, DJ, Kermorgant, Howard, Dyer, McGivern, Adams

The thinking behind this was that we seem to be wanting to play a passing game in our build up play at home, and the diamond was pretty effective at that. The downside was the lack of width. So this time out, use gallagher and waghorn on the sides of the front 3, where they can work the channels to stretch the palace defence. Has a nice balance with the left footed waghorn on the left and right footed gallagher on the right. Nice solid central 3 in midfield, which is going to be important, as Palace are bound to be pretty physically strong in the middle of the park. The big downside is no real height up front, which means no hoofing! If we're playing balls in the air with this formation, it would have to be in the form of diagonal balls into the channel. Howard or Yann can come off the bench if Fryatt gets too outmuscled by the 2 centre backs.

Exactly the sort of line up some of us have been banging on about for weeks.

Personally I would have a bit more pace than would be provided by Gallagher or Fryatt so would replace one of them with Dyer, who remains in decent form despite our generally poor attacking play of late. He has to play further forward though, press their back line when we loose possession and let Wellens cover Berner.

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