Tommy Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Levein believes he has decided 8 out of 11 for his starting lineup for the opener against Sheff Utd. OS
C-man Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Thats good news, i imagine Micky Adams didnt know his first team at all last season, and just picked 11 players at the last moment
davieG Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Thats good news, i imagine Micky Adams didnt know his first team at all last season, and just picked 11 players at the last moment 146342[/snapback] Or the first eleven to turn up with boots
shen Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Or the first eleven to turn up with boots 146343[/snapback] The only time of the day where Scowy would make an effort
dan_84 Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Douglas Gerrbrand Johannson Mcarthey Sylla Tiatto Maybury Hughes Williams De Vries Connelly Subs Dublin Gudjonsen/Kisnobo (if fit) Stearman Wilcox New Striker
davieG Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Douglas Gerrbrand Johannson Mcarthey Sylla Tiatto Maybury Hughes Williams De Vries Connelly Subs Dublin Gudjonsen/Kisnobo (if fit) Stearman Wilcox New Striker 146356[/snapback] Bit of long shot that, 99.999% it wil be 442
seventy_times_7 Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Tiatto is suspended for the first 2 games i think.
City Fan Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Tiatto is suspended for the first 2 games i think. 146391[/snapback] He may as well start the season as he means to go on.
Thracian Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Or the first eleven to turn up with boots 146343[/snapback] From what I saw a few of em had lost their boots.
Thracian Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Levein believes he has decided 8 out of 11 for his starting lineup for the opener against Sheff Utd.OS 146341[/snapback] Categorically an improvement but I cannot imagine Levein's happy about pre-seaon. a) We still have too many pieces to put in the jigssaw. b) He has never been able to field his first choice side. c) Key players will be short of match practice. If, and by the time, all these things are sorted, we will probably be off the pace. Perhaps next season we will get ahead of ourselves for once.
Hazza Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 I'd say one of them still to be decided would be the centre back spot alongside Nissa. Gerrbrand (eventually, bit nervy early on) looked settled and good alongside Johansson against Inter and there's McCarthy aswell. I imagine the others are left and central midfield - Williams or Hughes, or both if Hughes plays wide with Tiatto suspended.
davieG Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 Categorically an improvement but I cannot imagine Levein's happy about pre-seaon.a) We still have too many pieces to put in the jigssaw. b) He has never been able to field his first choice side. c) Key players will be short of match practice. If, and by the time, all these things are sorted, we will probably be off the pace. Perhaps next season we will get ahead of ourselves for once. 146408[/snapback] I agree this pre-season seems to have bean a hotchpotch of unevenly spaced games against an assortment of opponents, I'd like to think it didn't go as they wanted it to otherwise WTF have they been playing at. I'm concerned about the match fitness of most of the key players especially, considering the high tempo game CL wants to play; it's alright being fit on the training ground but I would venture to say that's nothing like being match fit. From memory only DeVries and Johansson seem to have featured regularly and sufficiently to get even half fit bearing in mind we play on the 6th, 9th 13th August
Thracian Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 I agree this pre-season seems to have bean a hotchpotch of unevenly spaced games against an assortment of opponents, I'd like to think it didn't go as they wanted it to otherwise WTF have they been playing at. I'm concerned about the match fitness of most of the key players especially, considering the high tempo game CL wants to play; it's alright being fit on the training ground but I would venture to say that's nothing like being match fit. From memory only DeVries and Johansson seem to have featured regularly and sufficiently to get even half fit bearing in mind we play on the 6th, 9th 13th August 146422[/snapback] The worry now is that we pick up niggling injuries from unfit players being involved in a three-games-in-eight-days start and this decimates an already small squad and effectively stalls our season. We need at least two more players.
Nationwider Posted 29 July 2005 Posted 29 July 2005 The worry now is that we pick up niggling injuries from unfit players being involved in a three-games-in-eight-days start and this decimates an already small squad and effectively stalls our season. We need at least two more players. 146523[/snapback] As I think you've pointed out in another thread, the striker situation could get dire. Conners isn't fit. De Vries has only just got fit after a year of being unfit. Dublin hasn't been fully fit for years - like Brian Deane, bits drop off him after every game and have to be welded back on. Then what..... "oh? Tommy Wright?"
Scow Posted 30 July 2005 Posted 30 July 2005 Douglas Maybury / McCarthy / Johansson / Gilbert Sylla / ........ / ........ / ........ de Vries / Connolly I've excluded Hughes as there is a doubt over his fitness. Connolly is the same, but he should be fit for Sheffield United. It's a case of what to go for in midfield I think...
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