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Post by axegas on Jul 31, 2018 20:24:15 GMT
With the start of the season just 4 days away and with many arrivals and departures over the summer, I was wondering who people would have in their starting lineups against Posh? We may see 1/2 strikers come in over the next couple of days but would DC start them without them even knowing their fellow teammates? Sinclair, Partington and Lines are also doubtful as they haven't come back from injuries yet and would probably need a few reserve games to get backup to speed, Broadbent went off with a limp at half time on Saturday but hopefully he is alright and Holmes-Dennis hasn't played first team football in just under a year, so its dubious as to whether DC would risk starting him too.
So with bearing all that in mind my own lineup would be as follows:
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Leadbitter Broadbent Lockyer Craig
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--- Rodman Reilly Bennett
I realise this is pretty much the same lineup as the one in the disappointing preseason defeat against Exeter last Saturday but with Holmes Dennis still not back, I would not want to risk the unexperienced Kelly so I see no other alternative than to play Craig, lets hope a week of intensive training will help improve us defensively. If we do sign another striker tommorow and they get a couple of days to gel with their new team mates, I wouldn't rule playing 442 with another striker to give us more of a presence offensively and taking one of the midfielders out. Going to be interesting whatever happens UTG.
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Post by c4h10 on Jul 31, 2018 20:29:09 GMT
Last Saturday's scoreline was interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 20:32:45 GMT
With the start of the season just 4 days away and with many arrivals and departures over the summer, I was wondering who people would have in their starting lineups against Posh? We may see 1/2 strikers come in over the next couple of days but would DC start them without them even knowing their fellow teammates? Sinclair, Partington and Lines are also doubtful as they haven't come back from injuries yet and would probably need a few reserve games to get backup to speed, Broadbent went off with a limp at half time on Saturday but hopefully he is alright and Holmes-Dennis hasn't played first team football in just under a year, so its dubious as to whether DC would risk starting him too. So with bearing all that in mind my own lineup would be as follows: ---------------Slocombe Leadbitter Broadbent Lockyer Craig ---Upson Sercombe Matthews --- Rodman Reilly Bennett I realise this is pretty much the same lineup as the one in the disappointing preseason defeat against Exeter last Saturday but with Holmes Dennis still not back, I would not want to risk the unexperienced Kelly so I see no other alternative than to play Kelly, lets hope a week of intensive training will help improve us defensively. If we do sign another striker tommorow and they get a couple of days to gel with their new team mates, I wouldn't rule playing 442 with another striker to give us more of a presence offensively and taking one of the midfielders out. Going to be interesting whatever happens UTG. How can you leave out Tom Nichols? FFS we paid a reported £300k for him. |
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 31, 2018 20:33:26 GMT
If you’re right axegas then it shows I know sod all! I thought the one thing to come out of Saturday from all the reports was that the central defenders would be TL and Craig. Looks like we’re down to the bare bones with the injuries. I hope this game doesn’t appear to come a week too soon for us but I fear it might. If someone does come in it would be good to play 442 imo. Time will tell.
UTG!
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Post by pirate on Jul 31, 2018 20:33:52 GMT
I'd probably go with the same team, but we really could do with another quality CB option before the window closes.
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Post by axegas on Jul 31, 2018 20:38:30 GMT
With the start of the season just 4 days away and with many arrivals and departures over the summer, I was wondering who people would have in their starting lineups against Posh? We may see 1/2 strikers come in over the next couple of days but would DC start them without them even knowing their fellow teammates? Sinclair, Partington and Lines are also doubtful as they haven't come back from injuries yet and would probably need a few reserve games to get backup to speed, Broadbent went off with a limp at half time on Saturday but hopefully he is alright and Holmes-Dennis hasn't played first team football in just under a year, so its dubious as to whether DC would risk starting him too. So with bearing all that in mind my own lineup would be as follows: ---------------Slocombe Leadbitter Broadbent Lockyer Craig ---Upson Sercombe Matthews --- Rodman Reilly Bennett I realise this is pretty much the same lineup as the one in the disappointing preseason defeat against Exeter last Saturday but with Holmes Dennis still not back, I would not want to risk the unexperienced Kelly so I see no other alternative than to play Kelly, lets hope a week of intensive training will help improve us defensively. If we do sign another striker tommorow and they get a couple of days to gel with their new team mates, I wouldn't rule playing 442 with another striker to give us more of a presence offensively and taking one of the midfielders out. Going to be interesting whatever happens UTG. How can you leave out Tom Nichols? FFS we paid a reported £300k for him. He'll get his chance to impress this season I'm sure but going on last weeks performance, I would be hesistant to start him straight away. If we do manage to bring in a big man up top who can create space and hold the ball up, I would try Nichols out next to him because in the right system and if he improves his finishing and works hard, we might start to see more of the player who impressed at Exeter and scored a decent number at Peterborough. |
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Post by axegas on Jul 31, 2018 20:43:21 GMT
If you’re right axegas then it shows I know sod all! I thought the one thing to come out of Saturday from all the reports was that the central defenders would be TL and Craig. Looks like we’re down to the bare bones with the injuries. I hope this game doesn’t appear to come a week too soon for us but I fear it might. If someone does come in it would be good to play 442 imo. Time will tell. UTG! If it was possible, I'd have Craig and Lockyer as my CB partnership too but I fear that Craig might have to fill in at the Left Back spot as Holmes-Dennis might not be fit for a while. It might be worth getting a young left back from the Prem/Champ in on a one month loan if Holmes-Dennisis to be out for a while longer as playing Craig there is less than ideal. |
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 31, 2018 20:43:57 GMT
We desperately need that "big man to create space and hold the ball up" - without one before Saturday I fear we will only see the ball coming back at us all game, and without an Ellis to help out defending as well as up top, we could be in big trouble.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 20:44:20 GMT
How can you leave out Tom Nichols? FFS we paid a reported £300k for him. He'll get his chance to impress this season I'm sure but going on last weeks performance, I would be hesistant to start him straight away. If we do manage to bring in a big man up top who can create space and hold the ball up, I would try Nichols out next to him because in the right system and if he improves his finishing and works hard, we might start to see more of the player who impressed at Exeter and scored a decent number at Peterborough. Hope your right axegas |
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Post by axegas on Jul 31, 2018 20:51:25 GMT
I'd probably go with the same team, but we really could do with another quality CB option before the window closes. If Menayese does go out on loan as him not being assigned a number for the coming season suggests then I wouldn't be surprised if DC didn't add to his central defence through loans. Someone like young Arsenal defender Julio Pleguezuelo would fit the bill. |
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jul 31, 2018 20:53:50 GMT
I’d go with that line up. Hopefully the Exeter game is out of their systems.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 31, 2018 20:56:04 GMT
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Leads Locks Craig J CLarke
Sercs Upson Matthews
Rodman New CF(or Nichols) Bennett
If that's a bit light weight in the middle then O Clarke could replace one of the wide players as he main thing surely as to be to try not concede rather than score.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 20:58:12 GMT
Slocombe Leads Locks Craig J CLarke Sercs Upson Matthews Rodman New CF(or Nichols) Bennett If that's a bit light weight in the middle then O Clarke could replace one of the wide players as he main thing surely as to be to try not concede rather than score. I think we might need two goalkeepers |
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Post by geddongas on Jul 31, 2018 21:00:17 GMT
I’d go with that line up. Hopefully the Exeter game is out of their systems. And with an extra week to work on their obvious weaknesses. I think they’ll have learnt a lot from Exeter, more importantly the limits of Craig at LB and maybe demanding a bit more from Lockyer/Broadbent in working on their partnership.. I’ll be honest I think Broadbent is a good player on his day, but has the odd shocker. If Exeter is an off game, hopefully he’ll be back to his usual self with something to play for. |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Jul 31, 2018 21:01:23 GMT
Slocombe
Leads Locks Broadbent Craig
Serc Lines ( if fit ) O.clarke
Rodman Nichols Bennett
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 21:19:47 GMT
How can you leave out Tom Nichols? FFS we paid a reported £300k for him. He'll get his chance to impress this season I'm sure but going on last weeks performance, I would be hesistant to start him straight away. If we do manage to bring in a big man up top who can create space and hold the ball up, I would try Nichols out next to him because in the right system and if he improves his finishing and works hard, we might start to see more of the player who impressed at Exeter and scored a decent number at Peterborough. If we were to get a big striker in and DC played two up top it would certainly make his midfield selection difficult as that is the only area where we have really good quality and in numbers. I suspect we will play a five man midfield a lot this season to accommodate our best players. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 21:25:31 GMT
Slocombe.
Leadbitter, Lockyer, Craig, J Clarke.
Rodman, Sercombe, Upson, O Clarke, Bennett.
Mensah.
4-5-1 for me, or 4-2-3-1 with Upson and Ollie Clarke as the 2.
Looking forward to seeing Chris Lines alongside Upson at some stage, but clearly not this weekend. Similarly, wish Sincs was fit as we could have used his battling qualities in this game at the expense of one of Rodman, Sercombe or Bennett.
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Post by berhill4 on Jul 31, 2018 21:26:33 GMT
He'll get his chance to impress this season I'm sure but going on last weeks performance, I would be hesistant to start him straight away. If we do manage to bring in a big man up top who can create space and hold the ball up, I would try Nichols out next to him because in the right system and if he improves his finishing and works hard, we might start to see more of the player who impressed at Exeter and scored a decent number at Peterborough. If we were to get a big striker in and DC played two up top it would certainly make his midfield selection difficult as that is the only area where we have really good quality and in numbers. I suspect we will play a five man midfield a lot this season to accommodate our best players. Agreed !! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 21:27:28 GMT
He'll get his chance to impress this season I'm sure but going on last weeks performance, I would be hesistant to start him straight away. If we do manage to bring in a big man up top who can create space and hold the ball up, I would try Nichols out next to him because in the right system and if he improves his finishing and works hard, we might start to see more of the player who impressed at Exeter and scored a decent number at Peterborough. If we were to get a big striker in and DC played two up top it would certainly make his midfield selection difficult as that is the only area where we have really good quality and in numbers. I suspect we will play a five man midfield a lot this season to accommodate our best players. Agree with this. A 4-1-4-1 with Upson behind say, Rodman, Lines, Sercombe and Bennett could be interesting. |
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 31, 2018 21:31:40 GMT
He'll get his chance to impress this season I'm sure but going on last weeks performance, I would be hesistant to start him straight away. If we do manage to bring in a big man up top who can create space and hold the ball up, I would try Nichols out next to him because in the right system and if he improves his finishing and works hard, we might start to see more of the player who impressed at Exeter and scored a decent number at Peterborough. If we were to get a big striker in and DC played two up top it would certainly make his midfield selection difficult as that is the only area where we have really good quality and in numbers. I suspect we will play a five man midfield a lot this season to accommodate our best players. If that’s the case eric, then our front man will have to be someone who can hold on to it. Not sure Nicholls will be that man. But you are right, it is midfield where we have our best players. Going to be a dilemma for DC all season to get the best balanced side. Looks like we’ve gone from no wingers to a large number of them. Now it’s strikers we don’t have. UTG! |
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