Skinny Pete
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« on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:26:17 » |
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Ling says 2 up front is the way to go. Obika hints at 4-4-2. We don't have the wingbacks to play 5-3-2.
If so, has Power given up on his 'philosophy'?
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sonicyouth
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:30:55 » |
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Ling said he wants to persevere with two up front whether it's 4-4-2 or 3-5-2.
4-4-2 diamond makes sense given our lack of wide players and Gladwin at the tip of the diamond would be suited to his style of play.
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Skinny Pete
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:33:37 » |
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Here's hoping and if so, kudos to Ling.
Pragmatism better than relegation.
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:36:22 » |
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3-5-2 they said that on the phone in.
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Skinny Pete
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:40:07 » |
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That was before yesterday's further tale of woe
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BruceChatwin
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:43:44 » |
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If a 4-4-2, something like this perhaps? Vigouroux
Turnbull Branco El Abd Brophy
Kasim
Robert Louis T
Gladwin
Obika Thomas Problem with a diamond is you need decent fullbacks to give you width, which we are completely bereft of at the moment. The 3-5-2 has the same problem - who's good enough to take on the wing-back roles?
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Skinny Pete
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 13:45:45 » |
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If only games were played on paper.
That looks a very decent line up. No Ajose, though?
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 14:08:37 » |
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If only games were played on paper.
That looks a very decent line up. No Ajose, though?
Obika and Thomas would at least give opposing defences something to think about. Ajose is basically a ghost who materializes every 180 minutes for a goal.
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 14:15:34 » |
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That a pretty good description.
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« Reply #9 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 14:16:51 » |
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With everyone fit, I'd like to see:
Vigeroux Branco Turnbull El Abd Thompson Brophy Thompson Kasim Gladwin Ajose Obika
Again, as Audrey says above, it looks a good side. Whether or not it would win games is another thing, it also has 7 players from last seasons play off squad, so they can't have turned into bad players.
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 15:40:29 » |
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If a 4-4-2, something like this perhaps? Vigouroux
Turnbull Branco El Abd Brophy
Kasim
Robert Louis T
Gladwin
Obika Thomas Problem with a diamond is you need decent fullbacks to give you width, which we are completely bereft of at the moment. The 3-5-2 has the same problem - who's good enough to take on the wing-back roles? Exactly...the classic Town diamond team was Ossie's 89/90 side, the side that played something like 26 games unchanged. There you had David Kerslake and Paul Bodin as full backs....worth noting that both began as midfielders. When Glenn went 3-5-2 both were equally adept at that. In Ossie's diamond the key player was Ross McClaren, they played some possession but the out ball was often a long ball from Ross out wide to the advanced full backs. I remember that season beating Leeds at the CG in front of about 16,000 3-2, cracking game....Leeds won the league and added the Championship in 91/92, the last before the Prem breakaway.
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 21:08:38 » |
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If 3-5-2 could see something like this:
Vigouroux Gladwin Branco El Abd Turnbull Brophy Thompson Kasim Robert Ajose Obika
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, November 9, 2015, 21:14:40 » |
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Ajose is basically a ghost who materializes every 180 minutes for a goal.
A 1 in 2 striker sounds pretty good to me. A 1 in 2 striker who can't be seen by the opposition sounds even better. We could do with '12' on the pitch.
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 07:48:08 » |
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I would play 0-0-0 if it meant Rodgers being dropped.
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Skinny Pete
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 09:48:49 » |
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No Louis or Kasim Saturday so Rodgers is nailed on to start. He's by no means the worst we've got which is a real indictment of how poor we are.
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