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Post by Kenny irons on Jul 25, 2019 9:05:55 GMT 1
As of now what squad would you pick going into the Derby County game. Can't wait for it now
Mine would be
Grabara
Flo
Elphick
Schindler
TK
Mooy
Bacuna
Pritchard
Diakhaby
Grant
VLP
Subs
Schofield
Stankovic
Hogg
Mbenza
Kachunga
Reece Brown
Josh Koroma
I had to get pritch in my team so it was a toss up between bacca and hoggy and I went with youth.
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Post by Bojaj Horseman on Jul 25, 2019 9:16:10 GMT 1
Pritchard would be starting on the wing now surely? Too lightweight for a midfield 3. Agree on the keeper and back 4. I'd say Hogg, Bacuna, Mooy for the midfield, and Pritchard, Grant, and Mbenza up front. Coleman, Stankovic, Bockhorn, O'Brien, Reece Brown, Diakhaby, and VLP is probably the strongest bench in terms of quality and versatility. Not a bad side at all when it's put like that.
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Post by bigtruck on Jul 25, 2019 9:51:32 GMT 1
Can't argue with most of that but having Flo in there doesn't fill me with confidence, I'd rather take a chance on Herbert or J Brown playing there. And yes Pritchard will play wide this year.
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Herbert - Elphick - Schindler - Kongolo
Hogg - Bacuna - Mooy
Diakhaby - Grant - Pritchard
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Post by crux on Jul 25, 2019 9:58:43 GMT 1
Can't argue with most of that but having Flo in there doesn't fill me with confidence, I'd rather take a chance on Herbert or J Brown playing there. And yes Pritchard will play wide this year. Grabara Herbert - Elphick - Schindler - Kongolo Hogg - Bacuna - Mooy Diakhaby - Grant - Pritchard Assuming nobody leaves beforehand, this will probably be the team apart from Flo is likely to play at fullback. |
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Post by chinaski on Jul 25, 2019 10:01:25 GMT 1
From what I’ve seen of Reece Brown so far, he starts. Looks a real prospect as a playmaking number 10.
Mine would be:
Grabara
Bacuna
Terry K
Schindler
Elphick
Mooy
Brown
Hogg
Mbenza
Grant
Diakhaby
Bacuna looks the best option as a right back. Hogg and Mooy with the defensive role and R Brown with a free role in front of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 10:03:51 GMT 1
From what I’ve seen of Reece Brown so far, he starts. Looks a real prospect as a playmaking number 10. Mine would be: Grabara Bacuna Terry K Schindler Elphick Mooy Brown Hogg Mbenza Grant Diakhaby Bacuna looks the best option as a right back. Hogg and Mooy with the defensive role and R Brown with a free role in front of them. second that. Bacuna right back, Brown has to play, he looks seriously bloody good. Pacey attacking 3, Mooy and Hogg can help Brown have freedom to provide. Bacuna will ruin some left wingers days with them tackles too |
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Post by Sparrow on Jul 25, 2019 10:09:22 GMT 1
Assuming no one leaves, it's looking like a pretty dam good squad to me.
Could be an interesting last 2 weeks before the window shuts. I'm sure Billing and Zanka will leave, which could mean a couple more coming in.
Then there's possibly 2 or 3 others that could leave, meaning another 2 or 3 in.
The excitement for the new season is starting to build.......
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Post by froggyterrier on Jul 25, 2019 10:11:51 GMT 1
Grabara
Flo H - Schindler - Elphick - Kongolo
Mooy - Hogg - Bacuna
Pritchard
Mounié - Grant
Coleman - Bockhorn - Stankovic - Brown - VLP - Diakhaby - Koroma
Schofield - Green - Duhaeny - O'brien - Daley - Kachunga - Mbenza
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Post by wetherbyt on Jul 25, 2019 10:12:03 GMT 1
Agreed, let them talk about L**Ds,& the rest, for me Town can challenge for top 2 let alone the top 6..
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Post by RickDangerous on Jul 25, 2019 10:12:41 GMT 1
Putting the four of Bacuna, Mooy, Hogg, and Brown into a three is going to be a talking point.
I'd prefer to play a natural right back rather than fudge Bacuna in.
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Post by bigtruck on Jul 25, 2019 10:17:35 GMT 1
Can't argue with most of that but having Flo in there doesn't fill me with confidence, I'd rather take a chance on Herbert or J Brown playing there. And yes Pritchard will play wide this year. Grabara Herbert - Elphick - Schindler - Kongolo Hogg - Bacuna - Mooy Diakhaby - Grant - Pritchard Assuming nobody leaves beforehand, this will probably be the team apart from Flo is likely to play at fullback. Your probably right. I just don't trust him there. I wouldn't trust him working on the turnstiles to be honest.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 10:17:42 GMT 1
From what I’ve seen of Reece Brown so far, he starts. Looks a real prospect as a playmaking number 10. Mine would be: Grabara Bacuna Terry K Schindler Elphick Mooy Brown Hogg Mbenza Grant Diakhaby Bacuna looks the best option as a right back. Hogg and Mooy with the defensive role and R Brown with a free role in front of them. second that. Bacuna right back, Brown has to play, he looks seriously bloody good. Pacey attacking 3, Mooy and Hogg can help Brown have freedom to provide. Bacuna will ruin some left wingers days with them tackles too Bacuna seems a bit wasted at right back for me. Stick him in the middle and add a bit of physical pain to that area of the pitch with Hogg finishing off any survivors, and with the bonus that he can easily get forward and has a decent eye for goal from outside the box. Mooy on the bench for me at the moment based on performances since his return last season and the half hour or so I’ve seen of him in friendlies. |
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Post by bigtruck on Jul 25, 2019 10:19:13 GMT 1
Grabara Flo H - Schindler - Elphick - Kongolo Mooy - Hogg - Bacuna Pritchard Mounié - Grant Coleman - Bockhorn - Stankovic - Brown - VLP - Diakhaby - Koroma Schofield - Green - Duhaeny - O'brien - Daley - Kachunga - Mbenza Thats never going to happen as a starting line up with Jan in charge. He's shown pretty much all preseason 433 is how he's going to go and has pushed pritchard out wide to accommodate that. |
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Post by htfc1908 on Jul 25, 2019 10:20:47 GMT 1
From what I’ve seen of Reece Brown so far, he starts. Looks a real prospect as a playmaking number 10. Mine would be: Grabara Bacuna Terry K Schindler Elphick Mooy Brown Hogg Mbenza Grant Diakhaby Bacuna looks the best option as a right back. Hogg and Mooy with the defensive role and R Brown with a free role in front of them. second that. Bacuna right back, Brown has to play, he looks seriously bloody good. Pacey attacking 3, Mooy and Hogg can help Brown have freedom to provide. Bacuna will ruin some left wingers days with them tackles too I'm wondering if Jan thinks the same and is trying to fit Mooy, Hogg, Bacuna and Reece Brown into the same side? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 10:25:18 GMT 1
second that. Bacuna right back, Brown has to play, he looks seriously bloody good. Pacey attacking 3, Mooy and Hogg can help Brown have freedom to provide. Bacuna will ruin some left wingers days with them tackles too Bacuna seems a bit wasted at right back for me. Stick him in the middle and add a bit of physical pain to that area of the pitch with Hogg finishing off any survivors, and with the bonus that he can easily get forward and has a decent eye for goal from outside the box. Mooy on the bench for me at the moment based on performances since his return last season and the half hour or so I’ve seen of him in friendlies. Hes not wasted, its a team sport. He is the perfect player for this game there, not at right back all the time. Brown with Mooy and Hogg supporting i better for this one. Dropping Mooy because he looked lethargic in friendlies? That would be Mooy who is probably the best player in this league in his position just because of what you seen in friendlies, give over. There will be rotation going on due to sheer number of games, Bacuna, Mooy, Hogg etc, will all be playing their share in the centre of the park this season. But to nullify Derby, you have to stop their wingers and centre mid players, thats where the last few seasons they have been dangerous. Bacuna will boot their left winger into next week, id rather have him at RB than Bockhorn or Flo for this one. Hogg will deal with their CAM. Frees up Mooy and Brown to thread them passes to a front 3 that will terrorise most defences. Thats if this line up starts, but thats how id see it |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 10:26:51 GMT 1
second that. Bacuna right back, Brown has to play, he looks seriously bloody good. Pacey attacking 3, Mooy and Hogg can help Brown have freedom to provide. Bacuna will ruin some left wingers days with them tackles too I'm wondering if Jan thinks the same and is trying to fit Mooy, Hogg, Bacuna and Reece Brown into the same side? I would and the only way that happens is with Bacuna at RB. Hes not out position as he looks comfortable there, can play a ball out well and can tackle |
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Post by capitalterrier on Jul 25, 2019 10:34:47 GMT 1
Brown looks quality. Brum fans were saying he's the most talented player they've had in recent years and couldn't understand why they let him go.
No need for us to shoehorn our best 11 players into a formation like England did in the mid 2000s. We have a very good squad and can rotate players based on performance/fatigue. 46 games plus cups is a long old season compared to what we've had the past 2 years.
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Post by froggyterrier on Jul 25, 2019 10:40:48 GMT 1
Grabara Flo H - Schindler - Elphick - Kongolo Mooy - Hogg - Bacuna Pritchard Mounié - Grant Coleman - Bockhorn - Stankovic - Brown - VLP - Diakhaby - Koroma Schofield - Green - Duhaeny - O'brien - Daley - Kachunga - Mbenza Thats never going to happen as a starting line up with Jan in charge. He's shown pretty much all preseason 433 is how he's going to go and has pushed pritchard out wide to accommodate that. "what squad would you pick" |
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Post by froggyterrier on Jul 25, 2019 10:44:11 GMT 1
We're better off playing 3 of the 4 from Hogg, Brown, Mooy and Bacuna. No sense shoehorning them all in and getting less than the sum of their parts.
There again, we could go all-out-attack and try;
Grabara
Elphick - Schindler - Kongolo
Mooy - Hogg
Bacuna - Brown
Diakhaby - Grant - Mbenza
Who needs full-backs? 😆
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 11:06:32 GMT 1
Bacuna seems a bit wasted at right back for me. Stick him in the middle and add a bit of physical pain to that area of the pitch with Hogg finishing off any survivors, and with the bonus that he can easily get forward and has a decent eye for goal from outside the box. Mooy on the bench for me at the moment based on performances since his return last season and the half hour or so I’ve seen of him in friendlies. Hes not wasted, its a team sport. He is the perfect player for this game there, not at right back all the time. Brown with Mooy and Hogg supporting i better for this one. Dropping Mooy because he looked lethargic in friendlies? That would be Mooy who is probably the best player in this league in his position just because of what you seen in friendlies, give over. There will be rotation going on due to sheer number of games, Bacuna, Mooy, Hogg etc, will all be playing their share in the centre of the park this season. But to nullify Derby, you have to stop their wingers and centre mid players, thats where the last few seasons they have been dangerous. Bacuna will boot their left winger into next week, id rather have him at RB than Bockhorn or Flo for this one. Hogg will deal with their CAM. Frees up Mooy and Brown to thread them passes to a front 3 that will terrorise most defences. Thats if this line up starts, but thats how id see it Not based on friendlies, based on every performance in 2019. Would rather play Flo than Bacuna at right back. It dilutes Bacuna’s impact and he’s probably a weaker player than Flo in that position (despite what is written about Flo), so why weaken one position AND play a player away from where he will have most impact and influence on top? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 11:08:09 GMT 1
For this game. Not obviously going forward.
Grabara
Bacuna. Schindler. Elphick. Kongolo
Hogg
Mooy. Brown
Dhiakaby. Mbenza
Grant
4-3-3 essentially, Hogg doing his usual job and allowing Mooy and Brown to play. Other games, swap Bacuna for one of Flo or Bockhorn. Think Bacuna would be best suited to deal with Derby and put it on them this game, crunching tackles etc.
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Post by Uddersfield on Jul 25, 2019 11:31:53 GMT 1
Grabara
Flo | Elph | Schindler | Kongolo
Hogg
Bacuna | Mooy
Diaks | Grant | Pritchard
Still have many players that can come on and change the game from the bench. Really looking forward to it now, was a bit apprehensive but the youngsters are making a name for themselves.
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Post by ldotm on Jul 25, 2019 14:03:14 GMT 1
Grabara Flo | Elph | Schindler | Kongolo Hogg Bacuna | Mooy Diaks | Grant | Pritchard Still have many players that can come on and change the game from the bench. Really looking forward to it now, was a bit apprehensive but the youngsters are making a name for themselves. I'd go with the exact team. Still personally would like a RB if Flo is first choice. |
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Post by H7 on Jul 25, 2019 16:25:37 GMT 1
I'd say if we keep the majority of the squad together now we have a far stronger team than our promotion year...
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Post by CaptainHart on Jul 25, 2019 16:28:21 GMT 1
Would be odd starting with Bacuna and Kongolo as full backs as they'd be in most Championship teams at midfield and centre back respectively. Probably get in a number of Premier match day squads as well.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 25, 2019 17:40:50 GMT 1
I bet Brown has thrown a spanner in Jans thinking. I doubt he was expecting him to be as good as he is. That said I expect he'll start this one on the bench and play against Lincoln. Hopefully we can field a side like:
Grabara
Flo
Elphick
Schindler
Kongolo
Hogg
Bacuna
Mooy
Diakhaby
Pritchard
Grant
Subs: Coleman, Bockhorn, Stankovic, Brown, Mbenza, VLP, Mounie (if back and fit, good plan B to smash it up to if chasing the game)
Kachunga, Koroma, Quaner, Daly, O'Brien could easily be on the bench though. Tough for Siewart to keep everyone happy
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Post by londonterrier23 on Jul 25, 2019 18:27:57 GMT 1
Feel that we have a great 4231 and, at champ level, two very good natural number of p’s in Pritchard and Brown.
I’m not sold on the 433 and don’t thinkbit suits Mooy who is the best footballer in this league although I guess it requires less defensive duty from from VLp, Diakhaby and which is probably a good thing.
So maybe 433 will allow us to hurt some champ teams.
Wondered what you geniuses thought?
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jul 25, 2019 18:35:28 GMT 1
Feel that we have a great 4231 and, at champ level, two very good natural number of p’s in Pritchard and Brown. I’m not sold on the 433 and don’t thinkbit suits Mooy who is the best footballer in this league although I guess it requires less defensive duty from from VLp, Diakhaby and which is probably a good thing. So maybe 433 will allow us to hurt some champ teams. Wondered what you geniuses thought? I suppose it's academic really as we will be playing 4-3-3 |
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Post by Jack on Jul 25, 2019 19:12:22 GMT 1
Not sure what the guys who think Bacuna can play at right back have been smoking. Never in a million years. Far too reckless and doesn't read the game well enough. Didn't he get hooked after 45 minutes in a game last season playing at RB. Looked well out of his depth.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 25, 2019 19:17:36 GMT 1
Not sure what the guys who think Bacuna can play at right back have been smoking. Never in a million years. Far too reckless and doesn't read the game well enough. Didn't he get hooked after 45 minutes in a game last season playing at RB. Looked well out of his depth. More to the point, why would you play your best midfielder out of position. |
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