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Post by cheekymatt71 on Oct 26, 2014 8:11:28 GMT
Would like to see us experiment a bit in midweek.
With Crouch in the team we are reverting to lumping it up to his head and hoping for something to drop for us. Our build up play is slow and goes nowhere, inevitably it ends up with a backpass to Begovic to lump it forwards aimlessly again.
Front six of
Moses Diouf Assaidi
Walters
Cameron Nzonzi
get our quickest players up top and look for through balls behind the defence. Maybe have Walters in the middle supporting Diouf and winning some flick-ons for him
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Post by Beloved Monkfish on Oct 26, 2014 8:18:04 GMT
I'd give Bojan a game on Wednesday.
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Post by timbo1988 on Oct 26, 2014 8:19:30 GMT
Bojan for Walters!
I think arnie will play too probably for Moses!
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Post by werrington on Oct 26, 2014 8:21:26 GMT
He was woeful yesterday
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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 26, 2014 8:56:41 GMT
He was but at the same time wasn't in our top 7 worse players which tells a story. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 9:05:23 GMT
Huth,Bojan,Assaidi and Arnie have to start,they need minutes on the pitch
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Post by stokemark on Oct 26, 2014 10:14:24 GMT
Would like to see us experiment a bit in midweek. With Crouch in the team we are reverting to lumping it up to his head and hoping for something to drop for us. Our build up play is slow and goes nowhere, inevitably it ends up with a backpass to Begovic to lump it forwards aimlessly again. Front six of Moses Diouf Assaidi Walters Cameron Nzonzi get our quickest players up top and look for through balls behind the defence. Maybe have Walters in the middle supporting Diouf and winning some flick-ons for him We are all fans of Crouch but we can't build our style / team around him and seem to have pursued that approach of late Personally I'd like to see our front three being Moses, Diouf and Arnie Midfield seems to be massively misfiring and lacks quality. It seems whatever combination we try doesn't really cut the mustard. I'd like to see Cameron, Sidwell and Ireland given a go. ( yes I know a Ireland !!) |
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Post by werrington on Oct 26, 2014 10:18:05 GMT
He was but at the same time wasn't in our top 7 worse players which tells a story. I'd disagree with that mate but yeah there were many disappointing performances He was continually offside and rarely held a ball up and should of buried that header at 0:0 |
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Post by unknown182 on Oct 26, 2014 10:34:54 GMT
I'd try out a front three of Assaidi - Bojan - Arnautovic
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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 26, 2014 10:40:47 GMT
He was but at the same time wasn't in our top 7 worse players which tells a story. I'd disagree with that mate but yeah there were many disappointing performances He was continually offside and rarely held a ball up and should of buried that header at 0:0 I actually thought he was OK first half, his head once again being the best passer of the ball in the team. Our midfield was non existant though and worries me much more. Cameron, N'Zonzi and Adam were all utterly woeful. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 10:41:20 GMT
We need to get Arnie, Bojan, Moses and Muniesa playing together, they could be the future of Stoke for a long time.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 26, 2014 10:42:06 GMT
?????!!!!??? Wouldn't even get on my bench. He's in horrendous form and currently looks utterly useless. |
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Post by Olgrligm on Oct 26, 2014 10:47:51 GMT
Incidentally, I noticed defenders holding Crouch on multiple occasions yesterday, only for Crouch to have the foul given against him. Consistency is nice.
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Post by j3st3r on Oct 26, 2014 10:50:27 GMT
?????!!!!??? Wouldn't even get on my bench. He's in horrendous form and currently looks utterly useless. Agree with this but if we're ever going to get the player we saw last season back... Surely he needs some game time.... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 10:51:03 GMT
I really like Arnie but can't see any justification for him starting, it's a bit of a 'catch-22'.
Unless we're not going to take it that seriously and are as bothered about players game-time as we are the result.
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Post by jwhpotter on Oct 26, 2014 10:57:24 GMT
Yea we some more pace and movement, If only Odemwingie was fit  Id go Tommy Bardsley Ryan Huth Muniesa Cameron Nzonzi Arnie Bojan Moses Diouf Arnie has got to start performing soon, I'd say Assaidi but I've never seen him or Moses on the right |
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Post by werrington on Oct 26, 2014 11:00:44 GMT
I'd disagree with that mate but yeah there were many disappointing performances He was continually offside and rarely held a ball up and should of buried that header at 0:0 I actually thought he was OK first half, his head once again being the best passer of the ball in the team. Our midfield was non existant though and worries me much more. Cameron, N'Zonzi and Adam were all utterly woeful. Adam had a shocker but once they'd marked Moses out of the game he had no options Bizarrely he was swapped for Diouf who then had nobody from midfield who could feed the many runs he was making Hughes dropped a bollock with that particular choice of replacement |
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Post by huddy on Oct 26, 2014 11:09:41 GMT
Here come the brains trust who all wanted Crouch out in the summer.Been quiet while he's been playing well haven't you? |
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Post by fca47 on Oct 26, 2014 11:17:22 GMT
I'd play him in home games but not away, need more pace away from home.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 26, 2014 11:19:01 GMT
I wouldn't "drop" him for Wednesday. I wouldn't play him though, time give the angry wee Catalan a go up there. And Crouch plays on Saturday.
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Post by wagstand on Oct 26, 2014 11:35:34 GMT
Personally I don't think we should mess around with the team too much in midweek. We should pick our strongest possible side because in reality the league cup is our best chance of actually winning something so why throw it away by using it as an experiment .
We are frustrating to watch at the minute but that's just how it is sometimes . We are still struggling with our new identity .
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 26, 2014 11:38:08 GMT
Because we stand a good chance of being relegated and need to play the likes of Huth, Arnie, Ozzy, Sidwell and Bojan into form so we have options up front, out wide and at the back? I couldn't give a shiny shit about the cup tbh.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Oct 26, 2014 11:42:28 GMT
I actually thought he was OK first half, his head once again being the best passer of the ball in the team. Our midfield was non existant though and worries me much more. Cameron, N'Zonzi and Adam were all utterly woeful. Adam had a shocker but once they'd marked Moses out of the game he had no options Bizarrely he was swapped for Diouf who then had nobody from midfield who could feed the many runs he was making Hughes dropped a bollock with that particular choice of replacement yeah good point werrington. The sub solved one problem in getting some support up there with Diouf alongside Crouch. But then it left Nzonzi/Cameron in central midfield when we needed Adam to get on the ball and play some decent through balls. At the moment it seems like we need 12 players on the pitch and we keep compensating one area of the pitch to the detriment of the other. For me though Crouch is too much of a one-trick pony. Defences are not scared of him the same way a player with a turn of pace. Would definitely like to see Diouf & Bojan upfront together to try something different. But then our approach play has to be 100% different to what it was yesterday |
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Post by march4 on Oct 26, 2014 11:42:58 GMT
This is our best chance of silverware.
No experimenting, no fringe players, just full on commitment to win.
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Post by huddy on Oct 26, 2014 12:06:30 GMT
I wouldn't "drop" him for Wednesday. I wouldn't play him though, time give the angry wee Catalan a go up there. And Crouch plays on Saturday. This of course is the sensible option Hughes will take.Rest not 'drop Crouch and play him on Saturday and give Bojan a chance to play that isn't a reward for throwing his toys out. |
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Post by Pugsley on Oct 26, 2014 12:12:38 GMT
This is our best chance of silverware. No experimenting, no fringe players, just full on commitment to win. Agree, but it's what Southampton are thinking as well. Tough game in store. |
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Post by mickstupp on Oct 26, 2014 12:18:34 GMT
I thought our little double header with Southampton would end up with one win each, like the Sunderland games.
After seeing the huge gulf in class between the two sides yesterday I'm not so sure.
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Post by apb1 on Oct 26, 2014 12:22:16 GMT
Bojan as a false 9. Whatever that is
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Post by mickstupp on Oct 26, 2014 12:26:31 GMT
Bojan as a false 9. Whatever that is From what I've seen of him so far, he's a false footballer. |
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Post by kurt on Oct 26, 2014 15:49:39 GMT
Diouf should be our centre forward.
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