|
Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 10, 2019 10:17:38 GMT
Worrying if true. Suggests he's making it up as he's going along You'd assume that he will have tried various permutations in training this week and will have in idea of what works and what doesn't. You'd assume that a few of the players who arrived this week will have pushed themselves into the picture and with Afobe leaving, Powell doubtful and the team that finished the game looking so much better than the one chosen to start, I'd have expected maybe 4 changes even before we signed any new players.
|
|
|
Post by davelistersdad on Aug 10, 2019 10:25:09 GMT
Back 8 looks nailed on as: Butland Smith Batth Lindsay McClean Cousins Clucas AllenInteresting to see who plays if Powell is injured. Could well be Ince if Duffy is not match fit. Ince or PowellThen think he'll give Vokes another chance. But hard to predict who'll partner him between Hogan and Gregory. Hogan seems more complementary, long-term - but if he's not 100%, could well be Gregory. Can't see him starting Campbell Vokes Gregory or Hogan
We could be in for a long day if Clucas Allen and cousins start. My sentiments exactly. Allen Is a burden on the whole squad.
|
|
|
Post by wherty on Aug 10, 2019 10:25:25 GMT
Worrying if true. Suggests he's making it up as he's going along Damned if he does damned if he doesn't.
|
|
|
Post by harlequin on Aug 10, 2019 10:26:19 GMT
Isn’t that a perk/expected outcome of two-for-each position? You don’t perform and your counterpart takes your place.
|
|
|
Post by lordb on Aug 10, 2019 10:26:21 GMT
Or selecting on merit? With his 2 players for every position mantra none of them can afford poor games or form. If that's the case Butland will be dropped There's an argument for that Davies wasn't even on the bench last week, thought that was odd.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 10:29:10 GMT
If this is true and he is going to mix it up then now is the time to do it, before the league settles down.
Two will be forced - Ince for Powell and Hogan / Campbell for Afobe.
That just leaves 5 more. Good luck guessing.
|
|
|
Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 10, 2019 10:31:29 GMT
Do we think we’ll go with Ince over Duffy?
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 10:35:27 GMT
If this is true and he is going to mix it up then now is the time to do it, before the league settles down. Two will be forced - Ince for Powell and Hogan / Campbell for Afobe. That just leaves 5 more. Good luck guessing. Collins > Lindsay Vokes > Gregory They’re about the only other two predictions I could make. It seems unlikely he’d drop any of the others tbh.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 10:37:11 GMT
Do we think we’ll go with Ince over Duffy? I think they’ll share game time. Sheff Utd fans said that Duffy rarely lasted a full game last year. I’d imagine he’ll start with Ince and bring Duffy on later. Unless Ince displaces Allen or Clucas as one of the wide CMs...
|
|
|
Post by terrorofturfmoor on Aug 10, 2019 10:37:23 GMT
Do we think we’ll go with Ince over Duffy? Duffy can also play behind the front man (or men), and so can Ince....so on that theory, they "could" find themselve both playing???
|
|
|
Post by davejohnno1 on Aug 10, 2019 10:38:09 GMT
Or selecting on merit? With his 2 players for every position mantra none of them can afford poor games or form. I think you need a semblance of stability though. 7 seems madness after one game, however disappointing Can definitely see 3 changes with Powell, Afobe and Collins for Ince/Duffy, Gregory/Hogan and Lindsay. Struggling to see where the 4 other changes would come from though if Etebo isn't ready and Edwards has a knock Could make a case for dropping Vokes. Harsh after one game though Didn't Edwards have an operation over the summer? Maybe that's why he didn't feature on Saturday? I'm desperately trying to think something positive.
|
|
|
Post by FullerMagic on Aug 10, 2019 10:38:20 GMT
Do we think we’ll go with Ince over Duffy? Listening to Duffy's interview, he said he's missed games in pre-season - presumably due to being frozen out there after his row with Wilder. And he said he wasn't 100% match sharp although he'd been training and played a few reserve games. He specifically mentioned the League Cup game as a game where he could get minutes - dunno whether that'd been mentioned to him? You never know, he could chuck him in, but probably Ince if Powell doesn't make it? Long-term though, doesn't look great for Ince
|
|
|
Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 10, 2019 10:38:56 GMT
Do we think we’ll go with Ince over Duffy? Duffy can also play behind the front man (or men), and so can Ince....so on that theory, they "could" find themselve both playing??? Where's the one who doesn't play behind the front two going to play?
|
|
|
Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 10, 2019 10:39:36 GMT
Do we think we’ll go with Ince over Duffy? Listening to Duffy's interview, he said he's missed games in pre-season - presumably due to being frozen out there after his row with Wilder. And he said he wasn't 100% match sharp although he'd been training and played a few reserve games. He specifically mentioned the League Cup game as a game where he could get minutes - dunno whether that'd been mentioned to him? You never know, he could chuck him in, but probably Ince if Powell doesn't make it? Long-term though, doesn't look great for Ince Cheers Grapey. Does sound like he won't be thrown straight in on that basis.
|
|
|
Post by femark on Aug 10, 2019 10:39:39 GMT
With all the new signings it’s going to take a while to settle on a starting line up. It could be 10 games before we see some stability.
|
|
|
Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 10, 2019 10:40:11 GMT
If that's the case Butland will be dropped There's an argument for that Davies wasn't even on the bench last week, thought that was odd. He looks Haugaardesqe though.
|
|
|
Post by webby137 on Aug 10, 2019 10:42:22 GMT
With all the new signings it’s going to take a while to settle on a starting line up. It could be 10 games before we see some stability. Agreed but if we need time to get the goals main priority has to be building a solid defensive like the end of last season, 10 draws is better than 8 loses and 2 wins.
|
|
|
Post by scfcno1fan on Aug 10, 2019 10:50:52 GMT
I’d rather him make changes.
Do it now, see what happens.
Better earlier on.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 11:13:00 GMT
With all the new signings it’s going to take a while to settle on a starting line up. It could be 10 games before we see some stability. or 45...
|
|
|
Post by femark on Aug 10, 2019 11:17:50 GMT
With all the new signings it’s going to take a while to settle on a starting line up. It could be 10 games before we see some stability. Agreed but if we need time to get the goals main priority has to be building a solid defensive like the end of last season, 10 draws is better than 8 loses and 2 wins. Agreed. We need to get that solid base to build on, he probably needs to find a settled back 4 quicker than anything else.
|
|
|
Post by femark on Aug 10, 2019 11:18:15 GMT
With all the new signings it’s going to take a while to settle on a starting line up. It could be 10 games before we see some stability. or 45... Or have a bit of optimism...
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 11:23:29 GMT
Or have a bit of optimism... I just continued your sentence, so if there's any pessimism in it's down to you... We saw last season that he was forever changing and chopping teams around, even on those rare occasions after he won. With 12 new players, 13 if you count Badou, he's bound to continue in that vein.
|
|
|
Post by datguy on Aug 10, 2019 11:32:35 GMT
Rumours of 7 changes?
Who the fuck are the lucky 4 to survive?
Collins is the only one from last week that started that did anything to suggest he should be playing today.
|
|
|
Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 10, 2019 11:33:41 GMT
Rumours of 7 changes? Who the fuck are the lucky 4 to survive? Collins is the only one from last week that started that did anything to suggest he should be playing today. He was and he’s definitely been dropped.
|
|
|
Post by gingerninja on Aug 10, 2019 11:42:13 GMT
The squad now completed still does not shout free scoring to me. Hope I am wrong and we start today, I think one of Gregory & Hogan will need to fire if we're assuming & it's a massive if we think Vokes will get 20+?!!
|
|
|
Post by BuzzB on Aug 10, 2019 11:49:25 GMT
Or selecting on merit? With his 2 players for every position mantra none of them can afford poor games or form. I think you need a semblance of stability though. 7 seems madness after one game, however disappointing Can definitely see 3 changes with Powell, Afobe and Collins for Ince/Duffy, Gregory/Hogan and Lindsay. Butland? Struggling to see where the 4 other changes would come from though if Etebo isn't ready and Edwards has a knock Could make a case for dropping Vokes. Harsh after one game though
|
|
|
Post by lordb on Aug 10, 2019 11:51:06 GMT
There's an argument for that Davies wasn't even on the bench last week, thought that was odd. He looks Haugaardesqe though. Who Davies? Just fuck off with that. He might be ropey - I don't know, he might be as good as various sources say he is ,I don't know that. Let's see. What I do know is he even if he is poor that still makes him vastly superior to Haugaard.
|
|
|
Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 10, 2019 11:58:56 GMT
He looks Haugaardesqe though. Who Davies? Just fuck off with that. He might be ropey - I don't know, he might be as good as various sources say he is ,I don't know that. Let's see. What I do know is he even if he is poor that still makes him vastly superior to Haugaard. He does, he looks awful the reason I thought we’d struggle. Thankfully no one wanted Butland. He needs to be out on loan already.
|
|
|
Post by vahl on Aug 10, 2019 12:02:08 GMT
Benik Afobe scored with Stoke's first shot under manager Nathan Jones away at Brentford in January - since then, the Potters have attempted 80 shots in away Championship matches and scored just three times, a conversion rate of 3.8%.
This must change today.
|
|
|
Post by lordb on Aug 10, 2019 12:02:59 GMT
Who Davies? Just fuck off with that. He might be ropey - I don't know, he might be as good as various sources say he is ,I don't know that. Let's see. What I do know is he even if he is poor that still makes him vastly superior to Haugaard. He does, he looks awful the reason I thought we’d struggle. Thankfully no one wanted Butland. He needs to be out on loan already. You do realise anyone who has seen Haugaard play reading your post will take one look at Davies and no matter how poor he is (and he was too keeper in League one last season something Haugaard couldn't achieve at pub league level) will understand that your point is utter bollocks
|
|