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Post by datguy on Jan 31, 2022 23:28:43 GMT
Bursik
Bonham
Fielding
Edwards (?)
Smith
Duhaney
Jagielka
Moore
Wilmot
Chester
Harwood-Bellis
Forrester
Souttar (out injured)
Tymon
Fox
Allen
Clucas
Baker
Thompson
Vrancic
Powell
Sawyers
Oakley-Booth
Fletcher
Maja
Campbell
Brown
JPB
DWP
Edit: lead to believe we have a lad called Abdallah Sima on the books
Am I missing anyone?
18 games left. 6 points off playoffs.
Another midtable finish would be disappointing and unacceptable imo. Especially after repeating the exact mid-season downfall of last season. Simply need a very strong finish or else MON should be under huge pressure going into next season.
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Post by twobanksoffour on Jan 31, 2022 23:33:36 GMT
Bursik Bonham Fielding Edwards (?) Smith Duhaney Jagielka Moore Wilmot Chester Harwood-Bellis Forrester Souttar (out injured) Tymon Fox Allen Clucas Baker Thompson Vrancic Powell Fletcher Maja Campbell Brown JPB DWP Edit: lead to believe we have a lad called Abdallah Sima on the books Am I missing anyone? 18 games left. 6 points off playoffs. Another midtable finish would be disappointing and unacceptable imo. Especially after repeating the exact mid-season downfall of last season. Simply need a very strong finish or else MON should be under huge pressure going into next season. Sawyers is the only other one, I think. Not sure if TOB left. Lots of options but can't figure out what our 1st choice team/formation is now! |
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Post by stokecitytalke on Jan 31, 2022 23:35:30 GMT
Bursik Bonham Fielding Edwards (?) Smith Duhaney Jagielka Moore Wilmot Chester Harwood-Bellis Forrester Souttar (out injured) Tymon Fox Allen Clucas Baker Thompson Vrancic Powell Fletcher Maja Campbell Brown JPB DWP Edit: lead to believe we have a lad called Abdallah Sima on the books Am I missing anyone?18 games left. 6 points off playoffs. Another midtable finish would be disappointing and unacceptable imo. Especially after repeating the exact mid-season downfall of last season. Simply need a very strong finish or else MON should be under huge pressure going into next season. Sawyers |
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Post by houstonsteve on Jan 31, 2022 23:36:55 GMT
hes been consistently backed every window. Time MON delivered something material now. hes got 8 days to get this rousing rabble into a spartan like army..... (cup is a bonus game). may we live in interesting times...
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Post by stokemark on Jan 31, 2022 23:39:27 GMT
Bursik Bonham Fielding Edwards (?) Smith Duhaney Jagielka Moore Wilmot Chester Harwood-Bellis Forrester Souttar (out injured) Tymon Fox Allen Clucas Baker Thompson Vrancic Powell Fletcher Maja Campbell Brown JPB DWP Edit: lead to believe we have a lad called Abdallah Sima on the books Am I missing anyone? 18 games left. 6 points off playoffs. Another midtable finish would be disappointing and unacceptable imo. Especially after repeating the exact mid-season downfall of last season. Simply need a very strong finish or else MON should be under huge pressure going into next season. Sawyers is the only other one, I think. Not sure if TOB left. Lots of options but can't figure out what our 1st choice team/formation is now! How long does it take for players / a system to bed in ? Weeks / often months perhaps ? We have less depth in the vital to the system wingback department with Alfie going on loan yet the collection of centre half's indicate that he will persist with this formation. We have a reasonably good collection of unproven / low scoring strikers to compliment our ageing midfield of which at least there are a few new options to consider. This almost feels like 'throw something at the wall and it might stick' management that leaves us no further forward at the end of the season and likely in a similar place as last. Still at least there is the hope that a miracle may happen and that MON really is the messiah and not just a very naughty boy. |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jan 31, 2022 23:41:39 GMT
God knows how you chose a first XI and workable formation out of that lot 🤷♂️!
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jan 31, 2022 23:41:50 GMT
Bursik Bonham Fielding Edwards (?) Smith Duhaney Jagielka Moore Wilmot Chester Harwood-Bellis Forrester Souttar (out injured) Tymon Fox Allen Clucas Baker Thompson Vrancic Powell Sawyers Oakley-Booth Fletcher Maja Campbell Brown JPB DWP Edit: lead to believe we have a lad called Abdallah Sima on the books Am I missing anyone? 18 games left. 6 points off playoffs. Another midtable finish would be disappointing and unacceptable imo. Especially after repeating the exact mid-season downfall of last season. Simply need a very strong finish or else MON should be under huge pressure going into next season. He shouldn't be here if we end up mid-table. |
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Jan 31, 2022 23:42:06 GMT
You'd have to say, to have slashed the wage bill and to be left with a squad like that is a brilliant effort.
Time to make the team play as good on the pitch as it looks on paper.
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Jan 31, 2022 23:55:03 GMT
Mid Table finish all over it unless Maja is the new Steino..
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Post by cvillestokie on Jan 31, 2022 23:56:26 GMT
Mid Table finish all over it unless Maja is the new Steino.. Mid table if Powell gets re-injured. Otherwise I see us being within spitting distance of 6th close to the end. |
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Post by jezzascfc on Feb 1, 2022 0:08:23 GMT
Our fortune depends on goals - we do not score enough. If Maja and the returning Powell spark a goal rush, we could sneak 5th or 6th. We have to play with a front four - 352 plays more like 532 the way we use it and leaves only two attackers instead of four.
Bursik/Bonham
Wilmot/Smith/Duhaney
THB/Moore
Jagielka/Chester
Tymon/Fox
Baker/Thompson
Allen/Clucas/Sawyers
Campbell/DWP
Powell/Vrancic
JPB/[Sima?]
Maja/Fletcher/Brown
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Post by mickstupp on Feb 1, 2022 0:20:21 GMT
We would need to win 12 out of the last 18….it simply isn’t going to happen. We’ve seen no evidence at all so far that this team is capable of going on a extended unbeaten run, or stringing together 4 or 5 wins on the bounce.
My prediction hasn’t changed. 10th with 65 points.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 1, 2022 0:21:59 GMT
We’ve made the squad a bit more unbalanced which is good going.
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Post by houstonsteve on Feb 1, 2022 1:46:50 GMT
I suppose with the squad he now has he should be able to switch between 5-3-2 and 4-2-3-1 in game. Preferably start with 4-2-3-1 as we end up with Powell up top in 5-3-2
For me (when all fit)
Bursik
Smith - Moore - Jags - Fox/Tymon
Baker - Sawyers
Ty - Powell - JPB
Maja
Subs - Bonham, Allen, WP, Fletch, Brown, THB, Tymon/Fox
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Post by cvillestokie on Feb 1, 2022 2:01:07 GMT
I suppose with the squad he now has he should be able to switch between 5-3-2 and 4-2-3-1 in game. Preferably start with 4-2-3-1 as we end up with Powell up top in 5-3-2 For me (when all fit) Bursik Smith - Moore - Jags - Fox/Tymon Baker - Sawyers Ty - Powell - JPB Maja Subs - Bonham, Allen, WP, Fletch, Brown, THB, Tymon/Fox I'd go with that, though I probably wouldn't drop THB yet. I was actually impressed with Tymon versus Huddersfield and I'm really hoping that with Powell in the roaming playmaker role (and Sawyers when fit) Tymon and JPB will flourish together down that left side. Tymon doesn't cut in that well (though he is doing better), JPB seems to like to cut it; hopefully together, they will be a real nuisance if they can get some understanding of each other. Not sure about starting Campbell right now. We need energy if Maja isn't necessarily the high energy forward out of possession, then DWP or Brown would have my vote on that side. |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 1, 2022 2:16:47 GMT
God it’s depressing to compare Bournemouth’s window to ours when you think 5 years ago they were desperately hanging in to our coattails ,
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Post by bertiestan on Feb 1, 2022 3:07:24 GMT
I'm excited as fuck to see how this pans out👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Post by milky on Feb 1, 2022 3:22:47 GMT
If he is planning to continue with 3 at the back ,and it looks like he is ,the thought of Tymon getting injured and being replaced by Morgan Fox is pretty depressing.
I don't know anything about Liam Moore but from what's been said it seems he is a direct Baath replacement.I just hope we've seen the end of Chester and Clucas though.
Add Maja to Powell, Campbell, Badice, DWP , Brown & Fletcher and that end of the pitch looks interesting.
Powell is the key to making it all knit together though as we saw on Friday night.
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Post by hotpot on Feb 1, 2022 3:29:50 GMT
The Moore-Ince swap pleases me especially. An extra defender is exactly what I hoped for. I would experiment with a 3-3-4 .
From: Bonham; Moore, Jagielka, THB; Thompson, Baker, Powell; DWP, Philo, Brown, Maja.
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Post by Roger Everyone on Feb 1, 2022 4:48:08 GMT
A good position, all depends how the players bed in.
And how many more injuries we pick up I guess.
He has done extremely well clearing players out.
Next season is going to be key to his future as our manager.
I hope he pulls it off.
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Post by jokker on Feb 1, 2022 5:07:05 GMT
Jagielka Moore Wilmot Chester Harwood-Bellis Forrester Souttar (out injured) . Your roll call looks a little thin in the cd dept, if he plans to play 6 cds at a time. You would really have to add Taylor, Macari, and Okagbie (sp?), all of whom have been spoken about in glowing terms by O'Neill in recent interviews. |
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Post by samba :) on Feb 1, 2022 5:55:29 GMT
6/1 for play offs
28/1 to win the play offs
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Post by Ron on Feb 1, 2022 6:54:06 GMT
Whilst our transfer policy is a little scattergun- with the limitations we have with FFP the wheeling & dealing is necessary.
We had to get new blood in as our form has been appalling for 2 months.
Had we not done I’m sure folk would have been crirical.
However- MON had been backed ( again) and he MUST make a push for the playoffs. That squad is more than capable of a push for top 6.
However- personally I think it’s too little too late and we’ll miss out.
Let’s just hope we see some positive attacking foootball in the mould of the time after he arrived and needed to stay up. A repeat of that run of form
- which he is capable of overseeing- could get us top 6.
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Post by mowlee on Feb 1, 2022 7:10:06 GMT
We’ve made the squad a bit more unbalanced which is good going. he seems too have gone mark hughes style ha ha |
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Post by scfc75 on Feb 1, 2022 7:14:26 GMT
We need 2 points per game average for the remainder of the season if we’re going to make the playoffs. Over a season, that’s top 2 form.
I’m not sure how we go from where we are to a consistent top 2 team for the rest of the season, with the window we’ve just had, and I’m usually very optimistic. Those that think we’ve got a chance, I hope you’re right (and I applaud you!), but it’s going to take an incredible upturn for us to make it.
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Post by block29cb on Feb 1, 2022 7:32:34 GMT
We need 2 points per game average for the remainder of the season if we’re going to make the playoffs. Over a season, that’s top 2 form. I’m not sure how we go from where we are to a consistent top 2 team for the rest of the season, with the window we’ve just had, and I’m usually very optimistic. Those that think we’ve got a chance, I hope you’re right (and I applaud you!), but it’s going to take an incredible upturn for us to make it. Totally agree, why wait until the end of January to do business. We probably need form from the 1st 1/4 of the season to have any shout. Then that's based on whether Sheff Utd, Huddersfield and Forest drop off. |
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Post by block29cb on Feb 1, 2022 7:36:07 GMT
We need 2 points per game average for the remainder of the season if we’re going to make the playoffs. Over a season, that’s top 2 form. I’m not sure how we go from where we are to a consistent top 2 team for the rest of the season, with the window we’ve just had, and I’m usually very optimistic. Those that think we’ve got a chance, I hope you’re right (and I applaud you!), but it’s going to take an incredible upturn for us to make it. Totally agree, why wait until the end of January to do business. We probably need form from the 1st 1/4 of the season to have any shout. Then that's based on whether Sheff Utd, Huddersfield and Forest drop off. Oh and Boro.. |
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Post by neddy on Feb 1, 2022 7:45:53 GMT
So more clearing the decks with loans that can end for next season. I’m hoping that the existing squad post deadline day can mount a late challenge……let’s see?
My thoughts are drifting to next season and will we have a team strong enough to really make a full challenge?
Bursik
Tymon
Souttar
Wilmott
Baker
Powell
Campbell
Wright-Phillips
Brown
Most of the rest could have departed? Have I got this correct?
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Post by lordb on Feb 1, 2022 7:51:33 GMT
hes been consistently backed every window. Time MON delivered something material now. hes got 8 days to get this rousing rabble into a spartan like army..... (cup is a bonus game). may we live in interesting times... He hasn't been backed at all Every penny he has generated by wheeling and deeling |
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Post by lordb on Feb 1, 2022 7:54:08 GMT
God it’s depressing to compare Bournemouth’s window to ours when you think 5 years ago they were desperately hanging in to our coattails , They have prem money still We spent £67m under Rowett and Jones Unlike us Bournemouth look like they have spent well However if they don't go up they will join us in 6 fucked it up club |
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