Holmowl Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 The template for next season is right before our eyes. Best run since 1993. Home wins against 1st, 9th and 14th. Away wins against 16th, 17th and 24th. Some say these teams were in flip-flops....led by McCarthy, Benitez, Warnock, Holloway and Rowett!!!??? Despite injured stars, we played 11 players in their best roles, and they had enough to win six in six. Does anyone honestly think that if we had played everyone in their best roles all season we would not have threatened a Brighton's second place? If Bannan is to play he should play CM. If Abdi is to play he should play CM. If Nando is to play he should play LW. We have excellent wingers. Play two not one. We have top drawer strikers. Play two not one. We have excellent CMs. Play two, not one isolated and an extra CB. We can all guess and imagine what could happen if X played there and Y and Z played as a partnership, but those six matches were reality not fantasy. I remember Torry posting a month or so back that he didn't mind who started a particular match, because provided Carlos picked CMs in CM, wingers wide and strikers striking, he had confidence that all our players were good enough. We had Bannan/Jones. We had Bannan/Lee We had Rhodes/Fletch We had Rhodes/Hooper We had Fletch/Hooper We had Reach and Wallace wide. The names can change, but such good players will succeed for us if played in their best positions. Yes Jota. Yes Diame. Yes Hanley. But we already have enough to get an auto spot, provided they play as near to 46 games as possible in their best role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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