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[WalthamOwl]

2 minutes ago, Etchesketch said:

Judging by this thread so far has everybody forgotten that Da Cruz, Windass and Wickham are still here? They're  not even getting on people's  benches. Oh and Bates is still here.

big fan of Windass, hope he signs at the end of the season. Wickham has looked poor and Da Cruz is a waste of space, sooner he is sent back the better (we better not bloody sign him at the end of the season). Not a clue about Bates. 

[York_Owl]

10 hours ago, Holmowl said:

If Forestieri really is our match winner, how come we hardly ever win when he plays?

We hardly ever win when he doesn’t play.

[Holmowl]

1 hour ago, Etchesketch said:

Judging by this thread so far has everybody forgotten that Da Cruz, Windass and Wickham are still here? They're  not even getting on people's  benches. Oh and Bates is still here.

Windass is an odd one. Can’t really see what he has or where he plays, but he’s got something.

 

Wickham and Da Cruz hopeless for us.

 

Does Bates exist?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Etchesketch said:

Judging by this thread so far has everybody forgotten that Da Cruz, Windass and Wickham are still here? They're  not even getting on people's  benches. Oh and Bates is still here.

 

Based on their contributions they are fairly forgettable. 

 

Windass has got a couple of goals and played OK second half against Derby but in truth the game had gone and they eased off, other than that it is difficult to see where he fits in - not a wide player, not a full blown striker and doesn't look suited to play central midfield in a 4-4-2.

 

Wickham has looked so far off the pace it has been embarrassing.

 

Da Cruz much like Windass in a positional sense and has contributed next to nothing after a decent short cameo on his debut. 

[York_Owl]

                     Westwood

         Iorfa     Hutchinson    Fox

Palmer    Lee   Luongo  Bannan  Reach

                 Fletcher   Forestieri 

[Guest Kagoshimaowl]

Assuming we still have moron Monk in charge so we can’t pick two of our best players in Westwood and Hutch.

 

Wildsmith

 

Palmer 

Iorfa

Borner

Fox

 

Murphy

Luongo

Bannan

Reach

 

Forestieri

Fletcher

 

Subs:

 

Dawson, Lees, Lee, Windass, Harris, Wickham, Nuhiu 

 

Start 4-4-2 but if getting overrun can go to 3 in midfield with Nando our wide.

 

Having Luongo and Reach back is huge. Also dropping the hapless Dawson is vital!

[Nero]

Think it's also, even maybe more so these days, about where we play on the pitch.

The German resumption has seen more teams pressing high up the pitch.

We did well initially this season at home doing that, but by the time of say the Derby C game our pressing game was a shambles. No coordination or effort.

We are one of the oldest teams in the Championship but hopefully for a 9 game mini season we can go for it.

Anyway hoping to see a full on high press being deployed from game 1.