Peacock-Farrell
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Hendrick Benson Koiki
Rodriguez Vydra
Subs
Barnes Cork Westwood Hart Wood and McNeil

Woodleyclaret wrote:Peacock-Farrell
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Hendrick Benson Koiki
Rodriguez Vydra
Subs
Barnes Cork Westwood Hart Wood and McNeil

Can't see Hart being happy playing second fiddle to a rookie from Leeds.

Drinkwater if Chelsea allow

No Drinkwater or Brady or Defour???

Hart
Bards Gibson long Taylor
Lennon Hendrick Drinkwater* Brady*
jayrod vydra

** if fit subs if not

Vydra starts, definitely.
Drinkwater comes to the bench, definitely.
Pope is 'rested' (had bugger all to do I know) - definitely. I'd go with Hart.
Taylor starts - definitely.

Drinkwater needs to start and not be dropped.

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Drinkwater needs to start and not be dropped.

He may well do, but I'd be surprised. I think SD will bring him in possibly giving him 45 minutes.

FactualFrank wrote:He may well do, but I'd be surprised. I think SD will bring him in possibly giving him 45 minutes.

I suspect he will get the full 90 mins on Weds. Dyche said he is at the end of his personal pre-season now which means SD believes he is 90 mins fit.

So it is: Hart; Bardsley, Long, Gibson, Taylor; Lennon; Drinkwater, Hendrick, Brady (45 mins); Rodriguez, Vydra. 11 changes with no u23s used!!!

Jesus. He’s the best player we have, maybe in my lifetime have ever had and people are debating putting him
I’m against a L1 side.

bfcmik wrote:I suspect he will get the full 90 mins on Weds. Dyche said he is at the end of his personal pre-season now which means SD believes he is 90 mins fit.

I hope so. However, I don't think he'll start vs Liverpool, regardless.

FactualFrank wrote:I hope so. However, I don't think he'll start vs Liverpool, regardless.

Agreed with you. He should do thought. He’s miles better than what we have.

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Jesus. He’s the best player we have, maybe in my lifetime have ever had and people are debating putting him
I’m against a L1 side.

How old are you? 1?

I'd quite happily see us make 11 changes for this one if we can.

Claretmatt4 wrote:How old are you? 1?

Older than you bla bla bla

But to give you an answer. 37. We’ve had no £35m premier league winners on in my lifetime watching burnley.

Danny Drinkwater at central midfield. That’s all I want to see.

Hart,
Bardsley, Long, Gibson, Pieters
Lennon, Benson, Drinkwater (if allowed ), Brady (if fit)
Rodriguez, Vydra

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Agreed with you. He should do thought. He’s miles better than what we have.

I think it's a part of man management and when you're working with players face to face, morale and how a player feels plays a HUGE part. Sure - he can decide to throw out Cork and bring in Drinkwater, but it's not that straightforward and it's not going to go down well when Drinkwater has never started for us in a game.

Drinkwater needs to come on, maybe even a few times in a Prem game and show what he can do. Then SD has something to justify his decision.

FactualFrank wrote:I think it's a part of man management and when you're working with players face to face, morale and how a player feels plays a HUGE part. Sure - he can decide to throw out Cork and bring in Drinkwater, but it's not that straightforward and it's not going to go down well when Drinkwater has never started for us in a game.

Drinkwater needs to come on, maybe even a few times in a Prem game and show what he can do. Then SD has something to justify his decision.

Agreed. But why sign a 35m league winner if you aren’t willing to put peoples noses out.

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Jesus. He’s the best player we have, maybe in my lifetime have ever had and people are debating putting him
I’m against a L1 side.

Jesus ?

Right. I’m 37. Been watching for 27 years. Who have we had who is better.

Dyche said in his interview on Friday that Drinkwater would be in for the game on Weds

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Right. I’m 37. Been watching for 27 years. Who have we had who is better.

Defour

Impossible to say if he's better or worse anyway really, he hasn't played a game for us.

The amount of money he was sold for 2(?) years ago, and the fact he was part of a side that won the PL are interesting but unfortunately not the be all and end all. The Drinkwater who won the title with Leicester would undoubtedly be the best player in the team but who's to say he hasn't got worse in the time he's been at Chelsea, not playing.

Granny WeatherWax wrote:Right. I’m 37. Been watching for 27 years. Who have we had who is better.

In your lifetime no-one!

In my lifetime though, I have seen players such as Martin Dobson, Jimmy McIlroy, Trevor Steven, Doug Collins, Martin O'Niell and many others who were as good as Drinkwater - especially if we look at Drinkwater's stats since LCFC won the PL

Claretmatt4 wrote:Defour

Superb player.

Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Drinkwater Hendrick Brady (if fit?)
Vydra Rodriguez

jedi_master wrote:Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Drinkwater Hendrick Brady (if fit?)
Vydra Rodriguez

That is some second eleven.

Quicknick wrote:That is some second eleven.

Imagine if we could select defour too

Lennon and JR offered nothing today hopefully they will find some form.

Burnley Ace wrote:Lennon and JR offered nothing today hopefully they will find some form.

We'll never see the Lennon of Spurs, darting down the wing. Why? Not completely sure as wasn't it against Bournemouth when he sprinted like Usain Bolt to set up a goal?
Perhaps Dyche originally did order him to dart down the wing and knew his legs, overall, had gone and he just couldn't do it.

bfcmik wrote:Martin O'Niell and many others who were as good as Drinkwater - especially if we look at Drinkwater's stats since LCFC won the PL

Brian O’Neil was way better.

I've seen enough of Drinkwater to know he has a better technical ability, vision, control and passing than Westwood or Cork.

He will be on the bench for a few games though, and rightly so.

Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Drinkwater Hendrick McNeil (needs to find some form)
Vydra Rodriguez

Vegas Claret wrote:Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Drinkwater Hendrick McNeil (needs to find some form)
Vydra Rodriguez

If we start with that 11 then my cock's a kipper.

FactualFrank wrote:If we start with that 11 then my cock's a kipper.

I agree, but this thread is about who we would like to see play not who we think will play !!

I'll not comment on your other issue

Drinkwater to start and assuming all goes well on the bench Saturday. Taylor also with a chance to stake a claim for a PL start. Good opportunity for Jay and Lennon too. They've been criticised by some for their contributions in the last two games but on both occasions have come on at a stage where midfield control has passed to the opposition so very difficult to make a meaningful impression.

Outside chance for Richardson and Benson on the bench too, perhaps?

Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Hendrick Drinkwater Brady
Rodriguez Vydra

I would play Drinkwater from the start. Sean needs to see what he brings to the team and as soon as possible. Preferably for a full 90 mins or pull him off if he tires.

Aclaret wrote:Can't see Hart being happy playing second fiddle to a rookie from Leeds.

Tough ****, I'd be happy

MDWat wrote:Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Hendrick Drinkwater Brady
Rodriguez Vydra

This

Gibson wasn't on the bench yesterday, is he injured?

LoveCurryPies wrote:I would play Drinkwater from the start. Sean needs to see what he brings to the team and as soon as possible. Preferably for a full 90 mins or pull him off if he tires.

Sean has seen what he can bring to the team .... in the under 23's game last Monday and the game on Thursday at Barnfield v AFC Fylde.....

I reckon DD (or as Sean calls him Drinky) will start on Wednesday

LoveCurryPies wrote:I would play Drinkwater from the start. Sean needs to see what he brings to the team and as soon as possible. Preferably for a full 90 mins or pull him off if he tires.

Too much expectation is being heaped on this lad already. He is a journeyman footballer who was an important part of a very successful “one season wonder” Leicester team. He played alongside N’Golo Kanté and had the speed of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez to turn his passes into worldies. He played for England 3 times on the strength of it.

Chelsea have only played him 12 times over 2 seasons since and are now looking to off-load him.

I really, really hope that Danny will be a huge success for us under Sean Dyche, but I fear that, if he does resurrect his Leicester City form, he will be sold on by Chelsea in January.

In the meantime we should welcome him as we do most other new signings and let him earn his Claret shirt before we hail him as the new Messiah.

Well two better players would be Wright and Gaza although not when they were playing for us and Drinkwater was excellent but only time will tell if he still is
Had a long time out and has had personal issues so only time will tell how good he is now

Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Drinkwater Benson Hendrick
Vydra Rodriguez

Make that 11 changes.

LoveCurryPies wrote:I would play Drinkwater from the start. Sean needs to see what he brings to the team and as soon as possible. Preferably for a full 90 mins or pull him off if he tires.

Also Vydra......

I'd be inclined to play Wood in the hope that he finds his shooting boots to restore a bit of confidence within himself.

turfytopper wrote:Hart
Bardsley Long Gibson Taylor
Lennon Drinkwater Benson Hendrick
Vydra Rodriguez

Make that 11 changes.

Not such a bad call tt m8 I wouldn't mind watching that team Wednesday evening