What should / would Dyche do?

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:51 pm

With tomorrows game being a winnable home tie and with the squad we have we are likely to field a strong side (as we have every game) and should progress.

If we do, at what point should he or would he play his strongest possible side?

I am sure he will have less of a problem dropping Flanagan for Ward and probably Darikwa for Lowton. But how does he manage Pope and Heaton? Does Pope retain his place? He has done nothing wrong, kept 4 clean sheets in 4 games for us and made some good saves?

As club captain, particularly if we get to Wembley does he play Heaton? Or does he reward the lad who has done well and will hopefully be Heatons future replacement? Given that he played Robinson against City does this mean he doesnt yet have faith / doesnt want to put too much pressure on Pope in the really important games.

Does Mee, our longest serving (fit) player come back in or does he keep Tarkowski and Keane as the pairing?

Does Vokes lose his place to our current starting 2 of Gray and Barnes? Does Boyd come in for JBG or Arfield?

Its a tough one. We have a real chance of winning it. It must be difficult getting the balance between maximizing the chance of winning it whilst retaining the team spirit.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:00 pm

As SD has said he picks the team to win the game.

frankinwales · Post by **frankinwales** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:00 pm

It is a difficult one.............but it is great to have these options........

Up the Clarets........

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:07 pm

Agree. And Pope has done well and done nothing to suggest he is not capable in the games he has played. He is a simialr age and signed in similar circumstances to when Heaton came in. But Heaton is club captain and one of the best keepers in the league.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:07 pm

Personally I would bring Heaton in tomorrow if I was going to bring him in at all.

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:18 pm

Its a good position to be in, as the players that he does bring in at the later stages if we do progress to make us stronger will be under no illusion what the players before them did to take the journey to where they will be

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:24 pm

Paul Merson's forecast is 3.1 for Burnley but more interestingly says "Burnley are one of those teams who can afford to have a cup run because they aren't being related this season."

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:25 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:Paul Merson's forecast is 3.1 for Burnley but more interestingly says "Burnley are one of those teams who can afford to have a cup run because they aren't being related this season."

Dont tell Rovers fans that. They think we are all related!

geopancake · Post by **geopancake** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:29 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Dont tell Rovers fans that. They think we are all related!

Well said cousin!!!

IWOODLOVETT · Post by **IWOODLOVETT** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:33 pm

The manager will be one step ahead and will be thinking about the important game at Hull. I think that he will want to start with the team that did so well against Chelsea for that game and won't want to risk his key players for the cup game.

Therefore for tomorrow I think that he will start with Pope and the two reserve full backs. Brady is cup-tied so Arfield will deputise - as will Gudmondsson for Boyd.

Dyche won't want to risk Joey ahead of Hull, so Tarka will be given a job to do on Lincoln's Jeff Capes - in front of the regular central defenders. Sam will start and the other two strikers will be rotated.

If we progress SD will use similar logic depending on who we draw and the main objective will be to win each game as it comes. UTC

bfc1984 · Post by **bfc1984** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:40 pm

Tough one really,there going to be well up for this and I can see it being a tight scoreline.You would imagine he will have pope in and change the two fullbacks,tarkowski in the holding role and Boyd,arfield out wide with vokes up top.If we get the job done it's a good chance we will draw the big boys hopefully at home,I then would go with the first 11 apart from maybe vokes in his goals of got us this far,and maybe a case for Pope with the clean sheets.Big game is this tomorrow really we are a game off Wembley be a cracking day out

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:43 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Dont tell Rovers fans that. They think we are all related!

It's true. We are one big happy Claret family.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:49 pm

The 6th round, if we get there, is between the 2nd legs of the European comps. Advantage might be taken of weaker opposition. Dependant on first leg results. Arsenal will not be resting players for Arsenes favourite competition.
If Manure and Spuds get through, in both comps., they have EL qfs on March 8th and 15th.

willsclarets · Post by **willsclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:08 pm

It wouldn't be right to pull the players who've performed in the FA cup thus far. For those not regularly starting prem games, it's a high stakes tie in front of the cameras. They deserve their chance for the results they've got, and it'd be awful for morale against (all due respect) a team like Lincoln if they felt they couldn't be trusted this time.

taio · Post by **taio** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:23 pm

willsclarets wrote:It wouldn't be right to pull the players who've performed in the FA cup thus far. For those not regularly starting prem games, it's a high stakes tie in front of the cameras. They deserve their chance for the results they've got, and it'd be awful for morale against (all due respect) a team like Lincoln if they felt they couldn't be trusted this time.

The point related to if we beat Lincoln and what team should be selected in the next round. Of course that would depend on the draw, but personally if it was a tough draw we should play our strongest 11. We've got a chance here to progress to Wembley.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:38 pm

I think one thing to take into account is the league position we're in, assuming we get past Lincoln, come the 6th round match. I think that's 2 more league games, but it's away to Hull and away to Swansea. Win those 2 and we could already be safe.

That I'm sure will play a part in Dyche's decision.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:44 pm

taio wrote:The point related to if we beat Lincoln and what team should be selected in the next round. Of course that would depend on the draw, but personally if it was a tough draw we should play our strongest 11. We've got a chance here to progress to Wembley.

Agree.

Tomorrow's game is against a good non-league team (probably div 2) next season. Similar team to r3 and r4 will be good tomorrow. They will enjoy their game in front of live TV cameras (though no footballer should play any differently whether on live TV or not).

R6 - let's not be complacent, that's the start of things going wrong - if we get there, the probability is that we are playing another Prem club. Both teams will know that they are "one game from Wembley" so, expect Sean to pick a team to win that game, whoever we are drawn against and, even if we are drawn away.

I'm sure we will all feel that "sentimentality" or "loyalty" will have been mis-placed if we lose in R6 and hadn't start with the strongest XI.

UTC

willsclarets · Post by **willsclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:55 pm

Agreed re next round taio, it should be our strongest 11. I think tomorrow, the players who aren't regulars but are obviously in sd's good enough to be in a prem squad more or less, should be trusted. It's good to give them a game with some pressure and media/tv attention. And they deserve the chance.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:16 pm

I would keep Ward in as there is no point playing Flannagan as he is not ours and not good enough at left back.
Vokes and Gray up top as they both need goals to keep confidence up.
As most of the team won't of played at Wembley before I'm pretty sure they all want to. Every player will want to play.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:31 pm

Easy. Similar team to the previous rounds tomorrow. If we progress then our absolute strongest side in the next round.

Notsosuperstevedavis · Post by **Notsosuperstevedavis** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:48 pm

How would SD be able to look them in the eye and say:
'Thanks lads. You give your all and repaid our faith with getting us to the sixth round. But now we're in the sixth, I've decideded your not good enough to take us further. But keep trying in training, and try to earn a starting XI shirt'

The clubs team ethos is built around the equality that SD has done so much to establish amongst the playing staff. Why go ruin it by moving the goalpoasts now and dropping the reserves in favour of the first team. Some of our fringe players might never truly 'play' for SD again.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:53 pm

Notsosuperstevedavis wrote:How would SD be able to look them in the eye and say:
'Thanks lads. You give your all and repaid our faith with getting us to the sixth round. But now we're in the sixth, I've decideded your not good enough to take us further. But keep trying in training, and try to earn a starting XI shirt'

The clubs team ethos is built around the equality that SD has done so much to establish amongst the playing staff. Why go ruin it by moving the goalpoasts now and dropping the reserves in favour of the first team. Some of our fringe players might never truly 'play' for SD again.

He made changes fro the 3rd round/replay and 4th round didn't he? What's the difference?

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:10 pm

The two that strike me as the difficult scenarios are Tarkowski and Pope.

Notsosuperstevedavis · Post by **Notsosuperstevedavis** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:38 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:He made changes fro the 3rd round/replay and 4th round didn't he? What's the difference?

I dont see wholesale changes that would signify that players were dropped for not being good enough.

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