Pope
Lowton, Tarks, Mee, Taylor
McNeil, Stephens, Westwood, Tucker
Lennon
Jay Rod

(I assume wood will be injured)

Pope
Lowton Collins Mee Taylor
Brownhill Cork Westwood
Lennon McNeil
Jayrod

Hennessy
Lowts Collins Mee Taylor

After that, I’m as clueless as SD seems to be. Or in the same boat, depending how you look at it.

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:57 am

Pope
Lowton, Tarks, Mee, Taylor
McNeil, Stephens, Westwood, Tucker
Lennon
Jay Rod

(I assume wood will be injured)

You really hate Brownhill. Brownhill will start as he should as he is literally the only athlete we have in midfield and that midfield is lightweight and will get over-run.

Think it will be the lads who played at Leyland last night as the Toon Arabs will have bought all our first team squad by Saturday.

Won’t happen but like to see 5-3-2 with Roberts and Taylor as wing backs and McNeil playing in the middle behind the striker.

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:51 am

Won’t happen but like to see 5-3-2 with Roberts and Taylor as wing backs and McNeil playing in the middle behind the striker.

This. Both wing backs overlapping

Roberts has to play - we need something new for the fans to get behind

claretcarrot93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:25 am

You really hate Brownhill. Brownhill will start as he should as he is literally the only athlete we have in midfield and that midfield is lightweight and will get over-run.

I want to try and retain possession. That’s why I have left him out.

Pope
Robert, Tarkowski, Collins, Mee, Taylor
Brownhill Westwood Pieters
McNeil
Jay

Pope
Lowton Collins Mee Taylor
JBG Brownhill Westwood Lennon
McNeil
Vydra

Really sorry, buts Tarks should not even be in the first team squad for the game, sooner he goes on strike the better for us.we are losing points because his heart is no longer in it for us.

Pope
Roberts Tarky Mee Taylor
Brownhill Stephens Westwood McNeil
Lennon Jay Rod.

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:42 pm

Really sorry, buts Tarks should not even be in the first team squad for the game, sooner he goes on strike the better for us.we are losing points because his heart is no longer in it for us.

Still statistically our best CB at the club this season.

Pope
Lowton
Collins
Mee
Taylor
McNeil (left)
Westwood
Brownhill
Roberts
Jay
Vydra if fit (Lennon if not)

.........................Pope

.......Lowton - Collins - Mee - Taylor

JBG - Brownhill - Stephens - Westy - McNeil

.........................Jay


Stop getting overrun in midfield 4-5-1 without the ball, 4-3-3 with the ball.

Pope
Roberts Collins Mee Taylor
JBG Brownhill Westwood McNeil
JRod Vydra

Pope
Lowton Tarka Mee Taylor
Roberts Brownhill Westwood McNeil
JRod Vydra

Pope
Lowton Tarkowski Mee Taylor
JBG Brownhill Westwood McNeil
Wood Lennon.
We all know he won't change **** all,unless Wood is injured.

SalisburyClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:07 am

Roberts has to play - we need something new for the fans to get behind

Yep we need to get the crowd fired up. From what I've heard about him hopefully he'll bring some much needed energy and positivity. Just hope he doesn't do an Ade Akinbyi and get sent off after a few minutes!

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:33 pm

Yep we need to get the crowd fired up. From what I've heard about him hopefully he'll bring some much needed energy and positivity. Just hope he doesn't do an Ade Akinbyi and get sent off after a few minutes!

After watching yesterday I would say zero chance he starts within the next two weeks.

Looked unfit and rusty

Pope

Collins Tarkowski Mee

Roberts Brownhill Cork Westwood Taylor

Rodriguez McNeil

Barring injuries

Pope

Collins Tarks Mee

Lowton. Taylor

Brownhill Westwod McNeil

Wood. J Rod

Everybody needs to have a rethink about Vidra starting out for at least 4 to 6weeks utc

Pope
Lowton (for now) Collins Mee Taylor
JBG (only as there's no-one else) Stephens Westwood Dwight (I suppose) but give him license to be creative.
Lennon (in the number 10 role) it worked reasonably effectively at OT.
Jay.

We need to start scoring goals as wins are now becoming essential, so try different personnel, and more importantly formation, it might not work, but in our current plight it's worth a go at least.

Tarky needs dropping for until we resolve whether he's leaving in this window or not, and Collins is a perfectly adequate replacement alongside Ben, Stephens deserves a start, although whether he'll last the full 90 I don't know, but the midfield needs a shake-up, and short of new signings he's the best or indeed only viable option we presently possess.

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:35 pm

After watching yesterday I would say zero chance he starts within the next two weeks.

Looked unfit and rusty

Shame. Was hoping he'd been subbed after 60 mins with an eye on the Leicester game. Suppose he has been hospitalised though relatively recently.

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:56 pm

Shame. Was hoping he'd been subbed after 60 mins with an eye on the Leicester game. Suppose he has been hospitalised though relatively recently.

Yes I was quite underwhelmed by him last night to be honest. Against a poor U23 team he struggled to impact the game and was huffing and puffing towards half time.

As you say it sounds like it was a really nasty bug so he might need the equivalent of a pre season (3 u23 games to get back fit).

Just glancing through the thread and seeing the same old names of Brownhill, Westwood, Stephens, Lennon, JBG cropping up, I am suddenly feeling depressed again. Is there something wrong with me?

Vino blanco wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:58 pm

Just glancing through the thread and seeing the same old names of Brownhill, Westwood, Stephens, Lennon, JBG cropping up, I am suddenly feeling depressed again. Is there something wrong with me?

No there isn’t, but unless we are willing to give youth a try we have few other options.

Genuinely I am not even sure who I would play at CM as I think they will all struggle to pact the game.

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:00 pm

No there isn’t, but unless we are willing to give youth a try we have few other options.

Genuinely I am not even sure who I would play at CM as I think they will all struggle to pact the game.

No and this just encapsulates all our problems in a nutshell, CM has been a problem position for what 2-3 years, and yet we've still not acted to resolve it, is it any wonder we are where we are in the league, when such obvious holes aren't being plugged.

Numerous posters including myself, and I'm fairly yourself have mentioned how vital it is we recruit in the engine room, and yet there's been zero action by the club or SD.

And if we do suffer relegation this failure will be one of the main reasons why.

Interesting to see how many posters want to drop Wood at long last.

Should have happened months ago.

Pope
Bardsley Collins Mee Taylor

Brownhill Stephens Westwood JBG

Dwight

Wood

4411 with Dwight a free roll to run at them and be creative..

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:10 pm

No and this just encapsulates all our problems in a nutshell, CM has been a problem position for what 2-3 years, and yet we've still not acted to resolve it, is it any wonder we are where we are in the league, when such obvious holes aren't being plugged.

Numerous posters including myself, and I'm fairly yourself have mentioned how vital it is we recruit in the engine room, and yet there's been zero action by the club or SD.

And if we do suffer relegation this failure will be one of the main reasons why.

The game against Huddersfield made it even more apparent. Playing against a team in the league below and we were passed of the park. Our midfield were chasing shadows in the last 20 mins

Gordaleman wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:56 pm

Interesting to see how many posters want to drop Wood at long last.

Should have happened months ago.

Or they could be assuming he is injured, which I thought he was.

Pope
Lowton Tarky Collins Taylor
JBG Stephens Brownhill Lennon
McNeil
Wood

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:07 pm

Still statistically our best CB at the club this season.

I have spoken to loads of clarets fans and all agree he is now a liability and should not be playing, don’t care what the stats say at the moment. Newcastle apparently want him, he wants to go, so get rid and buy someone else.

SalisburyClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:07 am

Roberts has to play - we need something new for the fans to get behind

This would entail us throwing it into the box from near the half way line

Pope
Lowton Collins Mee Taylor
Westwood Stephens Brownhill
Lennon Rodriguez McNeil

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:14 pm

I have spoken to loads of clarets fans and all agree he is now a liability and should not be playing, don’t care what the stats say at the moment. Newcastle apparently want him, he wants to go, so get rid and buy someone else.

Tarks has two bad games and people want him sold. Still comfortably our best CB

……..,,,,,,,Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Pieters
…………….Collins…………….
Roberts………………….Taylor
………………McNeil……….
………Vydra……..Wood (J.Rod)

with no Evans, Ndidi or Soyuncu Leicester are struggling for height, if ever there was a game to play our big lads and get Roberts hurling those long throws into the box then this is it. So I'd go

Lowton Collins Tarks Mee Taylor
Roberts Westwood Stephens Mcneil
Wood Jay

Play for throw ins and free kicks

We should try 4-1-4-1

——————-Pope
Lowton Collins Mee Taylor
——————Stevens
JBG Brownhill Westwood McNeil
—————-—-Wood

If Wood is injured play Rodriguez
McNeil back on left side of midfield
Cork to replace Stevens after 70 minutes
Tarkowski rested after two poor performances

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:42 pm

with no Evans, Ndidi or Soyuncu Leicester are struggling for height, if ever there was a game to play our big lads and get Roberts hurling those long throws into the box then this is it. So I'd go

Lowton Collins Tarks Mee Taylor
Roberts Westwood Stephens Mcneil
Wood Jay

Play for throw ins and free kicks

changed my mind, we should probably play a keeper

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:29 pm

Tarks has two bad games and people want him sold. Still comfortably our best CB

I beg to differ on the number of bad games, he is leaving no matter what. I just think replace him now with someone committed to trying to keep us up.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:56 pm

changed my mind, we should probably play a keeper

Why?

To have the same back 4 starting this game would be so disappointing

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:14 pm

I beg to differ on the number of bad games, he is leaving no matter what. I just think replace him now with someone committed to trying to keep us up.

If Tarks is having bad games then what are the people that have worst stats having? Surely the play is to drop Mee if we are dropping any CB. He’s leaving in 6 months as well and he has considerably worse stats

Pope,
Bardsley, Collins, Mee, Taylor,
JBG, Browhill, Stephens, Cork, McNeil,
Rodriguez.

BleedingClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:34 pm

……..,,,,,,,Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Pieters
…………….Collins…………….
Roberts………………….Taylor
………………McNeil……….
………Vydra……..Wood (J.Rod)

Pep plays 6 of them on occasion but we are proposing to start with no central midfielders. Might catch on

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:26 pm

If Tarks is having bad games then what are the people that have worst stats having? Surely the play is to drop Mee if we are dropping any CB. He’s leaving in 6 months as well and he has considerably worse stats

Tarks is out of form and should be dropped. Lowton is doing ok but that’s not good enough in the position we are in.
The stats you are looking at are meaningless at the moment.
We have good replacements on the bench and now is the time to bring them into the team