Team for Tuesday

[Hurstwood_Claret]

What do you think the team should be for Tuesday?

Id select something like this

Muric
Roberts
THB
Ekdal
Maatsen
Cullen
Bastien (yep)
Twine
Benson
Obafemi
Zaroury

[RVclaret]

Muric
Roberts
THB
Beyer
Maatsen
Cullen
Cork
Twine
Benson
Zaroury
Foster

[123EasyasBFC]

Muric
Roberts
THB
Beyer
Maatsen
Cork
Cullen
Twine
Zaroury
Foster
Barnes

[4midable]

Foster not good enough
Obafemi a run

[DCWat]

Foster not good enough
Obafemi a run

Foster needs games.

Whether or not he proves to be good enough remains to be seen. Not giving him the opportunities now won’t serve us or him well in the long run.

Obafemi by comparison has more experience of playing at this level. In that respect, it’s perhaps less important to give him a run, though I’m not discounting the fact that he too might benefit from more integration into the first team.

I just think it’s a much bigger step for Foster (new country, new league, new team, different opposition, different style, different role, different expectations) and we need to do everything we can to integrate him and get him up to speed.

We have to trust that there was something there that prompted us to spend relatively big money on him.

Wrong moves now could see him become a costly flop.

[CoolClaret]

I’d give Foster and Twine another crack at the whip. Maybe Al-Dakhil as well

I’m presuming that Tella is out injured

————-—-Muric
Roberts-THB-Beyer-Maatsen
——————Cullen
Benson-Guddy-Twine-Zaroury
——————Foster

[TravisBickle]

Muric
Vitinho thb Beyer Maatsen
Cork Cullen
Zaroury Twine Obafemi
Foster

[Rileybobs]

Muric
Roberts
THB
Beyer
Maatsen
Cullen
Cork
Twine
Benson
Zaroury
Foster

I’d go for this too I think. Not at all convinced by Foster but would like to see more of him now there’s nothing to play for. Similar with Twine, who I think may have an opportunity to shine playing in a stronger lineup. Selection made a little easier with Tella and Brownhill presumably being unavailable.

[Woodleyclaret]

Muric
Roberts
Al Dakiel
Beyer
Maatsen
Cork
Cullen
Benson
Zaroury
Obafemi
Foster
Sub
BPF
Twine
Churlinov
Taylor
THB
Barnes
Guddy

[Vegas Claret]

Foster not good enough
Obafemi a run

Darwin Nunez cost Liverpool 75 million euros plus and another 25 if they hit add ons. Players from abroad rarely hit the ground running, Grealish cost City 100 million and was garbage last season, he's been brilliant this - give Foster time FFS

[4midable]

Darwin Nunez cost Liverpool 75 million euros plus and another 25 if they hit add ons. Players from abroad rarely hit the ground running, Grealish cost City 100 million and was garbage last season, he's been brilliant this - give Foster time FFS

These are world class players tho
I suspect foster AND obafemi will both be replaced next season. Id expect 2 strikers in

[Hedontplayforyou]

Muric
Roberts
Beyer
Ekdal
Maatsen
Cullen
Bastien
Twine
Zaroury
Obafemi
Foster

Subs
BPF
vitinho
JBG
Barnes
Churlinov
Cork
Benson if fit , if not One of the centre half chocies

Consecutive games for Twine and Foster will do them a world of good , and also answer a few questions .

[No Ney Never]

Same as against Reading but with the injured replaced appropriately.
I want to see more of Foster and Twine. I want to see more of Taylor in this set up to see if he'll be getting replaced in the summer or part of the premier League squad.
I want to see if Churlinov is going to be worth a bid.
I want to learn more about the players who've had the least amount of time on the pitch with a run of games.

[andyh]

What do you think the team should be for Tuesday?

Id select something like this

Muric
Roberts
THB
Ekdal
Maatsen
Cullen
Bastien (yep)
Twine
Benson
Obafemi
Zaroury

I’d be happy with this. A few more minutes to fringe players. I want to see Churlinov myself. Because he is one who is on the edge of being shipped out (along with Bastien).

[warksclaret]

On the basis of rotation
Muric
Roberts THB Ekdal Maatsen
Cullen Cork
Benson JBG Zarourry
Obefami

[jedi_master]

Muric
Roberts THB Ekdal Maatsen
Cullen JBG
Benson Twine Zaroury
Obafemi

[IWOODLOVETT]

I expect to see a Reading mk2 game on Tuesday - a team of giants playing for a draw with 10 men behind the ball for the entire game. A point against the champions is like gold dust when you’re in a relegation dogfight. The roar from the crowd at full time yesterday was as if Reading had won the FA Cup.

We will miss Tella’s high pressing ability to open up this type of defence and Benson (if fit) is too light-weight to start a game against a fresh fullback. Better to bring him on as an impact sub against a tired opponent, on a yellow card.

So, I expect VK to continue with his promise to use this to give some game time to some of the fringe players. He made 5 changes for Reading so I wouldn’t be surprised to see some appearances by Ekdal, Vitinho, Bastien, Churlinov and Obafemi with more game time for Taylor, Foster and Twine.

[turfytopper]

Bailey Peacock Farrell
Roberts
Al Dakill
THB
Taylor
Cullen
Gudmunson
Cork
Bastien
Churlinov
Foster

[Colburn_Claret]

.................... Muric
Roberts.... Ekdal (if fit) or Al Dakhil.....Beyer.....Taylor
................Bastien.........Cullen
.........Vitinho......................Churlinov
.................... Twine
....................Foster


The record has gone, and not worth risking players carrying knocks.
We also need to persist with giving these players game time.
I'm sure VK will have run through the game tape from Reading, and pointed out the missed opportunities.

[houseboy]

Do we know Tella is out? Has there been any news.

[houseboy]

.................... Muric
Roberts.... Ekdal (if fit) or Al Dakhil.....Beyer.....Taylor
................Bastien.........Cullen
.........Vitinho......................Churlinov
.................... Twine
....................Foster


The record has gone, and not worth risking players carrying knocks.
We also need to persist with giving these players game time.
I'm sure VK will have run through the game tape from Reading, and pointed out the missed opportunities.

No it hasn’t, we can still equal it, and if we want that title of ‘best ever Champioship side’ we need to equal it, which is still do-able if we don’t play under strength line ups.

[FCBurnley]

Assuming no Tella Brownhill Benson Ekdal Maatsen

Muric
Roberts AD ThB Taylor
Cullen Beyer
JGB. Vitinho
Twine
Obafemi

[Hurstwood_Claret]

Why wouldn’t benson be involved? He only went off with cramp

[JR1882]

Peacock Farrell

Vitinho Al-dakhil Long Taylor

Cullen Twine Johann

Darko Noel-Williams Branch

Give some of those key players a rest that’s what I say

[claretandy]

Muric
Vitiniho Ekdal THB Maatsen
Cullen
Twine JBG
Obefemi Foster Zaroury

[NRC]

Muric
Vitiniho Ekdal Beyer Maatsen
Cullen Bastien
Twine
Obefemi Zaroury
Foster

I would have Obafemi as in inside forward allowing Vitinho to use the width, with Twine central but operating on the same line, while having Zaroury as a wide player on the left

[Zom Zom]

Rotherham will be another physical battle. They can play, but they won't be afraid to put it about either. We need our best available side imo, let's wrap this thing up.

[Ampth7]

Muric
Roberts, THB, Beyer, Maatsen
Cullen, Brownhill
Benson, JBG, Zaroury
Barnes

BPF, Ekdal, Vitinho, Cork, Twine, Obafemi, Foster

[warksclaret]

Rotherham will be another physical battle. They can play, but they won't be afraid to put it about either. We need our best available side imo, let's wrap this thing up.

Not a game for Twine or Benson then !!

[claretspice]

I hope Foster starts up top and that the rest of the front line is as strong as we can play in the circumstances - for no other reason than that I think it's really important we give Foster the best possible chance to transition to English football and begin to feel comfortable in our set up: too many changes makes the whole thing stilted. That means Zaroury to start, probably Benson if fit (he's just coming back from injury and went off with cramp in what was his first 90 minutes in a long time). There may be an argument for Barnes starting at centre forward and letting Foster play from wide/ in that inside forward role, where I thought he looked quite promising against Sheff U. That would take the pressure of Foster to do the physical stuff and allow him to focus on playing facing the goal and building his confidence/familiarity with English football.