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Post by pclaude on Jun 12, 2022 9:00:31 GMT
We could put it right by stunning Netherlands on Tuesday. Full strength then, no 2 ways about it. Wait, there’s more games in this window?! Christ on a bike they really are compacting the fixtures for this competition aren’t they? No wonder people are pissed off. It’s a hangover from the WC being in The winter. These games would usually be the September and October 22 window. |
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Post by pclaude on Jun 12, 2022 9:03:25 GMT
Thoughts. Ampadu needs to start in midfield. Good in the back 3 but don't see any significant fall off when Mepham plays there. Brennan superb again but as others have mentioned. Very effective as a replacement against tiring defences when games are opening up. Thought Ramsey's main issue was fitness and it is a factor. He's definitely benefitted from game time. However his confidence levels also seem to be increasing. His stats from last night are pretty impressive. I'm hoping that he's now made himself a more attractive prospect for him to get a short term deal or more with a Newcastle or an Everton etc. Hennessey is playing as well for us as I remember. Some more top saves last night and his distribution seems to have improved. Real strength in depth emerging. Sorba Thomas might not even make squad for Qatar? Ampadu’s best game I can remember in Midfield. I’ve felt he’s been borderline poor for us there before, but he’s improved in Serie A it appears. If he can play holding midfield for us that’s a huge plus. |
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Post by iot on Jun 12, 2022 9:12:46 GMT
We could put it right by stunning Netherlands on Tuesday. Full strength then, no 2 ways about it. It's difficult though. DJ, Connor, Rodon & Davies have all had a lot of minutes Bale & Ramsey have had a lot of minutes considering their inactivity Morrell, Moore, Allen all now out with injury. It'll have to be a monumental last push to get anything out of the Dutch game now. Very tricky one to figure out how to start. I'd probs go for something like this... Hennessey Mepham-Rodon-Davies Burns-Ampadu-Ramsey-Neco Bale-Brennan I think it's worth just starting quite strong and hoping we can last the 90. Guess we can use the bench as required also I know we're confident at the moment, but starting the game with 10 men would be taking the piss slightly  There's a man missing in your midfield, I would bring in Joniesta or Levitt for this one ahead of Wilson. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 9:14:59 GMT
It's difficult though. DJ, Connor, Rodon & Davies have all had a lot of minutes Bale & Ramsey have had a lot of minutes considering their inactivity Morrell, Moore, Allen all now out with injury. It'll have to be a monumental last push to get anything out of the Dutch game now. Very tricky one to figure out how to start. I'd probs go for something like this... Hennessey Mepham-Rodon-Davies Burns-Ampadu-Ramsey-Neco Bale-Brennan I think it's worth just starting quite strong and hoping we can last the 90. Guess we can use the bench as required also I know we're confident at the moment, but starting the game with 10 men would be taking the piss slightly There's a man missing in your midfield, I would bring in Joniesta or Levitt for this one ahead of Wilson. Haha good spot! Would personally go for Wilson as I thought he was great last night |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 9:16:52 GMT
It's difficult though. DJ, Connor, Rodon & Davies have all had a lot of minutes Bale & Ramsey have had a lot of minutes considering their inactivity Morrell, Moore, Allen all now out with injury. It'll have to be a monumental last push to get anything out of the Dutch game now. Very tricky one to figure out how to start. I'd probs go for something like this... Hennessey Mepham-Rodon-Davies Burns-Ampadu-Ramsey-Neco Bale-Brennan I think it's worth just starting quite strong and hoping we can last the 90. Guess we can use the bench as required also I don't see Roberts not starting with him not playing 90 last night. I'm interested to see if Sorba features, I would've expected to see more of him this month. Yes but I think the problem there is that he doesn't really play at wing-back for Huddersfield anymore, meaning he's probably below all our other wingbacks in the squad at the moment. He's also not going to get into our attack ahead of Bale/DJ/Johnson/Moore/Wilson either at the moment |
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Post by insertname on Jun 12, 2022 9:28:12 GMT
Wait, there’s more games in this window?! Christ on a bike they really are compacting the fixtures for this competition aren’t they? No wonder people are pissed off. I know, I had a shock when I found out about this fifth game on Tuesday 😳😆 On a serious note, it's too much and is bound to adversely impact smaller teams in particular who have less quality reserves to call up on. The potential for injury is also huge. Yeah I normally have no time for the “number of gaaaaames!!1” whining that you hear from managers but this NL format has even got me onboard with it. We had an extra game, fair enough, so three NL games plus the final seemed reasonable with everyone else having just the three NL. Especially with next season being so quick to arrive. Five fixtures in 2 weeks! |
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Post by insertname on Jun 12, 2022 9:30:32 GMT
Wait, there’s more games in this window?! Christ on a bike they really are compacting the fixtures for this competition aren’t they? No wonder people are pissed off. It’s a hangover from the WC being in The winter. These games would usually be the September and October 22 window. Is there an October window? I thought it’s September then November? It seems to make more sense to me to one have less game now and then three in the September window. I assume September is just the two outstanding NL games, no friendly? |
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Post by insertname on Jun 12, 2022 9:32:37 GMT
I don't see Roberts not starting with him not playing 90 last night. I'm interested to see if Sorba features, I would've expected to see more of him this month. Yes but I think the problem there is that he doesn't really play at wing-back for Huddersfield anymore, meaning he's probably below all our other wingbacks in the squad at the moment. He's also not going to get into our attack ahead of Bale/DJ/Johnson/Moore/Wilson either at the moment He’s arguably got better end product than James. Actually it’s not really an argument at all at the moment, really. The cameo in the play off semi showed that if you can just get a cross off him he can really cause problems. I’d want to see him as a sub in the WC if we are losing late in the game. Get him crossing it in for Moore. |
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Post by iot on Jun 12, 2022 9:38:33 GMT
I thought it was a really good performance against a Belgian team that weren't far off their first choice. The fact that we played an hour without Joe Allen, and got the equalizer after Bale and Ben Davies went off is really encouraging. My thoughts on the individual performances for what it's worth:
Hennessey - 7: couple of very good saves and interventions and can't be blamed for the goal
Roberts - 6: Couple of crossfield passes that went astray and put us under pressure, also lost his man a couple of times that gave them chances. But was decent.
Mepham - 7: Not as good as against the Dutch. There were a couple of mistakes where he lost his man or got played in behind, but also won back possession several times and was mostly good on the ball. Maybe slightly at fault for their goal as he ran over to Rodon's man instead of staying in his zone, which would have allowed him to block off the shot
Rodon - 8: A much better performance. Defensively very good and I thought he was good on the ball last night too.
Davies - 8: A number of other blocks to add to the list, he's just playing out of his skin at the moment.
Neco - 7: Didn't quite come off for him in the same way it has in other games recently with a few passes and crosses not on the money, but showed a lot of quality too. That touch from the long pass from Ramsey (I think) is one of the best I've ever seen. He also played in the ball to ramsey to set up the equalizer.
Ampadu - 8: Agreed with others that it was one of his best midfield performances for us. His positioning looked good, he retrieved the ball several times and his distribution was very good too
Allen - 7: A few careless moments again, but was mostly very good in giving us a foothold in the game
Wilson - 6: Just didn't have enough impact for me and didn't offer enough protection to the defence. As others have noted, he was invariably 5 to 10 meters too far forward when they were attacking. Him and/or Ramsey should have been deeper and picked Tielemans up for their goal
Bale - 6: A few good moments in the first half where he looked to be getting his sharpness back, but much quieter in the second half. Dan James just puts him to shame with his work rate - there was too much jogging around when we were trying to apply a high press, which just let them out too easily. A bit unfair maybe, because that's probably just what his body can handle these days.
James - 8: The amount of wok he gets through is just incredible and makes so much difference. He was a threat too, and I felt his final ball was much better such as that chance he set up for Bale which should have ended in a goal.
Ramsey - 8: I thought he was brilliant when he came on. There may have been a bit more room for the Belgian midfield to operate in, but Ramsey was just so good on the ball. He looked sharp, pinging long balls over the top and cross field passes, winning back possession - the classic stuff he does wen he's on form. He definitely meant the assist which was an excellent piece of skill.
Johnson - 8: So pleased to see him get the goal which he took very well. Would like to see him start one or two of the next three games to see if he can do enough off the ball work to earn a starting places against the Americans.
Colwill - 7: Looked very bright when he came on. His movement and passing was very crisp.
RND - 6: Solid, although wasn't as involved as against the Dutch.
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Post by cadno on Jun 12, 2022 9:43:01 GMT
Agree with those ratings apart from Harry Wilson, thought he was very good, the rest of the team should try and give him the ball more often! I think he'll keep getting better and better over the next few years, hope he cements himself as a CM
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 10:17:29 GMT
Yes but I think the problem there is that he doesn't really play at wing-back for Huddersfield anymore, meaning he's probably below all our other wingbacks in the squad at the moment. He's also not going to get into our attack ahead of Bale/DJ/Johnson/Moore/Wilson either at the moment He’s arguably got better end product than James. Actually it’s not really an argument at all at the moment, really. The cameo in the play off semi showed that if you can just get a cross off him he can really cause problems. I’d want to see him as a sub in the WC if we are losing late in the game. Get him crossing it in for Moore. Yeah that's a good tactic pairing him with Moore, he's certainly the best crosser in the squad. I'm just not sure his crossing is so much better that he'll keep a place in the squad simply for that. You expect the rest of our squad to put in good enough crosses regardless |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 10:29:23 GMT
Agree with cadno - Wilson was very good on the ball yesterday, and played a few lovely slick passes under pressure. He enables us to have a 3 in midfield and an extra attacker. Our best performances recently have been against Austria & Belgium, and both of those times Wilson has been in the midfield 3 A few other points to pick up on.... Bale - I think where he's at right now is he's either going to be a match-winner or he's going to be a 6. I don't think we'll see much middle ground from him now. Either he pulls off something amazing, or it doesn't quite work for him and it's an average performance. I'm fine with that IMO, and I think he's a big game player, and really performs when he has that fire in his belly - which he will come World Cup time Ramsey - I think he showed last night that he can play in a 2. I know it leaves us more open, but it can be done to our benefit. Ultimately I think our best midfield 3 involves him as an 8 not one of the deeper 2, but does help to have his quality deeper when Allen isn't there - needs Ampadu alongside him in that case though DJ/Brennan - I'm absolutely fine with starting DJ and then bringing on Johnson against top teams like this. Against deeper sitting teams like USA/Iran, I think we should be considering starting Brennan. He has ice in his veins Thought Wes Burns was quite lively although he didn't have much of the ball Colwill was bright again, and I just hope he's a regular for Cardiff next season, he's looking more and more like he can be Ramsey's long term replacement |
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Post by insertname on Jun 12, 2022 10:59:56 GMT
He’s arguably got better end product than James. Actually it’s not really an argument at all at the moment, really. The cameo in the play off semi showed that if you can just get a cross off him he can really cause problems. I’d want to see him as a sub in the WC if we are losing late in the game. Get him crossing it in for Moore. Yeah that's a good tactic pairing him with Moore, he's certainly the best crosser in the squad. I'm just not sure his crossing is so much better that he'll keep a place in the squad simply for that. You expect the rest of our squad to put in good enough crosses regardless You think there is a chance he’ll be left out? I’ve not looked at the numbers but surely he’s one of our best 23 players? There is a danger of picking a player for crosses being almost on a par with picking players just for their free kick accuracy, but to be fair he is the best crosser, we do have an excellent header of the ball in the team, you would think crossing would be a basic skill but the best at it do have a lot of value imo and we should be looking to utilise it. Beckham seemed to make a career out of being not brilliant at any facet of the game apart from putting a ball on someone’s head with regularity. |
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Post by dai on Jun 12, 2022 11:04:54 GMT
Thought we played very well and good for the draw. Was the Ampadu goal unfairly ruled out? And what exactly for? Rodon was offside, but there was a second passage of play after his header. Davies sort of kicked a Belgian defender by mistake, but that was soft.
I would say that Belgium looked like they had an extra gear on them, but they lost a bit of composure after De Bruyne went off. We worked exceptionally hard to close them down and chase the ball.
I've been a critic for Ampadu in midfield, but thought that was his best performance in that position. Looked very good and comfortable.
It looked like Bale just didn't have any legs on him last night. Like someone mentioned above, he doesn't do a third of what James does in terms of pressing, running and closing down. I do feel we need someone alongside James who can put in the same work rate. Without sounding too harsh on our greatest player, but he looks lazy alongside James. Feel we need a bit more from him tbh.
Really liked the look of Colwill and Johnson when they came on. Colwill in particular looks so comfortable on the ball, and is one of those players that looks like he's got all the time in the world on the ball - like you see from players like Modric, De Bruyne, Pirlo etc. Long way to go before getting to their levels though!
Ramsey chalk and cheese compared to the Ukraine match. Looked a bit more sharp and 'on it'.
I think this may frustrate Johnson, but for now I actually think he's best utilised off the bench where he can run against a tired defence.
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Post by insertname on Jun 12, 2022 11:05:04 GMT
Agree with cadno - Wilson was very good on the ball yesterday, and played a few lovely slick passes under pressure. He enables us to have a 3 in midfield and an extra attacker. Our best performances recently have been against Austria & Belgium, and both of those times Wilson has been in the midfield 3 A few other points to pick up on.... Bale - I think where he's at right now is he's either going to be a match-winner or he's going to be a 6. I don't think we'll see much middle ground from him now. Either he pulls off something amazing, or it doesn't quite work for him and it's an average performance. I'm fine with that IMO, and I think he's a big game player, and really performs when he has that fire in his belly - which he will come World Cup time Ramsey - I think he showed last night that he can play in a 2. I know it leaves us more open, but it can be done to our benefit. Ultimately I think our best midfield 3 involves him as an 8 not one of the deeper 2, but does help to have his quality deeper when Allen isn't there - needs Ampadu alongside him in that case though DJ/Brennan - I'm absolutely fine with starting DJ and then bringing on Johnson against top teams like this. Against deeper sitting teams like USA/Iran, I think we should be considering starting Brennan. He has ice in his veins Thought Wes Burns was quite lively although he didn't have much of the ball Colwill was bright again, and I just hope he's a regular for Cardiff next season, he's looking more and more like he can be Ramsey's long term replacement I think opinion is shifting on Bale- I used to get shouted down on here for observations that he just doesn’t really add much when he’s off colour but it seems that people are more and more understanding and accepting that, as you say, if he’s not the match winner then he’s likely to be a bit-part player. David Edwards the other day went so far as to confront the elephant in the room that his body is not up to it regularly anymore (paraphrasing), in the sense that he’s lost his explosiveness so his remit now is to produce the odd moment of magic. To be fair to Bale he’s had some quiet times under Giggs and Page but in those play off games he produced and you still can’t escape the feeling that when he still really wants to make an impact he will find a away to do so. You definitely wouldn’t write off one last headline in a huge game at a World Cup….. |
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Post by morg on Jun 12, 2022 11:13:33 GMT
Re Bale. Think we're comparing him with how he was and that's a high bar. Bottom line is if he's not on the pitch, he's not going to be able to produce match winning moments. Enough other world class players have had their careers prolonged by having their younger teammates doing their running for them. Personally think he'd be better used by us in a deeper more central role. Probably still our best passer of the ball. If used correctly could dictate play without expending too much energy.
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Post by dai on Jun 12, 2022 11:20:08 GMT
Re Bale. Think we're comparing him with how he was and that's a high bar. Bottom line is if he's not on the pitch, he's not going to be able to produce match winning moments. Enough other world class players have had their careers prolonged by having their younger teammates doing their running for them. Personally think he'd be better used by us in a deeper more central role. Probably still our best passer of the ball. If used correctly could dictate play without expending too much energy. That's a good shout. If you look at players like Modric, De Bruyne, Paul Scholes, Pirlo, Gerrard etc, they contribute a lot to overall team play, but never look like they'r killing themselves. |
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Post by cogancoronation31 on Jun 12, 2022 11:21:22 GMT
I agree about Sorba; he should feature at some point on Tuesday night in Rotterdam.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 13:17:36 GMT
Yeah that's a good tactic pairing him with Moore, he's certainly the best crosser in the squad. I'm just not sure his crossing is so much better that he'll keep a place in the squad simply for that. You expect the rest of our squad to put in good enough crosses regardless You think there is a chance he’ll be left out? I’ve not looked at the numbers but surely he’s one of our best 23 players? There is a danger of picking a player for crosses being almost on a par with picking players just for their free kick accuracy, but to be fair he is the best crosser, we do have an excellent header of the ball in the team, you would think crossing would be a basic skill but the best at it do have a lot of value imo and we should be looking to utilise it. Beckham seemed to make a career out of being not brilliant at any facet of the game apart from putting a ball on someone’s head with regularity. Yeah big chance at the moment I'd say. The following are nailed for the plane... Hennessey
Ward
A.Davies
Rodon
Mepham
B.Davies
Ampadu
Neco
Connor
RND
Allen
Ramsey
Morrell
Wilson
Bale
James
Brennan
Kieffer
That's 18/23 already. From there I think we need 1 more wing-back, one more CM, 2 more AM/FWs, and 1 more CB. His best chance to be included I feel is at wing-back but Burns coming on last night might suggest he is currently ahead in the pecking order. If he's included as a FW he'll be competing with Brooks, Tyler, Colwill & Jonny. I think he'll find it hard to get ahead of them |
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Post by quetzal on Jun 12, 2022 16:30:39 GMT
You think there is a chance he’ll be left out? I’ve not looked at the numbers but surely he’s one of our best 23 players? There is a danger of picking a player for crosses being almost on a par with picking players just for their free kick accuracy, but to be fair he is the best crosser, we do have an excellent header of the ball in the team, you would think crossing would be a basic skill but the best at it do have a lot of value imo and we should be looking to utilise it. Beckham seemed to make a career out of being not brilliant at any facet of the game apart from putting a ball on someone’s head with regularity. Yeah big chance at the moment I'd say. The following are nailed for the plane... Hennessey
Ward
A.Davies
Rodon
Mepham
B.Davies
Ampadu
Neco
Connor
RND
Allen
Ramsey
Morrell
Wilson
Bale
James
Brennan
Kieffer
That's 18/23 already. From there I think we need 1 more wing-back, one more CM, 2 more AM/FWs, and 1 more CB. His best chance to be included I feel is at wing-back but Burns coming on last night might suggest he is currently ahead in the pecking order. If he's included as a FW he'll be competing with Brooks, Tyler, Colwill & Jonny. I think he'll find it hard to get ahead of them Levitt? He had a great game out in Poland. |
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Post by dai on Jun 12, 2022 17:15:15 GMT
I'd personally take Matt Smith over Levitt. Smith has played quite well for the majority of his games for us, yet Levitt has had more bad games than good imo. However I think Page prefers Levitt.
Btw, the above list, Gunter will most certainly be going as well.
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Post by pclaude on Jun 12, 2022 18:24:30 GMT
It’s a hangover from the WC being in The winter. These games would usually be the September and October 22 window. Is there an October window? I thought it’s September then November? It seems to make more sense to me to one have less game now and then three in the September window. I assume September is just the two outstanding NL games, no friendly? I said usually. There is no October window this year, but other years there is. It’s gone because of the wc. Usually NL is Sep, oct, Nov in even years. |
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Post by conwy10 on Jun 12, 2022 20:12:55 GMT
Re Bale. Think we're comparing him with how he was and that's a high bar. Bottom line is if he's not on the pitch, he's not going to be able to produce match winning moments. Enough other world class players have had their careers prolonged by having their younger teammates doing their running for them. Personally think he'd be better used by us in a deeper more central role. Probably still our best passer of the ball. If used correctly could dictate play without expending too much energy. That's a good shout. If you look at players like Modric, De Bruyne, Paul Scholes, Pirlo, Gerrard etc, they contribute a lot to overall team play, but never look like they'r killing themselves. Could that be because of who was playing around them though? I mean when we put Ramsey in alongside Allen we tend to struggle defensively, if we put Bale there alongside him Allen would have to do 100% of the defensive work. I do feel we need two industrious midfielders in there and let the creative players create where they can hurt the other team. |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Jun 12, 2022 20:34:45 GMT
I don't see Roberts not starting with him not playing 90 last night. I'm interested to see if Sorba features, I would've expected to see more of him this month. Yes but I think the problem there is that he doesn't really play at wing-back for Huddersfield anymore, meaning he's probably below all our other wingbacks in the squad at the moment. He's also not going to get into our attack ahead of Bale/DJ/Johnson/Moore/Wilson either at the moment Just because he doesn't play there still doesn't mean he can't play there and would do a job. He'd be a good impact sub in my opinion. |
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Post by insertname on Jun 12, 2022 21:29:34 GMT
You think there is a chance he’ll be left out? I’ve not looked at the numbers but surely he’s one of our best 23 players? There is a danger of picking a player for crosses being almost on a par with picking players just for their free kick accuracy, but to be fair he is the best crosser, we do have an excellent header of the ball in the team, you would think crossing would be a basic skill but the best at it do have a lot of value imo and we should be looking to utilise it. Beckham seemed to make a career out of being not brilliant at any facet of the game apart from putting a ball on someone’s head with regularity. Yeah big chance at the moment I'd say. The following are nailed for the plane... Hennessey
Ward
A.Davies
Rodon
Mepham
B.Davies
Ampadu
Neco
Connor
RND
Allen
Ramsey
Morrell
Wilson
Bale
James
Brennan
Kieffer
That's 18/23 already. From there I think we need 1 more wing-back, one more CM, 2 more AM/FWs, and 1 more CB. His best chance to be included I feel is at wing-back but Burns coming on last night might suggest he is currently ahead in the pecking order. If he's included as a FW he'll be competing with Brooks, Tyler, Colwill & Jonny. I think he'll find it hard to get ahead of them I think we’d get more utility out of Thomas than Williams. Williams didn’t feature in the Euros despite us facing all sorts of different scenarios. Colwill will go just because, not knocking him but not sure what he really offers at international level yet apart from his height. Feels to me like he’s mainly being included for experience mostly. I think there is room there to shoe horn an expert crosser in. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 21:46:49 GMT
Yes but I think the problem there is that he doesn't really play at wing-back for Huddersfield anymore, meaning he's probably below all our other wingbacks in the squad at the moment. He's also not going to get into our attack ahead of Bale/DJ/Johnson/Moore/Wilson either at the moment Just because he doesn't play there still doesn't mean he can't play there and would do a job. He'd be a good impact sub in my opinion. True, but Page has favoured Burns & RND ahead of him as substitutes now. I can't see us taking 5 wing-backs to Qatar |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 21:48:33 GMT
I'd personally take Matt Smith over Levitt. Smith has played quite well for the majority of his games for us, yet Levitt has had more bad games than good imo. However I think Page prefers Levitt. Btw, the above list, Gunter will most certainly be going as well. I used to think that - but not 100% sure on Gunter after his last performance. You might be right, but I'd stop short of saying 100% for now |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 22:01:04 GMT
Yeah big chance at the moment I'd say. The following are nailed for the plane... Hennessey
Ward
A.Davies
Rodon
Mepham
B.Davies
Ampadu
Neco
Connor
RND
Allen
Ramsey
Morrell
Wilson
Bale
James
Brennan
Kieffer
That's 18/23 already. From there I think we need 1 more wing-back, one more CM, 2 more AM/FWs, and 1 more CB. His best chance to be included I feel is at wing-back but Burns coming on last night might suggest he is currently ahead in the pecking order. If he's included as a FW he'll be competing with Brooks, Tyler, Colwill & Jonny. I think he'll find it hard to get ahead of them Levitt? He had a great game out in Poland. In pole position for the final CM spot, however I wouldn't say he's 100% at this point |
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Post by dai on Jun 12, 2022 22:01:45 GMT
I'd personally take Matt Smith over Levitt. Smith has played quite well for the majority of his games for us, yet Levitt has had more bad games than good imo. However I think Page prefers Levitt. Btw, the above list, Gunter will most certainly be going as well. I used to think that - but not 100% sure on Gunter after his last performance. You might be right, but I'd stop short of saying 100% for now Maybe, I just think he'll take Gunter, but after the WC we'll probably see him dropped indefinitely, barring any major injury issues. Regarding Sorba. The problem is, I don't really think he's a natural WB. For Huddersfield he tends to play more as a Wing Forward, and there's a lot of competition in our squad for forward positions. It may be worth trying him in front 3, if we play a 3-4-3 type formation. Unfortunately for Sorba, Burns has looked pretty good at WB when he's been used, and I've yet to be convinced when seeing him in that position. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 12, 2022 22:05:45 GMT
I used to think that - but not 100% sure on Gunter after his last performance. You might be right, but I'd stop short of saying 100% for now Maybe, I just think he'll take Gunter, but after the WC we'll probably see him dropped indefinitely, barring any major injury issues. Regarding Sorba. The problem is, I don't really think he's a natural WB. For Huddersfield he tends to play more as a Wing Forward, and there's a lot of competition in our squad for forward positions. It may be worth trying him in front 3, if we play a 3-4-3 type formation. Yeah you might be right re: Gunter. One last hurrah for him (even tho he's very unlikely to make it on the pitch) Agree re: Sorba too. I don't think that's his natural/best position. It's a testament to our strength in depth that we can afford not to pick him given the season he's had |
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There's a man missing in your midfield, I would bring in Joniesta or Levitt for this one ahead of Wilson.
