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Post by manulike on Nov 6, 2024 20:34:01 GMT
Owen picked a back/hip injury at the weekend, 100% out Will the squad stay now at 25 players, or are we calling in (possibly) Charlie Savage / Crew? |
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Post by dai on Nov 6, 2024 21:23:09 GMT
Owen picked a back/hip injury at the weekend, 100% out Ffs. There must be something in Welsh genes that turns players into glass. |
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Post by dragonsoccer on Nov 7, 2024 7:54:47 GMT
club manager hopefully on Owen for the weekend, been told current its unlikely and a knee in the back/hip area at the weekend vs SUFC.... guess by who ! you could make it up  |
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Post by marsvolta on Nov 7, 2024 16:10:40 GMT
David Harrington of Fleetwood called up.
4 keepers in the squad.
Irish born and was in the ROI squad earlier in the year
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Post by dragonsoccer on Nov 7, 2024 16:50:41 GMT
And not in the ROI squad in September as i Tweeted |
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Post by fiveattheback on Nov 7, 2024 16:53:25 GMT
David Harrington of Fleetwood called up. 4 keepers in the squad. Irish born and was in the ROI squad earlier in the year Well that's a bit of a surprise Maybe saw little chance of getting Ireland caps due to Kelleher & Bazunu? |
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Post by dragonsoccer on Nov 9, 2024 11:41:01 GMT
Owen picked a back/hip injury at the weekend, 100% out as was told. does not feature for BRFC today, Wales squad news tbc no luck at all, got knee in back 1st minute last weekend |
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Post by iot on Nov 10, 2024 13:40:46 GMT
Looks like Sorba Thomas went off injured yesterday (came on around 80th minute before going off in extra time). I also notice that Broadhead isn’t in the Ipswich squad today despite having featured in I think every squad since the last international window. Hopefully not a new injury, but a concern either way if he’s not deemed good enough for the bench.
I also noticed that two Turkish players were in the top 10 highest valued young players list that came out a few days ago - Guler and Yildiz. I didn’t know much about the latter, but he seems to be having a brilliant season with Juventus. You have to say on paper, they have a much better side.
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Post by CrackityJones on Nov 10, 2024 14:16:46 GMT
Moore out for Sheff Utd as well
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Post by dai on Nov 10, 2024 14:17:51 GMT
Standard lead up to a Welsh international.
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Post by surge on Nov 10, 2024 16:05:29 GMT
Are these the last games before the World Cup qualifiers start proper?
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Post by iot on Nov 10, 2024 17:03:08 GMT
On the positive side, good to see Allen getting 60-min+ today - the longest he's played this season. May be in contention for a start in one of these two games.
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Post by iot on Nov 10, 2024 18:09:13 GMT
Are these the last games before the World Cup qualifiers start proper? That’s a simple question with a very complicated answer. The next window is in March. If I’ve understood correctly, whether we begin our WC campaign at that point depends on where we finish in our NL Group. If we finish 2nd, we will be in the playoffs (I think) in March and therefore automatically go through into one of the smaller groups with a couple less fixtures, and our first proper qualifiers not until next summer |
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Post by dragon64 on Nov 10, 2024 18:26:32 GMT
Are these the last games before the World Cup qualifiers start proper? That’s a simple question with a very complicated answer. The next window is in March. If I’ve understood correctly, whether we begin our WC campaign at that point depends on where we finish in our NL Group. If we finish 2nd, we will be in the playoffs (I think) in March and therefore automatically go through into one of the smaller groups with a couple less fixtures, and our first proper qualifiers not until next summer I think you are correct, but if we dont finish second does that mean next window in March would be just 2 friendlies |
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Post by CrackityJones on Nov 10, 2024 18:48:13 GMT
If we win the group or finish bottom we’ll likely be in a 5 team group and our qualifiers will start in March. Finish second or third and we’re in play off matches with Group A or C teams for promotion or relegation
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Post by surge on Nov 10, 2024 20:12:28 GMT
Thank you to the number who have helped me understand it a bit better.
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Post by manulike on Nov 10, 2024 21:29:15 GMT
If we win the group or finish bottom we’ll likely be in a 5 team group and our qualifiers will start in March. Finish second or third and we’re in play off matches with Group A or C teams for promotion or relegation Thanks for that! I assume that if we finish 2nd we play a League C team, and if we finish third, we play a League A team?
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Post by winsumluzsum on Nov 10, 2024 23:03:21 GMT
I assume that if we finish 2nd we play a League C team, and
if we finish third, we play a League A team?
I think it's the other way around. So if we finish second we play the third team in a league A group, with the winner staying in/promoted to league A. If we finish 3rd we play a League C side. If we win we stay in league B, if we lose we get relegated to league C. I'm pretty sure this is correct, but I stand to be corrected.
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Post by morg on Nov 11, 2024 7:00:01 GMT
So as far as finishing 2nd in the group is concerned (though haven't written off first obviously)
If we get a point against Iceland, we're guaranteed 2nd.
Then into a 2 legged play-off in March against at present Poland, Belgium,Serbia or Hungary. Our home leg first. Winner promoted to League A.
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Post by talyfan on Nov 11, 2024 10:59:32 GMT
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Post by CrackityJones on Nov 11, 2024 11:09:04 GMT
Keiffer will be a big miss over the two legs
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Post by dragonsoccer on Nov 11, 2024 11:10:42 GMT
update from sources over the last 5/6 days
Beck (back/hip)
Moore (calf)
Burns (minor knee problem)
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Post by iot on Nov 11, 2024 13:15:29 GMT
Damn, that is a blow.
I have no idea what the frontline will look like now. Just a hunch, but I don’t think he’s keen on playing Brennan centrally. Wilson could potentially play as a false 9 like he did at times under Page, but he’s been our best player so I don’t think Bellamy will want to take anything away from that by moving him out of position. Brooks is potentially another option - I’ve never seen him deployed as a false 9 before, but Bellamy’s hardly shy of trying new things! Harris or Cullen would be as close to like for like as we can get, but I don’t think either are good enough. Leaning towards something like this:
Darlow
Roberts Rodon Davies Neco
JJ Sheehan/Allen
Johnson Wilson James
Brooks
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Post by dai on Nov 11, 2024 14:06:22 GMT
'Diweddariad Carfan'. Two haunting words.
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Post by winsumluzsum on Nov 11, 2024 16:02:11 GMT
Damn, that is a blow. I have no idea what the frontline will look like now. Just a hunch, but I don’t think he’s keen on playing Brennan centrally. Wilson could potentially play as a false 9 like he did at times under Page, but he’s been our best player so I don’t think Bellamy will want to take anything away from that by moving him out of position. Brooks is potentially another option - I’ve never seen him deployed as a false 9 before, but Bellamy’s hardly shy of trying new things! Harris or Cullen would be as close to like for like as we can get, but I don’t think either are good enough. Leaning towards something like this: Darlow Roberts Rodon Davies Neco JJ Sheehan/Allen Johnson Wilson James Brooks Tricky! I'm not confident that Brooks, Allen, James or Broadhead are fit enough to start, which poses a bit of a dilemma. Perhaps we risk starting James and Broadhead alongside Wilson as twin false 9s, similar to the approach adopted against Turkiye at home. If Broadhead isn't fit enough to start then perhaps play Sorba as a false 9? Plenty of pace and decent finishing ability. |
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Post by winsumluzsum on Nov 11, 2024 16:08:55 GMT
Sorba has played quite a bit as a striker according to Fotmob.
Last season he had league best tallies for expected assists (13.3), chances created (123) and successful crosses (148). With stats like that, and his performance last time against Turkiye he deserves to start.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 11, 2024 16:59:30 GMT
Think it will be similar to how we played them at home with 2 forwards pressing them high. In one of Bellamy's talks he spoke about how the Turkish league doesn't have a high level of intensity and the idea was to get at them from the off
Wouldn't surprise me if Mark Harris is favoured for that reason with Wilson in the Ramsey role
Ward
Connor
Rodon
Davies
Neco
Sheehan
JJ
Wilson
Brennan
Harris
DJ
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Post by dragon64 on Nov 11, 2024 18:10:45 GMT
glad to see additions in CM coming in to cover the injuries liked the way the right side linked up between neco wilson brooks wouldn't change that  [probably means Bellamy will have all 3 will be in different positions if they start ] Darlow Neco Rodon Mephem Davies Sheehan JJ Wilson Brooks Brennan DJ |
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Post by iot on Nov 11, 2024 18:15:51 GMT
Damn, that is a blow. I have no idea what the frontline will look like now. Just a hunch, but I don’t think he’s keen on playing Brennan centrally. Wilson could potentially play as a false 9 like he did at times under Page, but he’s been our best player so I don’t think Bellamy will want to take anything away from that by moving him out of position. Brooks is potentially another option - I’ve never seen him deployed as a false 9 before, but Bellamy’s hardly shy of trying new things! Harris or Cullen would be as close to like for like as we can get, but I don’t think either are good enough. Leaning towards something like this: Darlow Roberts Rodon Davies Neco JJ Sheehan/Allen Johnson Wilson James Brooks Tricky! I'm not confident that Brooks, Allen, James or Broadhead are fit enough to start, which poses a bit of a dilemma. Perhaps we risk starting James and Broadhead alongside Wilson as twin false 9s, similar to the approach adopted against Turkiye at home. If Broadhead isn't fit enough to start then perhaps play Sorba as a false 9? Plenty of pace and decent finishing ability. Brooks should be fitter now than he was when he started the last game for us having made a few sub appearances (admittedly very brief ones) and presumably some u23 football to get him up to speed. Suspect Broadhead would struggle more with lack of match fitness. Not too concerned about JJ as he’s often done a decent job for us despite lacking game time at club level. Sorba came off at the weekend after 10 mins, so suspect he’s more of an injury concern |
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Post by winsumluzsum on Nov 11, 2024 18:44:04 GMT
Assuming Sorba is fit to start then I think there's a lot to be said for him starting as a false 9. The disallowed goal against Turkiye showed his pace and composure in finishing. His superb cross that Rodon should have buried also shows he has the capabilities that Ramsey showed with the ball over the top for Sorba for the offside goal. I certainly wouldn't mind Brooks starting, although I'm not sure that high pressing is a notable part of his game.
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[probably means Bellamy will have all 3 will be in different positions if they start