| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 with 3549 views | pointofblue | No Woolfenden at all. Ouch. |  |
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| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 with 3518 views | Nthsuffolkblue | No Woolf at all. 3 new CBs. |  |
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| The Team on 18:48 - Jan 24 with 3419 views | xrayspecs |
| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 by pointofblue | No Woolfenden at all. Ouch. |
Not that much of a surprise. With Donation on the bench you have cover at CB and RB. Allows KM to have more attscking options. |  | |  |
| The Team on 18:48 - Jan 24 with 3409 views | bobbyramsey |
| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 by pointofblue | No Woolfenden at all. Ouch. |
Somebody’s upset the boss….. |  | |  |
| The Team on 18:52 - Jan 24 with 3202 views | bournemouthblue |
| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 by Nthsuffolkblue | No Woolf at all. 3 new CBs. |
What could go wrong? |  |
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| The Team on 18:52 - Jan 24 with 3198 views | pointofblue |
| The Team on 18:48 - Jan 24 by bobbyramsey | Somebody’s upset the boss….. |
Unless he has a knock. Am worried about playing out of the back if that's how we line up. We'll be reliant on Edmundson and he'll be on the wrong side. |  |
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| The Team on 18:52 - Jan 24 with 3191 views | Garv |
| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 by pointofblue | No Woolfenden at all. Ouch. |
It always looks bad but when you look at it, there's no CB on the bench at all. LW wouldn't play anywhere else, so if not starting it makes sense he's not involved at all. Having said that, I'm surprised and a bit disappointed Keogh starts ahead of him. |  |
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| The Team on 18:54 - Jan 24 with 3060 views | GlasgowBlue |
| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 by Nthsuffolkblue | No Woolf at all. 3 new CBs. |
Is it 3 new CB's or will we continue to play 4 at the back as we have been all season? |  |
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| The Team on 18:54 - Jan 24 with 3045 views | pointofblue |
| The Team on 18:52 - Jan 24 by Garv | It always looks bad but when you look at it, there's no CB on the bench at all. LW wouldn't play anywhere else, so if not starting it makes sense he's not involved at all. Having said that, I'm surprised and a bit disappointed Keogh starts ahead of him. |
I'd prefer Edmundson on the right and Burgess on the left to Keogh being out there. From memory he struggled at Morecambe earlier in the season. |  |
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| The Team on 18:54 - Jan 24 with 3014 views | belgablue | Think with Hirst it will be a case of building him up slowly to match sharpness |  |
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| The Team on 18:59 - Jan 24 with 2843 views | Swansea_Blue |
| The Team on 18:54 - Jan 24 by GlasgowBlue | Is it 3 new CB's or will we continue to play 4 at the back as we have been all season? |
Possibly a 4 with Clarke on the right, although I think he could do either role. Surely there must be an injury/illness issue here. I can’t see why you’d preferentially pick that lineup with no cover on the bench. (Edit - oops missed JD, so maybe this is the preferred plan. Seems odd - Woolf our best CB for KM’s approach imo). [Post edited 24 Jan 2023 19:00]
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| The Team on 19:00 - Jan 24 with 2779 views | blueislander |
| The Team on 18:52 - Jan 24 by pointofblue | Unless he has a knock. Am worried about playing out of the back if that's how we line up. We'll be reliant on Edmundson and he'll be on the wrong side. |
Indeed a bit dicey playing out of the back, but I thought that we played longer more often on Saturday. |  | |  |
| The Team on 19:00 - Jan 24 with 2747 views | pointofblue |
| The Team on 18:59 - Jan 24 by Swansea_Blue | Possibly a 4 with Clarke on the right, although I think he could do either role. Surely there must be an injury/illness issue here. I can’t see why you’d preferentially pick that lineup with no cover on the bench. (Edit - oops missed JD, so maybe this is the preferred plan. Seems odd - Woolf our best CB for KM’s approach imo). [Post edited 24 Jan 2023 19:00]
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Clarke can play CB, I think, so he'd move to the middle with Donacien at RB if needed. Not that Donacien isn't a centre back either, as Paul Hurst wanted to show us. |  |
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| The Team on 19:02 - Jan 24 with 2682 views | J2BLUE |
| The Team on 18:52 - Jan 24 by Garv | It always looks bad but when you look at it, there's no CB on the bench at all. LW wouldn't play anywhere else, so if not starting it makes sense he's not involved at all. Having said that, I'm surprised and a bit disappointed Keogh starts ahead of him. |
Surely he's injured? |  |
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| The Team on 19:02 - Jan 24 with 2661 views | Swansea_Blue |
| The Team on 19:00 - Jan 24 by blueislander | Indeed a bit dicey playing out of the back, but I thought that we played longer more often on Saturday. |
We’ve been mixing it up for a little while, although I could misremembering as I’ve seen a couple of Swansea matches lately and it takes them 20 minutes to get out of their own box. Everything seems direct compared to that. |  |
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| The Team on 19:04 - Jan 24 with 2566 views | Swansea_Blue |
| The Team on 19:00 - Jan 24 by pointofblue | Clarke can play CB, I think, so he'd move to the middle with Donacien at RB if needed. Not that Donacien isn't a centre back either, as Paul Hurst wanted to show us. |
Yeah, there’s flexibility there. Still surprising, but I suppose someone had to drop out. It’s a nice problem to have and hopefully KM can keep them all happy and sharp. |  |
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| Or ill (n/t) on 19:09 - Jan 24 with 2415 views | Dyland |
| The Team on 19:02 - Jan 24 by J2BLUE | Surely he's injured? |
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| The Team on 19:10 - Jan 24 with 2367 views | DJR |
| The Team on 19:02 - Jan 24 by J2BLUE | Surely he's injured? |
The only other possible option is that McKenna doesn't think Morecambe are a threat, and wants Edmundson and, more likely, Keogh some game time, just in case they are needed later in the season. Or perhaps we're going to revert to route 1. |  | |  |
| The Team on 19:11 - Jan 24 with 2336 views | Letchworth_Blue |
| The Team on 18:59 - Jan 24 by Swansea_Blue | Possibly a 4 with Clarke on the right, although I think he could do either role. Surely there must be an injury/illness issue here. I can’t see why you’d preferentially pick that lineup with no cover on the bench. (Edit - oops missed JD, so maybe this is the preferred plan. Seems odd - Woolf our best CB for KM’s approach imo). [Post edited 24 Jan 2023 19:00]
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Don't see the issue really. Our defence have been shaky since before Xmas, and certainly with the late goals we seem to be conceding. Having a rethink is maybe what is needed - if only to do something different from the usual tactics. |  | |  |
| The Team on 19:13 - Jan 24 with 2287 views | DBaldy |
| The Team on 18:47 - Jan 24 by pointofblue | No Woolfenden at all. Ouch. |
Or Burgess. Very surprised if they've both got a knock or are ill, seems like a message from KM |  | |  |
| The Team on 19:14 - Jan 24 with 2230 views | FrimleyBlue | Slightly surprising but also maybe not. Keogh can look after Stockton at least. Love the look of the front 3 |  |
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| The Team on 19:15 - Jan 24 with 2215 views | pointofblue |
| The Team on 19:11 - Jan 24 by Letchworth_Blue | Don't see the issue really. Our defence have been shaky since before Xmas, and certainly with the late goals we seem to be conceding. Having a rethink is maybe what is needed - if only to do something different from the usual tactics. |
I'd argue our shakiness for the most part come from more than just the defence. But that's for another thread! |  |
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| The Team on 19:17 - Jan 24 with 2154 views | braveblue | Keogh!!!!! Crazy. Hirst should start. Why buy him? Ladapo nowhere near good enough. Big KM supporter but this looks like a knee jerk. |  | |  |
| Or ill (n/t) on 19:18 - Jan 24 with 2084 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Or ill (n/t) on 19:09 - Jan 24 by Dyland | |
I think he's just fed up with the poor defending. Hopefully the three dropped will play better when next selected. |  |
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