| Broadhead has to start on Saturday 10:44 - Mar 10 with 2371 views | tractorshark |
Short of injury, Broadhead has to start Saturday. He's not perfect but he was pivotal in our last win against Chelsea and he looks after the ball far better than Clarke.
For me, it's something like....
Palmer, O'Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Enciso, Broadhead, Delap.
Possibly Johnson on the right and Hutchinson in the middle if he chooses to go with a wing-back.
The Clarke/Philogene experiment isn't working right now and Delap is suffering as a result. I think Chaplin is more of a loss than people think as well.
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 10:52 - Mar 10 with 2312 views | Blooos |
Would agree with that lineup - Need to stop picking Greaves just due to his price-tag. Nothing has suggested he's better than Burg. Jaden and Clarke arent showing enough, have both been given a few games now and we arent creating anything. | | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:30 - Mar 10 with 2203 views | _clive_baker_ |
I would go with Philogene - Enciso - Hutchinson as the 3 behind Delap. Phillips & Cajuste in the middle. For me that's the best 6 'on paper', and we might as well just roll with it for the final 10 games injuries permitting, and see if we can make something happen. Survival is highly unlikely of course, but it would be nice if we can go down swinging and do the double over Wolves. |  | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:41 - Mar 10 with 2155 views | portmanking |
It's weird how people view games so differently but that's the beauty of football, I guess. For me, Broadhead hasn't looked after the ball overly well at all of late. He's held onto it for too long, run down blind alleys etc.
For me, Clarke is just starting to get a bit of rhythm and composure on the ball i.e. knowing when to pick the right pass. I'd play Clarke - Enciso - Omari on Saturday. | | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:55 - Mar 10 with 2068 views | JammyDodgerrr |
No idea after one of our better performances you are suggesting several changes. I'd just send out the same 11.
I generally prefer Hutch over Philogene but I think he is slowly starting to build a rhythm, and I'm happy to keep him in. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:55 - Mar 10 with 2069 views | Garv |
As much as McKenna says we still believe etc, at this stage it feels like he's just protecting his assets and building for next year.
Clarke has seen a very slight improvement in recent weeks but that's a very low bar, Broadhead has looked more dangerous than him every time he's played especially since the new year - it's quite sad that his starts have dried up so much.
I feel like I'm piling on with my next point because I mention it every week, but Greaves playing over Burgess just doesn't make sense apart from the fact Greaves has a higher ceiling.
We have a bit more of a consistent team now barring injuries, so that's a positive, but I don't think it's going to get us results between now and the end of the season and none of want to see us relegated with a whimper. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:01 - Mar 10 with 2038 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:30 - Mar 10 by _clive_baker_ |
I would go with Philogene - Enciso - Hutchinson as the 3 behind Delap. Phillips & Cajuste in the middle. For me that's the best 6 'on paper', and we might as well just roll with it for the final 10 games injuries permitting, and see if we can make something happen. Survival is highly unlikely of course, but it would be nice if we can go down swinging and do the double over Wolves. |
Agreed, this is way to go for me.
Broadhead was very ineffective on Saturday - losing or giving the ball away the few times he had it, and very static off the ball for much of the time he had on the field. Enciso brought much more. Philips/Cajuste is by far our most effective pairing in the middle. | | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:05 - Mar 10 with 2015 views | Steve_M |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:41 - Mar 10 by portmanking |
It's weird how people view games so differently but that's the beauty of football, I guess. For me, Broadhead hasn't looked after the ball overly well at all of late. He's held onto it for too long, run down blind alleys etc.
For me, Clarke is just starting to get a bit of rhythm and composure on the ball i.e. knowing when to pick the right pass. I'd play Clarke - Enciso - Omari on Saturday. |
Nope, think Broadhead has had two good games and not looked at the level required since. McK's frustration at his losing the ball at Forest was pretty visibly captured by ITV.
Clarke's improved but from a really poor start, think Philogene is probably ahead of him for me at the moment. An impressive amount of work off the ball Saturday from him. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:11 - Mar 10 with 1981 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
While I agree, and agree with others regarding some of the other selections, I expect McKenna will be bedding in his system for next season now, rather than worrying about trying to bridge what is in effect a 7 point gap (GD considered) with Wolves, with just 10 games to go. We just don't have it in us.
I do think Broadhead, Burgress, and Wolfenden by large, can feel hard done by this season, all three have looked better than the multimillion pounders who have come in and yet are routinely dropped in their favour. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:12 - Mar 10 with 1970 views | portmanking |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:05 - Mar 10 by Steve_M |
Nope, think Broadhead has had two good games and not looked at the level required since. McK's frustration at his losing the ball at Forest was pretty visibly captured by ITV.
Clarke's improved but from a really poor start, think Philogene is probably ahead of him for me at the moment. An impressive amount of work off the ball Saturday from him. |
Yeah, Broady is just a little too loose for me, at this level especially.
As for Philogene, totally agree re. work rate. Heaps of great work that goes unnoticed. If we can keep hold of him and Omari next season, Championship full backs will tire very easily.
I do think Clarke will be one player that benefits *hugely* from a full pre-season with us this summer. Arriving on deadline day in August did him no favours at all, really. Especially when you think he was bought to play an entirely different role to the one he's been accustomed to his entire career. | | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:33 - Mar 10 with 1906 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Clarke is a better player than Broadhead.
Id stick with him, was poor Saturday but thought he had been improving before that. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:44 - Mar 10 with 1831 views | BarcaBlue |
I had to check the date of the post as I think he's just had two underwhelming games showing little to suggest he's a "must-starter" for Saturday. He did have a couple of promising cameos before the Forest match but I think I'd rather have Clarke or maybe Philogene on the left with Omari on the right with Enciso central. |  | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:47 - Mar 10 with 1813 views | Whos_blue |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 11:41 - Mar 10 by portmanking |
It's weird how people view games so differently but that's the beauty of football, I guess. For me, Broadhead hasn't looked after the ball overly well at all of late. He's held onto it for too long, run down blind alleys etc.
For me, Clarke is just starting to get a bit of rhythm and composure on the ball i.e. knowing when to pick the right pass. I'd play Clarke - Enciso - Omari on Saturday. |
This pretty much sums up my thoughts too.
Instinctively I'd always put Broady ahead of Clarke, but the last few games have seen the scales tip slightly the other way for me.
We'll see. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 13:12 - Mar 10 with 1711 views | IPSWICHFANITFC |
I don't think McKenna will because we haven't done so all season, but I would tweak it slightly and go with more of a 3421.
Palmer
O'Shea Woolfenden Burgess
Johnson Phillips Cajuste Davis
Hutchinson Enciso
Delap
I think a box of Phillips + Cajuste & Hutchinson + Enciso (as two 10's playing closer together) could be a better way forwards for us. It doesn't feel like we've played with much width recently and we're trying to play more centrally, so we would overload Forest's midfield 3 with our box of 4. Of course, it does mean Johnson and Davis need to be play as wing backs so Hutchinson and Enciso can find the spaces and receive the ball in better positions to get turned. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 14:10 - Mar 10 with 1599 views | TractorFrog |
I think Broadhead has been poor in recent games as he seems too keen to try to skill opponents and then is messing it up, whereas before he was better at picking out passes.
However, I think all season we have seen Hutchinson, Clarke, and more recently Enciso and Philogene do exactly the same thing and continually get picked. Hutchinson is pretty good at it, Enciso too although he then keeps shooting when a better pass is on, but Philogene and Clarke have generally looked no better at that style of play than Broadhead. Maybe he watches those players play over and over again even though he was doing better on his sub appearances and first few games by playing more like the attackers did in the championship, and so he is now trying to adapt to this more selfish style of play that the others are doing? And if Clarke gets endless chances to improve at it, why can’t Broadhead?
I’m not sure why this selfish style of play seems so favoured this year when our success over the last few seasons came from Hirst, Chaplin, Broadhead, Burns and Davis passing and using each other rather than going alone whenever they can. |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 14:14 - Mar 10 with 1582 views | itfcjoe |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 12:05 - Mar 10 by Steve_M |
Nope, think Broadhead has had two good games and not looked at the level required since. McK's frustration at his losing the ball at Forest was pretty visibly captured by ITV.
Clarke's improved but from a really poor start, think Philogene is probably ahead of him for me at the moment. An impressive amount of work off the ball Saturday from him. |
Philogene gets through a load of work off the ball and is best suited to the RW/RM role in the squad - he also was the one who had the 2 best chances on Saturday, scored a couple at Old Trafford, set Enciso up for the chance on Saturday so alongside lots of defensive work, despite at times looking a bit lost is very much in the 'making things happen' camp too.
I'd go Omari in for Clarke on Saturday as he's a better player and has played out on that side enough times for us - I just don't see him starting many games on the right for us as doesn't give us the right balance or get back and contribute enough. He's excellent at presseing rather than contributing when they are past the press as JP is doing |  |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 14:50 - Mar 10 with 1449 views | Steve_M |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 14:14 - Mar 10 by itfcjoe |
Philogene gets through a load of work off the ball and is best suited to the RW/RM role in the squad - he also was the one who had the 2 best chances on Saturday, scored a couple at Old Trafford, set Enciso up for the chance on Saturday so alongside lots of defensive work, despite at times looking a bit lost is very much in the 'making things happen' camp too.
I'd go Omari in for Clarke on Saturday as he's a better player and has played out on that side enough times for us - I just don't see him starting many games on the right for us as doesn't give us the right balance or get back and contribute enough. He's excellent at presseing rather than contributing when they are past the press as JP is doing |
Considering the number of other players we've used on that side since he's been here, something McK noted at the weekend, JP's had a pretty decent start to his time here. Certainly enough to suggest we'll more than get value from him over the next few seasons.
Not that that will stop some fans judging him based on Villa's actions this season. | |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 14:51 - Mar 10 with 1445 views | Vaughan8 |
I find it odd that some people have Broadhead as our Messiah?
He's not much if at all better than our other options.
Personally i think we miss someone like Szmodics who is at least a goal threat. Enciso is clearly a very good player too.
Lets face it, it should be going to be Delap, Hutchinson, Enciso and 1 other. Who that is, take your pick. | | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 16:33 - Mar 10 with 1292 views | Garv |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 14:51 - Mar 10 by Vaughan8 |
I find it odd that some people have Broadhead as our Messiah?
He's not much if at all better than our other options.
Personally i think we miss someone like Szmodics who is at least a goal threat. Enciso is clearly a very good player too.
Lets face it, it should be going to be Delap, Hutchinson, Enciso and 1 other. Who that is, take your pick. |
He's not the messiah, he's just offered more than the others when he's played, which has been rare. And he has been harshly dropped from the starting line up. Simple as that. | |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 17:25 - Mar 10 with 1213 views | tractorshark |
As Garv says, Broadhead is not the messiah and I'd have Szmodics ahead of him. But he's injured so, for me, Broadhead offers more than Clarke.
Clarke is a talent, no question, but he is extremely weak at this level and gives up the ball way too easily.
In this league, you have a good chance of getting punished when you do that. I'm not saying Broadhead doesn't lose the ball or anyone else in the team for that matter, I just think he carries the ball better and is more of a threat.
Palace had Clarke in their back pocket. You know he's going to cut inside, so just block that route.
As for Saturday being one of our better performances, it really wasn't. It was OK, we battled, we created some chances but we've played far better this season. And that was against a weakened Palace side that was there for the taking.
I won't criticise the commitment but our ball retention was average. If that performance is our bar, then we won't lay a glove on Forest and Bournemouth.
People will always see things differently and that's fine. I won't deny Broadhead didn't play as well as he did against Chelsea so I understand those who doubt my opinion.
But I would also add that Philogene is being praised in this thread and yet missed two very good chances that other players would have been criticised for squandering.
If we genuinely want a chance of staying up, I would say a few changes are needed to the line-up. | | | |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 19:50 - Mar 10 with 1049 views | Nutkins_Return |
Id be looking to keep the team the same and build on it. Only change if fully fit would be Omari and probably switch Philogene to left (or keep Clarke there is fine). Building some relationships. | |
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| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 07:06 - Mar 11 with 765 views | Kropotkin123 |
| Broadhead has to start on Saturday on 10:52 - Mar 10 by Blooos |
Would agree with that lineup - Need to stop picking Greaves just due to his price-tag. Nothing has suggested he's better than Burg. Jaden and Clarke arent showing enough, have both been given a few games now and we arent creating anything. |
There was a time when Burgess was deemed not good enough in League One. Now people say he shouldn't be displaced in the Premiership. Greaves is a good player, a player with a higher ceiling than Burgess, who didn't have a proper pre-season, has played in front of a dodgy keeper, and has been injured. |  |
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