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Sounds like from our glorious leader’s presser today, that he’s starting to manage the squad culture and morale based on the fact many good players won’t start - and some won’t even make bench - Kieran using the old long season, all about squad depth, people will get their chance and being ready etc. narrative
Did you mean Walton starting? You have him on the bench as well! If you meant Palmer starting then I think you're right.
Some of the key decisions I think are Young/Furlong and Nunez/Cajuste - for this week I reckon it will be unchanged but options to then switch things for the busier period after that.
So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 16:45 - Sep 18 by SheffordBlue
Did you mean Walton starting? You have him on the bench as well! If you meant Palmer starting then I think you're right.
Some of the key decisions I think are Young/Furlong and Nunez/Cajuste - for this week I reckon it will be unchanged but options to then switch things for the busier period after that.
Whoops… updated
Furlong a nailed on starter
I’d prefer Young to Johnson. But the latter gives more energy physicality and versatility I guess?
If Nunez starts in the ten, then perhaps Hirst drops to bench and Akpom as the 9?
But thought Hirst really came to life after his goal Friday; and his pressing and target qualities means he’s surely a starter?
So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 16:49 - Sep 18 by unstableblue
Whoops… updated
Furlong a nailed on starter
I’d prefer Young to Johnson. But the latter gives more energy physicality and versatility I guess?
If Nunez starts in the ten, then perhaps Hirst drops to bench and Akpom as the 9?
But thought Hirst really came to life after his goal Friday; and his pressing and target qualities means he’s surely a starter?
I think technically Young is our best player by quite a way but Furlong very solid on debut and maybe that's what we need at the minute. I think between the two Young is much more likely to create chances. If we're chasing a game you could see Young being a good bench option with better passing range/dead ball delivery.
So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 17:00 - Sep 18 by SheffordBlue
I think technically Young is our best player by quite a way but Furlong very solid on debut and maybe that's what we need at the minute. I think between the two Young is much more likely to create chances. If we're chasing a game you could see Young being a good bench option with better passing range/dead ball delivery.
....the "finisher", as you say he's far more likely to create chances.
Options, options, all about options.
We're in a decent place at right back now.
Not so great at left back, where we've really only got cover through versatility rather than expertise.
Yep Young is definitely.... on 17:06 - Sep 18 by Bloots
....the "finisher", as you say he's far more likely to create chances.
Options, options, all about options.
We're in a decent place at right back now.
Not so great at left back, where we've really only got cover through versatility rather than expertise.
The issue with Young as a finisher is that if we are changing the whole front four and bringing on Nunez after an hour or so, that's all five sub slots used up without him. Or one of those changes gets sacrificed.
I suppose it may to some extent depend upon the state of the game. Do we need some good free kicks/corners to break a deadlock, for example. But then Nunez can also do that.
Yep Young is definitely.... on 17:23 - Sep 18 by Guthrum
The issue with Young as a finisher is that if we are changing the whole front four and bringing on Nunez after an hour or so, that's all five sub slots used up without him. Or one of those changes gets sacrificed.
I suppose it may to some extent depend upon the state of the game. Do we need some good free kicks/corners to break a deadlock, for example. But then Nunez can also do that.
Thinking of chance creation, don’t forget the Furlong Throw - we have yet to see it but surely we will soon, it is the stuff of legends…
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So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 17:52 - Sep 18 with 4710 views
Yep Young is definitely.... on 17:23 - Sep 18 by Guthrum
The issue with Young as a finisher is that if we are changing the whole front four and bringing on Nunez after an hour or so, that's all five sub slots used up without him. Or one of those changes gets sacrificed.
I suppose it may to some extent depend upon the state of the game. Do we need some good free kicks/corners to break a deadlock, for example. But then Nunez can also do that.
I think we might only change three out the front four as a general rule. Hirst certainly, but Philogene looks like he can run all day, and Akpom and McAteer both pretty much the same. So one or two of those can not go flat out (as we did in 23/24) and give us the opportunity to make changes in midfield and defence if necessary.
Good work by Philogene...... GREAT WORK BY PHILOGENE!!!
Yep Young is definitely.... on 17:06 - Sep 18 by Bloots
....the "finisher", as you say he's far more likely to create chances.
Options, options, all about options.
We're in a decent place at right back now.
Not so great at left back, where we've really only got cover through versatility rather than expertise.
Young has played at LB a lot of the last couple of years and although he's not naturally left-footed in some ways he'd be better suited to the inverted LB role that we've been experimenting with Leif. If he does have to cover for him then we might just see a tweak in some of the roles to take this into account - e.g the L10 staying much wider, etc.
So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 16:49 - Sep 18 by unstableblue
Whoops… updated
Furlong a nailed on starter
I’d prefer Young to Johnson. But the latter gives more energy physicality and versatility I guess?
If Nunez starts in the ten, then perhaps Hirst drops to bench and Akpom as the 9?
But thought Hirst really came to life after his goal Friday; and his pressing and target qualities means he’s surely a starter?
I'll be surprised if Hirst drops out of the starting 11 this soon. He knows the systep and pkays too well and his defending from the front is second to none.
Yep Young is definitely.... on 18:29 - Sep 18 by SheffordBlue
Young has played at LB a lot of the last couple of years and although he's not naturally left-footed in some ways he'd be better suited to the inverted LB role that we've been experimenting with Leif. If he does have to cover for him then we might just see a tweak in some of the roles to take this into account - e.g the L10 staying much wider, etc.
....shame we won't be up against Ben Godfrey every week then we wouldn't have to worry about an inverted left back.
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So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 10:05 - Sep 19 with 3192 views
Young can easily cover both right and left back.... might give him an edge to get on the bench. Plenty of fire power from the bench. There's genuine competition now with the sub's wanting to make their mark... and get a starting spot. Think Hirst and McAteer might be under pressure soon to hang on to their starting spot.
Let's be honest... if Woolfy and Chappers were still here, they'd struggle to get on that bench.
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So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 10:26 - Sep 19 with 3033 views
Wouldn't be tampering too much, but just from personal preference from what I've seen, I'd go Szmodics in e 10, and push Akpom to the 9, don't think Hirst has had a particularly strong start to the season, but that is just my opinion.
Never change a winning team and all that but just have a feeling we'll see him starting soon
Egeli won't be starting.
I feel we only saw him the other night because we had such a lead.
Mcateer does a lot of running (perhaps short on a little quality like we're used to on that side) but is surprisingly big too for defending and attacking set pieces.
One thing I felt watching the other night was that, other than Philogene, we're a much bigger team now.
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So team for Blackburn, bench and who gets left out! McKenna presser… on 10:58 - Sep 19 with 2863 views
The interesting churn will be after the Blackburn game, where we have three games in eight days. I think there will be changes to freshen up the squad then.
I imagine we'll stick to the same eleven who started against Sheffield United. My only doubt is whether Szmodics could return in the place of Akpom, who didn't really 'pop' against the Blades. Nunez also made his mark but I think we'll stick with Matusiwa and Cajuste for this one.
As an aside, does it feel like a long time since we played to anyone else? It's only been a week but, to me, it seems like we've just had another international break or something.
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