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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer 06:50 - Sep 15 with 3690 viewsLen_Brennan

Kieran MxKenna will continue to use his squad to their best of their abilities, game to game, like he did when bringing Edmundson in a couple of times last season, but all things being even, his favoured starting XI this side of January (for Southampton) will likely be:
Muric
Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis
Morsy, Phillips
Burns, Hutchinson, Clarke
Delap.

At this point the only possible changes are perhaps starting a fit Hirst & having a fresh Delap come on; starting Szmodics in some games ahead of Clarke if we go more defensive with 2 #10s behind the CF, or starting Cajuste in a couple of weeks when Morsy gets suspended for reaching 5 bookings, and probably again in December when he hits 10!!
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:04 - Sep 15 with 3606 viewsvictorysquad

Yes i thought Hirst did well and offered us something different, would agree delap coming on at 60 mins would be fun to watch

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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:32 - Sep 15 with 3464 viewsYallop2

It's tricky because Szmodics is a real goal threat and has that bit of aggression you sometimes need away from home so I like to see him starting.

It'll also be interesting if we're chasing a game on the hour if he'd go Delap and Hirst up top for a spell. Proper handful for any defence.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:32 - Sep 15 with 3465 viewsbluesbrothers

Some people won’t like it but I wouldn’t be all that surprised to see Morsy and Burns to not be regular starters post the next Int break
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:50 - Sep 15 with 3385 viewsCafe_Newman

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:32 - Sep 15 by bluesbrothers

Some people won’t like it but I wouldn’t be all that surprised to see Morsy and Burns to not be regular starters post the next Int break


You were right, someone didn't like it.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:50 - Sep 15 with 3388 viewsurbanblue

We still haven't seen Delap and Jack Clarke on the field at the same time have we?

Would like to see that ...
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:56 - Sep 15 with 3314 viewstractorboy1978

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:32 - Sep 15 by bluesbrothers

Some people won’t like it but I wouldn’t be all that surprised to see Morsy and Burns to not be regular starters post the next Int break


Pretty telling that as soon as Burns is back fit (and probably not 100% match fit) he started. And Morsy is the first name on the teamsheet. He's been excellent so far.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:32 - Sep 15 with 3081 viewsRozz

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:56 - Sep 15 by tractorboy1978

Pretty telling that as soon as Burns is back fit (and probably not 100% match fit) he started. And Morsy is the first name on the teamsheet. He's been excellent so far.


I’m not reading too much into Burns starting to be honest, those wide positions will rotate every game depending on the opposite number, the game plan, individual fitness and who will finish the game strongest. Yesterday we kept ourselves in the game and sought to make attacking changes that could hurt Brighton in the later stages

Morsy of course I expect to start every game he’s available, unless Cajuste wins the shirt off him during a suspension.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:32 - Sep 15 with 3073 viewsFrimleyBlue

Im still wondering if we might see H Clarke in the Burns role.

I can't see him being binned off, I also can't see him getting in over Johnson and Tuanzebe.

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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:52 - Sep 15 with 2979 viewsSheffordBlue

Think that's probably not far off it with maybe a few home and away tweaks and a bit of rotation over the next month or two as some players bed in. E.g For now Szmodics workrate and defensive support is probably better than Clarke's so we may well see him preferred as a starter for the tougher away games until Clarke develops this.

Also a couple of those positions there's probably much closer competition e.g Burns/Ogbene and Delap/Hirst.

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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:59 - Sep 15 with 2936 viewsBarcaBlue

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:32 - Sep 15 by FrimleyBlue

Im still wondering if we might see H Clarke in the Burns role.

I can't see him being binned off, I also can't see him getting in over Johnson and Tuanzebe.


Harry Clarke is never going to play the Burns role, never, not once.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:02 - Sep 15 with 2886 viewsFrimleyBlue

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:59 - Sep 15 by BarcaBlue

Harry Clarke is never going to play the Burns role, never, not once.


Maybe not, but when he joined he did say he had been playing the Burns role, so personally I wouldn't write it off happening just yet.

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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:06 - Sep 15 with 2851 viewsbluefunk

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 07:56 - Sep 15 by tractorboy1978

Pretty telling that as soon as Burns is back fit (and probably not 100% match fit) he started. And Morsy is the first name on the teamsheet. He's been excellent so far.


Ogbenne had just played 2 internationals, Burns was fresh, and hadn’t been out that long. We needed Burns defensive qualities to start as a support to Tuanzebe. Another game a different set of challenges and Ognenne starts
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:18 - Sep 15 with 2763 viewsibbleobble

You’ve literally copy and pasted the team sheet from yesterday bar one…
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:19 - Sep 15 with 2748 viewsFrimleyBlue

I do think at some point it'll end up

Muric
Tuanzebe
O shea
Greaves
Davis

Cajuste
Phillips

Hutchinson
Szmodics
Clarke

Delap

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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:38 - Sep 15 with 2603 views_clive_baker_

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 08:32 - Sep 15 by FrimleyBlue

Im still wondering if we might see H Clarke in the Burns role.

I can't see him being binned off, I also can't see him getting in over Johnson and Tuanzebe.


That’s a wild shout. He won’t play much football for us this season unless there’s injuries, and if he does it won’t be on the right wing.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:48 - Sep 15 with 2536 viewstractorboy1978

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:06 - Sep 15 by bluefunk

Ogbenne had just played 2 internationals, Burns was fresh, and hadn’t been out that long. We needed Burns defensive qualities to start as a support to Tuanzebe. Another game a different set of challenges and Ognenne starts


You only have to listen to KM's post match to tell you how much he loves Burns and what he brings. No doubt there will some rotation between him and Ogbene starts wise, but he is going to play a huge part this season.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:48 - Sep 15 with 2535 viewsCrawfordsboot

So that means that each week we are likely to see no more than five (probably fewer than five) players on the pitch from the squad that finished last season.
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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 10:16 - Sep 15 with 2423 viewsGlasgowBlue

I seen Clarke as being a finisher. McKenna likes a grafter like Szmodics starting games and then bringing in a pacey winger to run at tired defences midway through the second half as he did with Sarmiento last season.

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After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 10:57 - Sep 15 with 2294 viewsLen_Brennan

After Brighton game, the preferred starting XI is becoming clearer on 09:18 - Sep 15 by ibbleobble

You’ve literally copy and pasted the team sheet from yesterday bar one…


Did you take a moment to read the title of the post at all? 😆
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