| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? 13:10 - Dec 13 with 1607 views | itfcjoe |
I don't think it'll be the worst thing not having the first team sopending 16 hours or so on a coach this week, missing training on Weds and Thursday ahead of the massive game at weekend.
Whether a new manager is imminent, or going to be McGreal until then, this game does us no favours at all - especially being on a Wednesday and not a Tuesday |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:14 - Dec 13 with 1549 views | ElderGrizzly |
I'm sure it was going to be a mixture of U23s and the 'understudy' first teamers anyway?
And with the Covid situation too, i'd keep as many of the core squad away from another unnecessary trip |  | | |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:14 - Dec 13 with 1549 views | BondiBlue |
If mcgreal wants to play direct 4-4-2 again against sunderland, i'd be tempted to get them to practise it against barrow. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:15 - Dec 13 with 1532 views | Romeo4 |
I tend to agree. I’ve never been one to advocate playing vastly weakened teams in the cup but I would make an exception in this case. Mind you the way the team played in the first game I’m not sure how much weaker we would be anyway! |  | | |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:25 - Dec 13 with 1458 views | Radlett_blue |
Why is Sunderland a "massive game"? We are 12th in the league, they are 3rd. This season has been poor, but all games are potentially worth 3 points. As this season seems to be fizzling out, I would normally be upset if Town sent a weak team to Barrow & went out, but as the prize for winning is an unattractive tie at Barnsley, I will cut management a bit of slack as long as they don't play an entire starting XI of reserves & U23s. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:33 - Dec 13 with 1376 views | flettonblue |
Bit late to decide today what sort of squad he wants up at barrow on Wednesday.
Maybe Cardiff or us got some cv19 issues so why that u23 game is off ? |  | | |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:34 - Dec 13 with 1369 views | ElderGrizzly |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:25 - Dec 13 by Radlett_blue |
Why is Sunderland a "massive game"? We are 12th in the league, they are 3rd. This season has been poor, but all games are potentially worth 3 points. As this season seems to be fizzling out, I would normally be upset if Town sent a weak team to Barrow & went out, but as the prize for winning is an unattractive tie at Barnsley, I will cut management a bit of slack as long as they don't play an entire starting XI of reserves & U23s. |
28,000 in attendance and the new owners being there ramps up the pressure a bit of course | | | |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:37 - Dec 13 with 1343 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Nah, our first team need as much practice as they can get.
Strong team please. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:37 - Dec 13 with 1341 views | BlueBlueBluex2 |
Its called off to ensure all staff are in the building to meet the new manager. | | | |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:48 - Dec 13 with 1268 views | Illinoisblue |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:34 - Dec 13 by ElderGrizzly |
28,000 in attendance and the new owners being there ramps up the pressure a bit of course |
Also, we owe those mackem bastards a good hiding. They’ve had some very lucky results over us the last couple of years. Time for payback and to get the new boss revolution under way. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:53 - Dec 13 with 1242 views | Freddies_Ears |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:33 - Dec 13 by flettonblue |
Bit late to decide today what sort of squad he wants up at barrow on Wednesday.
Maybe Cardiff or us got some cv19 issues so why that u23 game is off ? |
Maybe we just realised all our U23s coaches are a bit busy with the first team at the moment... | | | |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:54 - Dec 13 with 1233 views | jayessess |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:48 - Dec 13 by Illinoisblue |
Also, we owe those mackem bastards a good hiding. They’ve had some very lucky results over us the last couple of years. Time for payback and to get the new boss revolution under way. |
I think beating Sunderland in front of a packed house would be absolutely huge for supporters and players.
If McGreal and Dyer judge they can improve the chances of that by sending the kids to Barrow, I've no objection at all. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:55 - Dec 13 with 1218 views | StokieBlue |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:34 - Dec 13 by ElderGrizzly |
28,000 in attendance and the new owners being there ramps up the pressure a bit of course |
Are they still coming?
More testing required etc, have they confirmed they will bother?
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:07 - Dec 13 with 1146 views | Bobbychase |
Covid outbreaks popping up all over the place at other clubs. I'm not bothered if we are doing this to avoid the virus getting into the club ahead of Saturday which, with the owners there and the biggest crowd for years, is a huge day.
Cook in/out, arguments between Toto and fans, formations etc - all a bit of a sideshow when the men who are backing us with hundreds of millions of pounds to get back to the Premier League are in town. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:19 - Dec 13 with 1071 views | clive_baker |
I think we could still put a decent side out while leaving 8 or so Sunderland starters at home. Pack the bench with u23s |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:22 - Dec 13 with 1034 views | J2BLUE |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 13:25 - Dec 13 by Radlett_blue |
Why is Sunderland a "massive game"? We are 12th in the league, they are 3rd. This season has been poor, but all games are potentially worth 3 points. As this season seems to be fizzling out, I would normally be upset if Town sent a weak team to Barrow & went out, but as the prize for winning is an unattractive tie at Barnsley, I will cut management a bit of slack as long as they don't play an entire starting XI of reserves & U23s. |
What a stupid post. No offence. It's not a massive gap and it could be a springboard for the rest of the season. We aren't going to make the top 2 but play offers are a small possibility. It's clearly a massive game. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:27 - Dec 13 with 987 views | jayessess |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:19 - Dec 13 by clive_baker |
I think we could still put a decent side out while leaving 8 or so Sunderland starters at home. Pack the bench with u23s |
Could leave all 13 who played any minutes at Wigan and fill every position with someone who's played first team league football this season bar right back.
Hladky; Penney, Woolfenden, Nsiala, RB; El Mizouni, Carroll; Humphreys, Fraser, Barry; Jackson | |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:31 - Dec 13 with 958 views | clive_baker |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:27 - Dec 13 by jayessess |
Could leave all 13 who played any minutes at Wigan and fill every position with someone who's played first team league football this season bar right back.
Hladky; Penney, Woolfenden, Nsiala, RB; El Mizouni, Carroll; Humphreys, Fraser, Barry; Jackson |
Looks OK. Perhaps Donacien in at RB, maybe Harper in too. Pigott up front with Jackson on the assumption he goes with Norwood & Bonne Saturday. | |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:34 - Dec 13 with 937 views | jayessess |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:31 - Dec 13 by clive_baker |
Looks OK. Perhaps Donacien in at RB, maybe Harper in too. Pigott up front with Jackson on the assumption he goes with Norwood & Bonne Saturday. |
Use the bench as reward for some of the youngsters doing well in the U23s - Siziba, Armin, Yengi.
(as an aside, we can name 13 players, plus another 11, as "first teamers", even with 3 other big players unavailable... madness) [Post edited 13 Dec 2021 14:36]
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:35 - Dec 13 with 929 views | TractorCam |
No thanks, all focus on the cup I say. Barnsley is winnable, more chance of having some celebrations in the cup than the league now. |  |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:37 - Dec 13 with 912 views | itfcjoe |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:19 - Dec 13 by clive_baker |
I think we could still put a decent side out while leaving 8 or so Sunderland starters at home. Pack the bench with u23s |
I'd leave 14 or 15 at home - take the 10 other first teamers and some kids.
If you assume an unchanged team from Saturday just for ease - could go with something like this:
---------------------Hladky--------------------
-??---------Woolf----------Kenlock------Clements
Jackson----El Miz--------Carroll--------Humphreys
------------Barry-------Yengi------------------
You'll probably lose but Saturday the big one | |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:42 - Dec 13 with 887 views | abracaDOBRA_ |
EADT saying fa youth cup game Thursday is playing a part, more so than the barrow game |  | | |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:42 - Dec 13 with 883 views | jayessess |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:37 - Dec 13 by itfcjoe |
I'd leave 14 or 15 at home - take the 10 other first teamers and some kids.
If you assume an unchanged team from Saturday just for ease - could go with something like this:
---------------------Hladky--------------------
-??---------Woolf----------Kenlock------Clements
Jackson----El Miz--------Carroll--------Humphreys
------------Barry-------Yengi------------------
You'll probably lose but Saturday the big one |
I know it doesn't work this way, but if you put that team out as, for e.g., Crawley Town on a L2 match day, you'd have them odds on to beat Barrow. | |
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| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:56 - Dec 13 with 807 views | pointofblue |
| U23s game tomorrow off....do we send them to Barrow? on 14:37 - Dec 13 by itfcjoe |
I'd leave 14 or 15 at home - take the 10 other first teamers and some kids.
If you assume an unchanged team from Saturday just for ease - could go with something like this:
---------------------Hladky--------------------
-??---------Woolf----------Kenlock------Clements
Jackson----El Miz--------Carroll--------Humphreys
------------Barry-------Yengi------------------
You'll probably lose but Saturday the big one |
Hladky
Woolfenden - Nsiala - Armin - Penney
Chaplin - Carroll - Fraser - Edwards (Humphreys if Celina is not expected to be fit for Sunderland)
Pigott - Jackson
Substitutes: Holy, Clements, Harper, El Mizouni, Barry, Humphreys (Siziba if Humphrys starts), Yengi
Which would mean the starting XI versus Sunderland could be: Walton, Donacien, Vincent-Young, Edmundson, Burgess, Aluko, Morsy, Evans, Celina (Edwards if not fit), Norwood, Bonne | |
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