With Deeney’s injury and the news Doucouré and Pereyra are “doubtful”, I would love to see Foster; Janmaat, Dawson, Cathcart, Holebas; Hughes, Capoue; Sarr, Quina, Deulofeu; Welbeck However I doubt Sarr or Welbeck will be considered ready to start, so perhaps Gray up top and Success out wide. Also Cleverley for Hughes and Masina for Holebas are debatable in that team. But who am I kidding, we all know it will be a narrow 4-4-2 with hoofball tactics to whichever poor sod is expected to make a coherent attack out of aimless punts. And Kiko will keep his plaice.
As much as we all joked about Sema, given the injuries and the fact Sarr and Welbeck still aren’t ready, it looks a weird decision to loan him out today rather than wait until the weekend is over.
Sounds like we have a squad full of sick notes. I’d probably go with Gray and Delefeou up front. If Wellbeck is fit he could replace Pereyra on the left.
I thought that, last Saturday, Pereyra was our most ineffective player. So perhaps he was carrying an injury. Whether he was or not, probably not a bad thing should he not play. Doucoure started rather poorly but seemed to improve after half time. Perhaps the coach had a word.
Sounds like a more mobile attack to me. Might be quite interesting. But Welbeck is likely to be match-rusty and might disappoint.
Shoe-horning players into positions again. Welbeck is a striker and that’s where we should play him rather than putting him elsewhere just because Gracia refuses to change his formation.
Wonder if it's time to give adam Bassina a chance in place of Jose Halibuts? Coral Janmaat in plaice of Mako Femenia Maybe need to being Bellpesch in for Breamy
Many of Wellbecks best games have been on the left. He is good enough to play in more than one position
Not in a introverted winger role that at times drifts into CM like we play. He hasn’t played there. We would need to change formation to play Welbeck in a role on the left that he’s comfortable in.
Thank God I'm not going on Saturday. We are in for a thrashing. Could be embarrassing....again. When will Doucs be fit ?
What’s happening there? I received a personal email from Dux or some such about being one of only a thousand to vote on something & then all mysteriously quiet.
All fallen apart m8. Deeney, Doucoure and Pereyra on strike. Sarr wants to leave already and the 1881 are doing a silent protest when we shoot towards the Rookery first half.
Just out of curiosity..... Is there any reason that Cucho couldn't get a run-out? He should have a Spanish passport by now.
For cods sake these forum puns are awful, tuna what I mean ? It would be a far better plaice if we all spent our time w@nking off to online prawn.
So if we have no Pereyra, Doucoure and Deeney. Plus Javi hinting at not starting Welbeck and Sarr, I guess a change of system could be used. Am I correct in thinking last season we used the 4-2-2-2 the most but we did also play 3-5-2 or was it 3-4-3? And occasionally a more traditional 4-4-2 (usually late on in games). Maybe go 3-5-2 and play the following Foster, Cathcart Dawson Kabasele, Janmaat Holebas, Capoue Hughes Cleverley, Deulofeu Gray. Hughes the one further forward, Capoue holding. Could easily swap Janmaat/ kiko and / or Cleverley/ Quina. Leaves those 2 on bench plus Gomes, Mariappa, Masina, Welbeck & Sarr.
