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Team for Ipswich?
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The Spanish exponents of tippy-tappy footbal eshew 4-2-3-1. It is in their manifesto.
The Question: is the box-to-box midfielder dead? | Sport | guardian.co.uk
Now, I do not want to turn the clock back to pre-Poyet. 4-2-3-1 is too narrow. Now I would never play two wingers, only one is needed (as you cannot play on both wings at the same time), but no wingers at all? Two holding midfielders?
Play 4-3-3 with just one winger (and a box-to box midfielder). Or 4-4-2 with a midfielder and part-time winger (same player)?
16. Casper Ankergren
14. Iñigo Calderón 20. Romain Vincelot 3. Gordon Greer 22. Marcos Painter
26. Liam Bridcutt
12. Craig Mackail-Smith 9. Ashley Barnes
We need one or more of the following: Buckley, Dicker, Noone, to take the corners and set pieces.
I think the reason why we were top of the table not so long ago was because we played easy teams.
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SI 4 BHA
Active member
Threads on here already about Dicker and Painter's lack of pace, but Navarro is even slower! Possibly the biggest problem with the squad is a general lack of pace, so can't see haw Nav is going to help.
Oscar
Well-known member
- Nov 10, 2003
- 3,861
You would play with 10 men
Erm.. yeah, you got a problem with that?
You would play with 10 men
We played with less last night ..................... (runs for cover)
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
Ankergren (needs replacing but no option yet)
Vincelot
Painter
Greer
Calderon
Bridcutt
Navarro
Sparrow
Noone
Mackail-Smith
Hoskins
Give Sparrow, Navarro and Hoskins the chance. Navarro especially deserves a place in the side, he hasn't ever let us down under Gus. Last chance for Sparrow too I would say, much as I like him.
Vincelot
Painter
Greer
Calderon
Bridcutt
Navarro
Sparrow
Noone
Mackail-Smith
Hoskins
Give Sparrow, Navarro and Hoskins the chance. Navarro especially deserves a place in the side, he hasn't ever let us down under Gus. Last chance for Sparrow too I would say, much as I like him.
In the too distant hazy past when I played football, I used to like marking players like Dicker, cause he is so predictable. And he is not that fast that he can beat his opponents by speed of reactions. The players I would hate to play against would be Buckley still predictable, so much a better athlete that although I know what he was going to do, I could not stop him.
A forward or winger would always be expected to beat his opposing full back (well most of the time), but a clever full back can make the attacker go inside or outside, and then the covering defender could cut out the threat, or a really good full back would be able to recover and challenge, sometimes even after attempting a tackle, not diving straight in like a berserker. And a very very clever full back would cut out the ball before it got to the winger in the first place.
Bearing this in mind, I like to play a winger if we can. And our full backs are not too bad at all. I was not too happy about Greer with Mc Cormack's first goal. He was the covering defender. The full back was not beaten.
A forward or winger would always be expected to beat his opposing full back (well most of the time), but a clever full back can make the attacker go inside or outside, and then the covering defender could cut out the threat, or a really good full back would be able to recover and challenge, sometimes even after attempting a tackle, not diving straight in like a berserker. And a very very clever full back would cut out the ball before it got to the winger in the first place.
Bearing this in mind, I like to play a winger if we can. And our full backs are not too bad at all. I was not too happy about Greer with Mc Cormack's first goal. He was the covering defender. The full back was not beaten.
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Gritt23
New member
That's just showing off. I think it would be seen as rather arrogant only fielding 10 men from the start.
"10 men. We only need 10 men, we only need 10 ....."
Gritt23
New member
I'd go.
Ankergren
Calde Greer Cook Painter
Bridcutt Vincelot
Barnes Vicente Noone
CMS
Subs: KLL, Hoskins, Navarro, Dicker and Brez.
Ankergren
Calde Greer Cook Painter
Bridcutt Vincelot
Barnes Vicente Noone
CMS
Subs: KLL, Hoskins, Navarro, Dicker and Brez.
SirElliotBennett
New member
Why has everyone gone off Dicker suddenly. I thought he actually played ok last night.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
1. Ankergren
2. Calderon
3. Painter
4. Bridcutt
5. Greer
6. Dunk
7. Vicente
8. Barnes
9. M-Smith
10. Navarro
11. Noone
4-2-2-2
2. Calderon
3. Painter
4. Bridcutt
5. Greer
6. Dunk
7. Vicente
8. Barnes
9. M-Smith
10. Navarro
11. Noone
4-2-2-2
BensGrandad
New member
Why? Navarro is slower than any player that we have in midfield and with Sparrow both have had their chances and not impressed. Send them on loan to a Div 1 side like Orient.
Ankergren
Calderon
Greer
Cook
Painter (nobody else avaialble)
Buckley if fit if not Harley
Bridcut
Vincelot
Noone
Hoskins
CMS
subs:
Brezovan or Poke doesnt matter
Barnes
Vicente
Tarrico/Harley if Buckley is fit
Dicker
Shooting Star
Well-known member
-----------Ankergren------------
Calderon---Cook--Greer---Vincelot
---------Bridcutt--Navarro--------
Noone-------Barnes------Vicente
-------------CMS---------------
If Barnes isn't working, either replace him with Hoskins, or move Vicente in just behind CMS and put LuaLua on the wing. Either way, Hoskins needs a run out. We need to see what he can do for at least 45 minutes.
Thinking about this makes me realise how much I miss Buckley.
Calderon---Cook--Greer---Vincelot
---------Bridcutt--Navarro--------
Noone-------Barnes------Vicente
-------------CMS---------------
If Barnes isn't working, either replace him with Hoskins, or move Vicente in just behind CMS and put LuaLua on the wing. Either way, Hoskins needs a run out. We need to see what he can do for at least 45 minutes.
Thinking about this makes me realise how much I miss Buckley.
seagullwedgee
Well-known member
- Aug 9, 2005
- 3,008
Buckley hamstring.
Tight - 1 week
Tweak - 2 weeks
Pull - 3 weeks
Tear - 4 to 6 weeks
Tight - 1 week
Tweak - 2 weeks
Pull - 3 weeks
Tear - 4 to 6 weeks
Skaville
Well-known member
Brezovan! hahahahahaha! I've cheered up now! Anway...
-------------Ankergren-------------
Calderon - Greer - Cook - Painter
---------------Bridcutt--------------
-------Vincelot-------Navarro------
--------<-------Noone------->-----
---Hoskins/Barnes----CMS--------
Subs
Hoskins/Barnes
Tarrico
Vicente
Sparrow
Brez
Harley. KLL and Dicker are not doing nearly enough for me at the moment, so drop out of the squad. It's quite an interesting challenge, picking a side for us. The squad has no balance. Three left wingers, one injured right winger, no in form attacking midfielders and only one genuine defensive midfielder. Not easy to fix this, but someone HAS to play up top with CMS and they have to hit him earlier down the channels.
-------------Ankergren-------------
Calderon - Greer - Cook - Painter
---------------Bridcutt--------------
-------Vincelot-------Navarro------
--------<-------Noone------->-----
---Hoskins/Barnes----CMS--------
Subs
Hoskins/Barnes
Tarrico
Vicente
Sparrow
Brez
Harley. KLL and Dicker are not doing nearly enough for me at the moment, so drop out of the squad. It's quite an interesting challenge, picking a side for us. The squad has no balance. Three left wingers, one injured right winger, no in form attacking midfielders and only one genuine defensive midfielder. Not easy to fix this, but someone HAS to play up top with CMS and they have to hit him earlier down the channels.
