Team for Stoke

[Silent Bob]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4087785.stm

The impotant part:
"Mark McCammon is set to make his Brighton debut.... he will partner Adam Virgo in attack.
Leon Knight is likely to have to settle for a place on the bench once more. "

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

TWO target men, nice.

Not since the heady days of Cameron and Newhouse have we been treated to such excellent football.

 

[culvers]

I havnt seen knight this season, but from what i have read on here he has been brought on a few times and changed games, or at least looked the most impressive player.
Surely he needs an extended run in the team now, give his confidence back and get back his scoring touch.
Surely a little man and a target man will be more effective than two big men.
Oh well we will see...

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

why why why why WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

 

[London Irish]

TWO target men, nice.

Not since the heady days of Cameron and Newhouse have we been treated to such excellent football.

You can take the sour approach you like, but the reality is this just shows the impact that Virgs has made as a striker that even with Mac's arrival, McGhee is still not prepared to retire him from the front line.

There is also the tactical question of Stoke's height.

We might play Leon in a 4-3-3 but you'll remember what happened the last time at Withdean we left our defence so unprotected by midfield, Crewe put 3 goals past us.

McGhee thinks defence is going to be the key thing to earning these 8 or 9 wins to keep us up. Given the nature of a relegation struggle where you will lose more games than you win, I think his strategy is fine. I'm not interested in glorious defeats, a few battling draws and ground-out 1-0 wins will do me fine.

 

[Tony the Pony]

With Cullip out of the Stoke game (as per the official site), we may go for Virgo at the back, with McCammon & Leon up front.

 

[Silent Bob]

That's what I was thinking but the link says otherwise and they're not usually wrong

 

[Kev the Ape]

Is Cullip out?

 

[Silent Bob]

Cullip's not in the squad.

 

[Kev the Ape]

, Wonderful.

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

You can take the sour approach you like, but the reality is this just shows the impact that Virgs has made as a striker that even with Mac's arrival, McGhee is still not prepared to retire him from the front line.

There is also the tactical question of Stoke's height.

We might play Leon in a 4-3-3 but you'll remember what happened the last time at Withdean we left our defence so unprotected by midfield, Crewe put 3 goals past us.

McGhee thinks defence is going to be the key thing to earning these 8 or 9 wins to keep us up. Given the nature of a relegation struggle where you will lose more games than you win, I think his strategy is fine. I'm not interested in glorious defeats, a few battling draws and ground-out 1-0 wins will do me fine.

I was just being facetious really, I've written loads of posts supporting McGhee's direct style and preference for playing with a target man because it suits the players we have and is the only way that we can compete at this level.

I would prefer to see a big man/little man combination though, I think that works more effectively than having two target men because the smaller, more mobile player can feed off flick-ons and knock-downs in the box.

 

[itszamora]

McGhee's selections do baffle me from time to time. Now we have a target man who is actually a striker, why bother continuing with Virgo there? And why go on about how we need Leon to score goals when he's not being given the chance to do so?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

this is beyond a joke now
virgo was yet again poor on sat and knight was great when he came but no mcghee starts virgo

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

I don't believe even McGhee would do this - Virgs will go to the back, Knight & McCammon up front. Would have been interesting to see what he would have done if Cullip was playing, though.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

drop knight again is what he would do

 

[itszamora]

Unfortunately I have to agree with the Spurs fan here.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

yay

 

[dougdeep]

Perhaps it's because Stoke are the tallest team in the league. I'd have Knight to start though, and Virgs in Danny's place.

 

[Ernest]

He will play Leon Knight in goal, a reliable source at the club told me

 

[BensGrandad]

Only a fool. or London Irish, whats the difference would continue to play Virgo up front with Mr Give The Ball away Cullip out.

He apparently is not in the right frame of mind to play football is that the same as 'I couldn't give a f..k what happens' so long as I get my wages.