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[Albion] Team for Fulham (A) - Thursday 7.30pm



chaileyjem

chaileyjem

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aolstudios said:
Not sure O'Riley looked ready to start on Friday, I think Ayari is a more reliable choice atm. Ditto Rutter for Minteh but we have to begin to rotate, I guess. Also, really hope Veltman's fit but I'm guessing he's missing this one 😞
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Veltman is training today and you'd think - assuming no issues with that - he will possibly/probably play given the full back options that Hurzeler has - no Hinshelwood, Milner or Kadioglu. I'd say it sounds more than 50:50
 




Bob!

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chaileyjem said:
........

So i'm predicting a starting 11 of

Verbruggen
Veltman/Lamptey, Dunk JPVH Estupinan
Baleba , O Riley
Minteh Pedro Mitoma
Welbeck
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I'd go similar with Dunk on the left and JP on the right though,
and Ayari rather than O'Riley
 




aolstudios

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chaileyjem said:
Veltman is training today and you'd think - assuming no issues with that - he will possibly/probably play given the full back options that Hurzeler has - no Hinshelwood, Milner or Kadioglu. I'd say it sounds more than 50:50
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Hope you're right. If he's fit he's plays, no doubt. Just not sure with so many games looming, FH will risk rushing him back if there's any doubt at all
 














JBizzle

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Uh_huh_him said:
Verbruggen
Veltman JPVH Igor Estupinan
O'Riley Baleba
Georginho Pedro Mitoma
Welbeck

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For now, this is our best 11 - O'Riley/Ayari And Dunk/Igor can be swapped with little impact.

Hopefully, Veltman is fit, we missed him on Friday.
This isn't a game for Lamptey.
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In the main, I agree. I don't think Fulham away is the time to be aggressively changing the lineup. My only change from your lineup could be Weiffer or Ayari in for O'Riley. Away from home, having 6 attackers on the pitch against a strong side could leave us too open, so I'd want to shore us up defensively
 




aolstudios

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JBizzle said:
In the main, I agree. I don't think Fulham away is the time to be aggressively changing the lineup. My only change from your lineup could be Weiffer or Ayari in for O'Riley. Away from home, having 6 attackers on the pitch against a strong side could leave us too open, so I'd want to shore us up defensively
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This ^
 




albionalba

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I think the non-Ferguson starting line-ups proposed are preferred by me. As others have said we need don't want to be left too open and those forwards named are still prepared to put in defensive graft, whereas Fergie doesn't seem so able to do that imho.
 


Motogull

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albionalba said:
I think the non-Ferguson starting line-ups proposed are preferred by me. As others have said we need don't want to be left too open and those forwards named are still prepared to put in defensive graft, whereas Fergie doesn't seem so able to do that imho.
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I have to disagree. Last time out he did plenty of work in defensive areas. Sadly.
 


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aolstudios said:
Not sure O'Riley looked ready to start on Friday, I think Ayari is a more reliable choice atm. Ditto Rutter for Minteh but we have to begin to rotate, I guess. Also, really hope Veltman's fit but I'm guessing he's missing this one 😞
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Agreed. In terms of starting line-up and substitutions (who and when), we really need to be taking this game and the Leicester one together.
On O'Riley, in a ridiculously small sample size, he's been far more effective coming off the bench than starting. But he might start given Ayari picked up a slight injury on Friday.
I wouldn't rush Veltman back if he's not fully fit because, as much as I factor the Fulham game as more difficult/important than the Leicester one, a return too early too often generates relapses. You'd probably agree that we'd like him available for as much of December as possible, given the fixtures are coming thick and fast.
I wouldn't mind Minteh starting, if only because I'd like to see a little more rotation of Welbeck and Mitoma (not necessarily them not starting) given their load in the past x games and the forthcoming ones.
 




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pigmanovich said:
I'd start Danny or Pedro at no 9 tomorrow and Evan on the weekend personally.
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For what reason?
FWIW, I think that they need to share the load more across the two games. I suspect Leicester will play a deep block and Fulham won't and, for that additional reason, I'm not adverse to Fergie starting against Leicester.
 


Hugo Rune

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I thought our starting centre midfield was pretty average against Stains.

All change with an eye on Sunday.

Two objectives.

1. Plenty of midfield defensive cover for our back four.
2. Pace, power and prowess on the break.


————————-Verbruggen———————-
Veltman—-Van Hecke———Dunk——Estupiñán
—————Baleba—————-Wieffer————-
Minteh—————-Georginio—————Adingra
—————————Pedro—————————-
 








Taybha

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Uwantsumorwat
Bart
Veltman
JPVH
Dunk
Estupinan
O'Riley
Baleba
Mitoma
Georginio
Pedro
Welbeck

Steele
Lamptey
Igor
Ayari
Andringa
Encisco
Slater
Kadioglu
Ferguson
 


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Machiavelli

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nicko31 said:
Used to love playing them in the Championship, the 2014-17 periood was delicious

But in the PL era we haven't beaten them once, turned into a really bogey team. A win is long overdue
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Agreed. I loved that NJ game which was a delightfully crisp freezing night around Christmas in which we jumped around and Solly scored. And then that early season win with Bruno's pornographic pass to set up Baldock and Hemed's late penalty winner. And finally getting utterly battered and then scoring twice quickly on c75 minutes, including a Dunk winner. Scenes at all of them.
God, we were utterly awful there last season.
 


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