4-4-2 or 4-5-1 for Saturday ?

[southstandandy]

With our lack of strikers at the moment (with Murray's suspension), which formation do you think Gus will go with for Saturday?

The 4-5-1 worked well away last season and it would seem likely that's what will happen (IMO) with Barnes operating on his own up front.

My starting eleven would be :

Poke
Calderon, Painter, El-Abd, Elphick
Bennett, Navarro, Kishishev, Sparrow, Smith
Barnes

Do anyone else agree, or would you go with 4-4-2 and play Harty alongside Barnes?

 

[jordanseagull]

With our lack of strikers at the moment (with Murray's suspension), which formation do you think Gus will go with for Saturday?

The 4-5-1 worked well away last season and it would seem likely that's what will happen (IMO) with Barnes operating on his own up front.

My starting eleven would be :

Poke
Calderon, Painter, El-Abd, Elphick
Bennett, Navarro, Kishishev, Sparrow, Smith
Barnes

Do anyone else agree, or would you go with 4-4-2 and play Harty alongside Barnes?

Certainly will be 4-5-1 as things stand, but why have you moved Painter to CB and pushed Elphick onto the left?

 

[Smithy]

With Murray out we will certainly go with 1 up front.

 

[astevens76]

Think it's got to be 4-5-1 Saturday with Murray out

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Even if Murray was available, it would be 4-5-1 in my opinion

 

[southstandandy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by southstandandy
With our lack of strikers at the moment (with Murray's suspension), which formation do you think Gus will go with for Saturday?

The 4-5-1 worked well away last season and it would seem likely that's what will happen (IMO) with Barnes operating on his own up front.

My starting eleven would be :

Poke
Calderon, Painter, El-Abd, Elphick
Bennett, Navarro, Kishishev, Sparrow, Smith
Barnes

Do anyone else agree, or would you go with 4-4-2 and play Harty alongside Barnes?

Certainly will be 4-5-1 as things stand, but why have you moved Painter to CB and pushed Elphick onto the left?

Apologies - the listing was in no particular order - obviously Painter to be LB and Elphick at centre half

 

[B.W.]

Or we sign and play a new striker with Barnes... too early to say TBH...

 

[withdeanwombat]

6 - 5 - 2 would do for me.

 

[Freddo]

There's no way Harty will start alongside Barnes on Saturday. Hart played for the reserves yesterday so I think the best he can hope for is a place on the bench. Unless we sign anyone between now and Saturday I think the team will be the same as that for Aberdeen but with El-Abd for Greer:

Poke
Calderon Elphick El-Abd Painter
Sparrow Kishishev Navarro
Bennett Barnes Smith

 

[Lord Bamber]

4-5-1 for me would work well as it did last season.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

There's no way Harty will start alongside Barnes on Saturday. Hart played for the reserves yesterday so I think the best he can hope for is a place on the bench. Unless we sign anyone between now and Saturday I think the team will be the same as that for Aberdeen but with El-Abd for Greer:

Poke
Calderon Elphick El-Abd Painter
Sparrow Kishishev Navarro
Bennett Barnes Smith

Would go with this!

 

[Mellotron]

Away from home
Tough side
Murray out

there is no way in a million years it will NOT be 4-5-1/4-3-3.

 

[Perkino]

How can it be 4-3-3 if we don't have Murray?

It will obviously be a 4-5-1, I'd like to see Baz play on the left but most probably be the same team who started against Aberdeen with El-Abd in for Greer

 

[Dirty Dave]

he probably means 4-5-1 but with Bennett and Smith pushing on to a 4-3-3 like formation when we're going forward.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Our likely starting XI for the season:

Brezovan

Calderon
Greer
Elphick
Painter

Bennett
Navarro
Sparrow
Kishishev
Baz

Murray

Our starting XI on Saturday

Poke

Calderon
El-Abd
Elphick
Painter

Bennett
Navarro
Sparrow
Kishishev
Dicker

Barnes

 

[Finchley Seagull]

There's no way Harty will start alongside Barnes on Saturday. Hart played for the reserves yesterday so I think the best he can hope for is a place on the bench. Unless we sign anyone between now and Saturday I think the team will be the same as that for Aberdeen but with El-Abd for Greer:

Poke
Calderon Elphick El-Abd Painter
Sparrow Kishishev Navarro
Bennett Barnes Smith

I would say barring any more signings that would be my starting XI and probably Gus'. Smith seemed to play his way into the team at the weekend. Limited players on the bench with only Whing, Dicker and Hart having much experience at this level. Not too worried though as with Greer and Murray due back next Saturday, El Abd and Barnes will drop to the bench and offer more cover.

 

[sydney]

are the argie lads still unavailable then.......??

 

[Sheebo]

Even if Murray was available, it would be 4-5-1 in my opinion

Agree (for once)

 

[JBizzle]

4-5-1 (4-3-3 variant) is the way forward in football now. Poyet loves it and, frankly, Ferguson, Ancelotti, Wenger all play it. 4-4-2 is dead.

 

[Biscuit]

4-5-1 (4-3-3 variant) is the way forward in football now. Poyet loves it and, frankly, Ferguson, Ancelotti, Wenger all play it. 4-4-2 is dead.

Word.