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[Albion] A couple of potential lineups for the coming season
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Dolph Ins
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Haven't we improved our right back options? Nothing against Bruno, but I don't think he can do a full season and maybe I need to give the Greyhound more time.
Perkino
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- Dec 11, 2009
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Surely Bruno's role becomes more about the dressing room and 10/15 games rather than being the main rightback in a premier league side due to his age
Is that you Chris?
southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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Brave man to drop Propper from first line up or Gross from the second.
Nixonator
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Brave?
Think you will find Propper is far more likely to lose the starting berth than Stephens.
And it would be nice not to have a knackered Gross by the end of the season.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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I think the who point is too show two potential line ups that mean we’ve got more strength in depth than last season. For most games last season a majority of the starting 11 was easy to predict. The only real rotation we saw was the wingers and right back. Now we’ve got options up front, in central defence and central midfield which appear, admittedly on paper at the moment, to give real competition for places. No one is guaranteed to start each week anymore (apart from Maty Ryan).
dingodan
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- Feb 16, 2011
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I should have said, these aren't neccessarily a 1st and 2nd choice line up for me, they kind of are, but not exactly. There are too many options, Propper in the middle, Jahanbakhsh in behind the forward, Didn't put Murray in but he has arguably earned the right to play.
Gross has to play whenever possible, but it won't always be and my choice for cover in that position would be Propper I think. You could replace Stephens with Propper in mindfield too, there wasn't much in it for me. I just tried to spread the load around so I could give almost everyone a place, even then there are players missing like Kayal, Suttner, and Murray, who has probably earned the right to play after last season too. We are spoilt for choice.
The red pepper kid
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- Dec 30, 2014
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its looking very very ..................................GOOD
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The Camel
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I like the idea of Gross playing wide.
He's the best crosser of the ball I've seen live. Andone seems like the perfect target man.
He's the best crosser of the ball I've seen live. Andone seems like the perfect target man.
Marshy
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yeah I think the point is that we can now field 2 very strong sides.
You play well you are in the side, If not we have quality gagging to come in.
You play well you are in the side, If not we have quality gagging to come in.
Marshy
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More chance of Ali playing at 10 than Propper in my opinion.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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I think Gross lacks the pace to play out wide, especially as we rely on our wingers to put in a shift supporting the full back.
Propper plays that role internationally for The Netherlands quite a lot, now we've got additional cover in the centre midfield it's certainly an option.
Marshy
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Russconha
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I'm interested to see who will be CH's first choice pairing at centre back.
Peter Grummit
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Given their stats., understanding and commitment, I would expect Dunk and Duffy to start at Watford. I would also give Knocky the chance to continue his form of the end of last season.
But I agree, the general point is that we have a much stronger 18 (25) with more goals potential than last season.