Errrr...what about QPR on Tuesday?!Knockers will be fresh for Friday after only 20 mins tonight, and then he gets an 8 day rest and no more midweek games. He should start every game from now I reckon.
So never, then?He is our most creative player. I'd have him on every game from the start and only take him off once we're 2 goals up
Knockers will be fresh for Friday after only 20 mins tonight, and then he gets an 8 day rest and no more midweek games. He should start every game from now I reckon.
It doesn't matter he is capable of creating a moment of magic in a minute.
We got very, very lucky tonight. Giving the lad some rest is great, but we have five massive games now, and he has to start all of them. Lua Lua is better off the bench anyway.
Errrr...what about QPR on Tuesday?!
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You make your own luck. Forest had two players on yellow cards, so Knockaert could run at them in the area without fear.
I'd start him. Kaz is without his natural dartfulness, and you wonder what he greatly offers without that threat in his locker. I'd look to have Murphy and Skalak swap roles as wideman and supporting striker through the game, as for all his sometime crossing ability, Skalak clinging to the wing doesn't seem his natural spot. Knocky has those moments of magic, and we need him in full flow for the remaining few fixtures.
We may actually have to win all 5 to get auto promotion. I know teams regularly drop points but we cant rely on that to always happen.
I just don't quite know what Chris sees in Skalak at the moment, most of his set piece deliveries were poor tonight. In open play he continues to look a fish out of water.
Chris found the right formula in the Burnley game, our most outstanding display of the season when we made a really good team look like cloggers, and it has been baffling to me why the changes.
Even with the win tonight we are chasing the other two with Boro's game in hand and our average goal difference.
Anyway - my nerves are shredded, really thought we had blown it tonight.
Where's the option for a mix of starts and sub appearances?For the remaining 5.
It's not gambling, it's managing the team as best as he can to get the most points.5 games left, the most lucrative 15 points in football.
No allowance to gamble 60 minutes per game for 'impact' imo.