[Albion] Bench for stoke

[Blue Valkyrie]

Says who?

96 career appearances as Center Forward ? Only 80 played wide on a wing.

 

[B.W.]

Locadia isn't a winger.

No, he is a striker who can play out wide...

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

Krul
Bruno
Goldson
Kayal
March
Ulloa
Locadia

I would put Knockaert instead of March as I think March should start due to Knocky having a poor game on Saturday.

 

[B.W.]

I read that he was a winger who can play in the middle but perhaps its the other way around a striker who can play on the wing. We shall have to just wait and see as I am sure hardly anybody on here had heard of him prior to our interest.

Read the programme from the 'ammers match... he is a striker, who can play on the wing... straight from the horses mouth as it were...

 

[B.W.]

I would put Knockaert instead of March as I think March should start due to Knocky having a poor game on Saturday.

No he didn't play badly IMHO...

 

[Munkfish]

96 career appearances as Center Forward ? Only 80 played wide on a wing.

Come on seriously. Clearly offers more than just a poan striker. Why wouldnt we play him wide if needed?

 

[Silverhatch]

I would put Knockaert instead of March as I think March should start due to Knocky having a poor game on Saturday.

Thought Knocky showed glimpses of form but was still trying TOO hard (not letting it flow) and nothing went for him.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

if fit, Locadia has to start imo......................Stoke scouts won't have seen him, so an unknown quantity ?

 

[BensGrandad]

96 career appearances as Center Forward ? Only 80 played wide on a wing.

Very little to chose then, we shall see how CH uses him.

 

[Perkino]

Krul.bruno goldson.kayal .locadia ulloa baldock:

3 strikers? No chance

 

[raymondo]

No he didn't play badly IMHO...

I agree, i thought Knocky worked hard, was direct, available, passed the ball quicker, and was up for it. He also stepped out of the pre-match line up (before handshakes) to encourage the Albion players to applaud back to the fans; he's a one man cheerleading team and still worth a start in most matches ... Imho

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Baldock playing in the reserves tonight - set uo a goal for Tilley. May not bode well, which is a shame as I would like to see him play aklongside Murray/Lokadia.

 

[aolstudios]

How many times have they watched Baldock play, prior to injury I mean?

A few last season

 

[chaileyjem]

I'm not sure Locadia will be in the squad. The only scenario where he would get on would be if we were chasing the game with 20-25 to go and I'm not sure that will be the best introduction to PL football away at Stoke, particularly when we have several options. Plus he gets another week to be sure the injury is fully recovered.

Starting against Coventry seems a very sensible introduction

Hughton has already implied he will be.

 

[MrSnuggles]

Knockaert will be on the bench. March will start

 

[Rugrat]

Hughton has already implied he will be.

I never take any of that too seriously

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Come on seriously. Clearly offers more than just a poan striker. Why wouldnt we play him wide if needed?

Er, it isn't about 'if needed'.

It was a response to a post stating we had 2 wingers on the pitch and 2 on the bench and therefore had no tactical change if required.

It is very relevant then to reply that he is a striker, not a winger, and by implication DOES therefore offer a tactical difference.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Very little to chose then, we shall see how CH uses him.

But not primarily a winger - much, much more of a striker than Knockaert, March, Izquierdo or Skalak - and absolutely offering a tactical change off the bench, which you suggested he didn't.

 

[chaileyjem]

I never take any of that too seriously

What ? CH saying who is going to be in the squad ? . Fair enough. But if he says it. This season he's nearly always meant it.

 

[elwheelio]

I hope we cope better with Shawcross than we did at home. If not we could be back to struggling from set pieces.