[Albion] Bruno in midfield

[8ace]

could do a job
Rosenior RB, Bong LB, Saltor on the bench

 

[symyjym]

Go to bed.

 

[Big G]

Time to stop drinking and call it a night mate!

 

[8ace]

 

[pottert]

I think your on to something there.We should also give Stockdale a break & replace Kayal with JFC

 

[mothy]

Not this again

 

[Don Tmatter]

I think it could work in a central 3 with him behind Kayal & Sidwell, Sidwell is happier getting forward than dropping deep like Stephens does.

 

[T soprano]

Sounds like a cunning plan

 

[trueblue]

Why would we do that now when we have a specialist in that position who's played most of his career at the highest level?

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

It would nullify the right wing overlaps, 1-2's and understanding he has with Knocky.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Why would we do that now when we have a specialist in that position who's played most of his career at the highest level?

Because that's what they would expect us to do

 

[Simster]

Can't we play Will Buckley in centre midfield? #PerseusOddness

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I was thinking the same thing myself. Could work.

 

[BensGrandad]

Much as this will cause critiscm if we are going to play 4-5-1 I would sooner either have Bruno and Bong at full backs and LR man marking Bannon or leave the full backs and either put Crofts on Bannon or Holla in front of the back four as DM, a job he has done for most of his career.

 

[KZNSeagull]

The team is disrupted enough already. This is not the time for experiments. Sidwell for Stephens, Skalak back in for Murphy.

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

I think this is the option IF ether Sidwell or Kayal were to get injured.. It would be daft to re-jig the back four unnecessarily at this stage. Keep as much as possible the same wherever you can.. I hope we see Towel on the Bench on Monday.. a hungry lad with a point to prove, and an unknown to the opposition could be great if we were having to chase the game on Monday night and one of the central midfielders was struggling..

 

[SeagullofMalaysia]

Much as this will cause critiscm if we are going to play 4-5-1 I would sooner either have Bruno and Bong at full backs and LR man marking Bannon or leave the full backs and either put Crofts on Bannon or Holla in front of the back four as DM, a job he has done for most of his career.

Why are you now promoting Holla? He is atrocious

 

[BensGrandad]

He played well as a DM early season but perhaps not mobile enough it is more a case of horses for courses at the moment with the loss of Dale Stephens and I would prefer that to a rejigged defence accomodating Calderon. This is for the away leg Monday I would have Towell or another young DS player on the bench.

 

[Tekanne]

Much as this will cause critiscm if we are going to play 4-5-1 I would sooner either have Bruno and Bong at full backs and LR man marking Bannon or leave the full backs and either put Crofts on Bannon or Holla in front of the back four as DM, a job he has done for most of his career.

Holla! You are comedy gold

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Much as this will cause critiscm if we are going to play 4-5-1 I would sooner either have Bruno and Bong at full backs and LR man marking Bannon or leave the full backs and either put Crofts on Bannon or Holla in front of the back four as DM, a job he has done for most of his career.

This suggests playing Rosenior (or Crofts) in FRONT of the CM pair - Bannan plays very, very deep - just in front of their centre backs. Not saying it won't happen, but it would pull us into an odd shape.

More likely for me, is that we play our standard formation, but with Baldock told to drop a little and pester the hell out of Bannan when they have possession. What we do in the second leg, obviously depends on the outcome of the first.