[Albion] How strong should the team we put out be versus Grimsby?

[birthofanorange]

Thank you but when did he get four yellow cards - one last night and ?

Villa, Leicester and Brentford, apparently.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Why would we want to rest players to the benefit of their national teams? Play our strongest lineup and hope any of our internationals pick up minor injuries that keep them out of international football and sees them return in time for our next league game. I couldn't care less about Ecuador and Argentina etc.

It's not about the other countries, it's about controlling what we can control to manage workload before the busy run in

 

[tigertim68]

I would rest any player called up for international duty and pick the strongest team left

That’s most of the first team , recipe for disaster

 

[birthofanorange]

Maybe rest players that are carrying injuries, apart from that, best possible team. Substitutions similar to West Ham if we’re cruising. We all want to win this 100% and I think RDZ knows this as does TB and whole squad. 40 years since 83, let’s go one better. UTA.

Indeed - if I never get to hear, "...and Smith must score!" again, it'll still be too soon. Being there for the Final (and replay) the emotions ran high. So near, yet so far, etc.
It's well within our capabilities, this year.
As Picard is fond of saying, "Make it so".

 

[WhingForPresident]

Same line up as yesterday but with Fergie in for Welbz.

Ideally get a few goals ahead early doors and get Enciso, Sarmiento & co on by 60 mins so the ones in their national teams can have a break before they go off on international duty.

 

[peterward]

Very, very busy fixture schedule coming up in April...

Should this be an opportunity to rest some key players, or should we instead give our young players some more first team experience and rest some key players?

best team available, hopefully score 2 or 3, then if so, then start to rotate off/rest the key players....

 

[studio150]

A few goals ahead? how many are you anticipating we are going to win this game by?

At least 4-0

 

[nicko31]

No game for 2 weeks. Grimsby deserve huge respect for getting this far, absolute strongest 11 please RDZ

 

[hart's shirt]

Spurs paid the price for making 6 changes away to Sheffield United and got rightly pilloried by their own fans in doing so.

Let's not make the same mistake.

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Strongest team. Two weeks off after it. Understand if RDZ does play Enciso and Sarmiento though. Be interesting if Sanchez plays? Is he know the cup keeper

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I'd say that's about right, Jeremy Sarmiento is a young player that l very much like and who could walk into the starting eleven at most Premier League clubs. I would be tempted to play him and rest Mitoma, and Billy Gilmour, who must of thought he would be starting far more games by now, can come in for Moises.

Of course he won't play the 'strongest' eleven.

He never does.

He plays the most appropriate eleven for the job in hand.

I'd be surprised to see Sanchez in goal though. I suspect he may well have met his Socceroo-style event horizon. If not, happy days.

 

[Muzzy]

If you asked any player if he wants to be rested, my guess is that it would be a big fat Roberto De Zero!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I agree but I’d like to know what he actually did for the ref to book him

Hopefully he called him a stupid f***ing twat.

 

[SeagullinExile]

A strong team is a must. Anything less is disrespectful to Grimsby.

 

[birthofanorange]

At least 4-0

On paper, maybe - but I'll settle for a well-won 2 - 0.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Strongest team. It’s an FA Cup QF ! There is no other game for two weeks. If (and it’s a big if) we are a few goals ahead then rotate.

 

[birthofanorange]

A strong team is a must. Anything less is disrespectful to Grimsby.

Yes, the Grimsby who have beaten opposition above them, so far in the competition.
Treat them with the respect they deserve, play the strongest team and we will be in the semi. Treat it lightly at our peril.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

This.

And should we win, I'd give them all the squad a couple of days off both for getting to Wembley and for how well we've done so far.

Absolutely not before the end of the season. Footballers and time off do not mix well. See end of promotion season when they declared unilateral time off.

 

[seagull 1979]

I'm not sure we should rest our number one keeper..

 

[KZNSeagull]

Full strength team - need all our experience on the pitch from the start. They cannot match us quality wise so they may try "other means" to get a result.