227 BHA
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Ince doesn't even make the bench? Out of interest, what has he done so wrong to be dropped from the match squad in your opinion?
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[Albion] team for tuesday night against derby
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Ince doesn't even make the bench? Out of interest, what has he done so wrong to be dropped from the match squad in your opinion?
Bombadier Botty
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- Jun 2, 2008
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According to today's Times: 'It was never easy for the hosts and they needed goalkeeper Ben Amos, on loan from Manchester United, to produce a series of fine saves to preserve their lead.' so it doesn't sound as though we played that poorly.
Ince will be very good player one day I am sure but I think he needs a break and Stevens is a very good player and along side Kayal I think will prove to be very solid and attacking midfield partnership however Ince must be on the bench to come on if required
Both Dunk and Greer have come in for criticism recently, and as we're not expecting to get much from Derby, maybe this is the time for Halford and Hughes to play. Up front, I was following the Bolton match on BBC text commentary, so not the best - but as far as I can remember there wasn't a mention of CMS having a shot at all, so I'd go with COG (we might need some hold-up play!) Bruno hasn't been so good lately, it seems, so with Calde at RB, I think it might be time to put Stephens to RM - he can always tuck in from there to help out Ince and Kayal. So my team would look like this:
...........................................Stockdale
.......Calde...............Halford...........Hughes..............Bennett
.................................Ince...............Kayal
..................Stephens
.............................................Tex...........................Baldock
..............................................COG
Bench: whoever's left!
...........................................Stockdale
.......Calde...............Halford...........Hughes..............Bennett
.................................Ince...............Kayal
..................Stephens
.............................................Tex...........................Baldock
..............................................COG
Bench: whoever's left!
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Agreed.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Ince is one of our best players already, never mind 'one day'!, yes ok so he will improve even further as he gets older, but why on earth would you drop him, when he is probably playing his best football to date?
A strong contendender, (along with the also recently criticized, Lewis Dunk), for Player of the Season in my opinion.
sllugaes
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- Dec 15, 2012
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Agree yes we had no urgency, second best at times, although did not desetve to lose, bolton workman like, their keeper pulled off some good saves.
blockhseagull
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COG for CMS and Lua Lua in for Bruno pushing Calde back to RB
sllugaes
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- Dec 15, 2012
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Ince has been integral over the past number of games, grit and spirit. Why on earth would you drop him. Stephens really is not that good just to stroll back into the side. Yes ince is young, but he is one off our stewarts at present. He is able to hold his own, and certainly should not make way for Stephens.
BensGrandad
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Ince like Dunk has had a good season but has tailed off recently both are young perhaps both need to be rested to fire them back up again.
Blues Rock DJ
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surprised to see no mention of our on loan striker in the squad.........still, we'll have the chance to see two previous ones !!
portslade seagull
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I would replace CMS with O'Grady and prefer Halford to Hughes
BensGrandad
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I put Hughes or Halford as not sure if Halford will be fit, but would also with him if he is. Also think CMS being mobile will make life more difficult for Derby defenders, like Russel Martin who is a bit slow so could deal with COG easier.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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CMS upfront on his own has worked for the past 3 seasons, what makes you think it'll work on Tuesday?
The clown will pick anyone before O'Grady and even though he will offer veiled support he's in the "He only cost £500K from Barnsley, so he must be crap" camp.
TheBigUnit
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Stockdale
Calderon Dunk Greer Bennett
Ince Kayal
Baldock Tex Lualua
O'Grady
Subs. Walton, Bruno, Hughes, Stephens, Holla, Caskey, CMS
Calderon Dunk Greer Bennett
Ince Kayal
Baldock Tex Lualua
O'Grady
Subs. Walton, Bruno, Hughes, Stephens, Holla, Caskey, CMS
Withdean11
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--------------- Stockdale -----------------
Bruno --- Greer -- Hughes -- Bennett
---------- Ince ---------- Kayal ------------
Calderon ----- Tex ------------ LuaLua
---------------- O'grady ------------------
Bruno --- Greer -- Hughes -- Bennett
---------- Ince ---------- Kayal ------------
Calderon ----- Tex ------------ LuaLua
---------------- O'grady ------------------
StonehamPark
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This.
BensGrandad
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That is only the formal line up in practice at home when attacking CMS and Baldock would form a 2 pronged attack with one feeding the other as happened at Bolton and was effective at Ipswich until SH took CMS off. They kept the Ipswich defence penned back in their own half which stiffled their attack. When CMS went off they attacked and scored 2 goals.