Team vs Reading

[trancing]

Brez
Calderon
Greer
El Abd
Mattock

Buckley
Dicker
Navarro
Lua Lua

Vicente

CMS

Subs :

Casper
Reyes
Noone
Barnes
Vokes

 

[RM-Taylor]

Friday's formation and mentality didn't work, both Reyes and Dicker in the centre of midfield were poor I thought. At home we need to play a 4-1-3-2 formation.

Brezovan

Calderon
Greer
El-Abd
Mattock

Buckley
Navarro
Vicente
LuaLua

Barnes
Mackail-Smith (Vokes)

Bench:
Vokes (Mackail-Smith)
Assulin
Dicker
Vincelot
Ankergren

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

.....................Gonzales
El-Abd. Greer. Mattock
Calderon. Navarro.
Vicente Forster-Caskey
Buckley. Vokes. Lua Lua

 

[DTES]

Brezovan

Mattock
El-Abd
Greer
Reyes

Navarro
Dicker
Vicente
Lua Lua

Barnes

Mackail-Smith

 

[Jack Daniels]

brez

mattock
greer
dunk
el abd
calderon

navarro
bridcutt

Reyes
Vicente
Vincelot

 

[challengechappers]

You just can't second guess Gus. Every time the teamsheet goes up i'm "eh?". Constant changes. We've done amazingly well considering he tinkers every game.

Time to go for it though. Vicente and lua lua/buckley in free roles, attack attack!

 

[Surf's Up]

You just can't second guess Gus. Every time the teamsheet goes up i'm "eh?". Constant changes. We've done amazingly well considering he tinkers every game.

Time to go for it though. Vicente and lua lua/buckley in free roles, attack attack!

Agree with this, Gus still doesn't seem to know his best side and I think this is one of the main reasons for our inconsistency. That said, we've got nothing to loose and lots to gain so shed those defensive shackles and lets go for it Gus!!

 

[Mackenzie]

1. Brezovan
2. Calderon
3. Mattock
4. Dicker
5. El-Abd
6. Greer
7. Buckley
8. M-Smith
9. Barnes
10. Vicente
11. Lualua

4-4-bloody 2, two poxy wingers and two shitting strikers.

 

[kevtherev]

Barnes will be back, Navarro will be in midfield with another defencive midfielder,,,,one winger, which won't be Lualua and we will lose badly. Unless Poyet changes it quick when we go one nil down and doesn't wait until the 70th min...By which time we will be more than 1-0 down...This is what I think,,,but then maybe we will all be shocked and beat them 3-0 and go on another stunning run all the way to Wembley..I maybe a grumpy old bastard but I do always believe,,,,,, until I turn up at 2.30/7.30 and see the side, at least lol.

 

[kevtherev]

Maybe Poyet has just been doing the old rope a dope trick and he will shock us all, like this....

--------------------Ankergren------------------
---------Dunk--------Greer------El Abd---------
Calderon-------------------------------Mattock
--------------------Navarro--------------------
--------Assuin------Vicente-----Buckley--------
---------------------Cms-----------------------

 

[sir albion]

brez

mattock
greer
dunk
el abd
calderon

navarro
bridcutt

Reyes
Vicente
Vincelot

That's a proper defensive gus team

 

[Smythe]

Agree with this, Gus still doesn't seem to know his best side and I think this is one of the main reasons for our inconsistency. That said, we've got nothing to loose and lots to gain so shed those defensive shackles and lets go for it Gus!!

Totally agree....i dont think Gus does know his best team, i think he does change it too much. At home i think we need to always play the same way and let the opposition worry about changing to suit us and not the other way round. An attack minded formation at home....we've got the players to play that way.
We need to throw caution to the wind and go fo it Tuesday.......a repeat of the way Vicente and Lua Lua played against Derby would be a good start.

 

[kevtherev]

If Gus doesn't know his best team 41 games into the season, I would suggest this is a bit of a problem. For the record I don't think he does.

 

[Smythe]

If Gus doesn't know his best team 41 games into the season, I would suggest this is a bit of a problem. For the record I don't think he does.

Im far from being a qualified football manager....but if i knew my best starting 11 and best formation i would virtually never change it unless forced to by injuries or suspensions etc whether playing home or away. Let the opposition worry about us.
Some of the best teams over the years have consistently kept to the same starting 11 as much as possible.......maybe Gus tinkers too much or maybe i know nothing which is why im not a football manager!!!

 

[Sisyphus]

Have you got a couple of big beefy CB's that won't get muscled off the ball by Jason Roberts? He never goes up for headers so they don't have to be good in the air- unless of course Noel Hunt starts.

Wingers. We like Wingers. Kebe, if he wants to, will teach your wingers to pull their socks up. Breathtaking on his day...most teams find he keeps 2-3 players busy. You might get lucky and find McAnuff starting in the middle- but HRK ain't bad on the left...him and Kebe made the goal for Alf against Leeds.

Strikers got much form? Our top scorer rarely starts, but has about 9 goals now- nowhere near the goal tally of some teams. Having said that, our CB's don't let many goals in- and have scored a few themselves. Best watch them if we get a corner. We do seem to get quite a few.

Talking of corners. Take Harte. Well, actually Harte takes our corners, and as a Barnsley fan recently commented: "...how the fukk are you supposed to defend an Ian Harte corner..." Well quite.

Of course we wouldn't have the best defensive record in the league, if we didn't have Feds. More clean sheets than any other team. More wins too.


I am really really looking forward to this. With trepadation. You play some lovely football. Good team, which reminds me somewhat of Swansea. Look what they did to us last season.

Happy with a point- and wish you every success going to the Boleyn Ground and piling the pressure on the pikey's and taking 3 points.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Brezovan

Mattock
El-Abd
Greer
Calderon

Navarro
Dicker
Vicente
Lua Lua

Barnes

Mackail-Smith

Subs - Ankergren, Dunk, Buckley, Vincelot, Vokes

 

[Bridcutt]

What I think Gus will do...
Brezovan
Mattock Greer El-Abd Calderon
Navarro Reyes
Dicker
Vicente
CMS Vokes


What I would do

Brezovan
Mattock Greer El-Abd Calderon
Buckley Dicker Vicente LuaLua
CMS Vokes

 

[7:18]

Brezovan

Calderon
Greer
El-Abd
Mattock

Vicente
Dicker
Navarro
Lua Lua

Barnes
CMS

SUBS: Ankergren, Reyes, Noone, Buckley, Vokes

 

[Ralphingtonpuss]

Brez

Calde Greer Dunk AEA

Buckley Vicente Dicker Kaz

Barnes CMS

 

[kevtherev]

What I think Gus will do...
Brezovan
Mattock Greer El-Abd Calderon
Navarro Reyes
Dicker
Vicente
CMS Vokes


What I would do

Brezovan
Mattock Greer El-Abd Calderon
Buckley Dicker Vicente LuaLua
CMS Vokes

Cant see him playing Mattock at right back and Calderon at left?