John , Perry and Rudi must play!

[simo]

That is all!

[Calvin]

I wish!

It would be a dream come true for me

[Saint_Jonny]

I did wonder at the start of the season how long it would be before we wanted these 3 in the team alllll the time, id go a step further and ask for euell as well. God. We really ARE going down. WAAAAAAY!!!!!!

[Minsk]

Agree. We need an experienced spine.

 

For the Ipswich game I would go with:

 

----------------------Kelvin---------------------

 

James---------Cork---------Perry-------Drew

 

---------------Wotton-------Spiderman------

 

----------------------Lallana--------------------

 

Dyer----------------------------------------Rudi

 

------------------------John---------------------

 

Subs: Bart, Gillett, Thomson, DMG, Pekhart

[JustMike]

Agree. We need an experienced spine.

 

For the Ipswich game I would go with:

 

----------------------Kelvin---------------------

 

James---------Cork---------Perry-------Drew

 

---------------Wotton-------Spiderman------

 

----------------------Lallana--------------------

 

Dyer----------------------------------------Rudi

 

------------------------John---------------------

 

Subs: Bart, Gillett, Thomson, DMG, Pekhart

 

i agree with that

[saint_ed]

i agree with that

 

Me too, although I thought Pekhart looked relatively dangerous for his few minutes on the pitch today.

[Nexstar]

Agree. We need an experienced spine.

 

For the Ipswich game I would go with:

 

----------------------Kelvin---------------------

 

James---------Cork---------Perry-------Drew

 

---------------Wotton-------Spiderman------

 

----------------------Lallana--------------------

 

Dyer----------------------------------------Rudi

 

------------------------John---------------------

 

Subs: Bart, Gillett, Thomson, DMG, Pekhart

 

Agreed but I would put dyer down the left and possibly have pekhart instead of john/rudi.

[OldNick]

Is Thomas injured? We need to play Cork at rb and play thomas with Perry

[derry]

Is Thomas injured? We need to play Cork at rb and play thomas with Perry

 

They fear that Thomas may be out long term, months. Awaiting results I believe.

[OldNick]

They fear that Thomas may be out long term, months. Awaiting results I believe.

bloody hell, what is happening. As I said before get that White Witch back

[mattyg]

in the next reserve game.

[dubai_phil]

I think the sending off and the injury to Holmes may well now force JP's hand.

Perry obviously has to come in, and then it is down to a choice of DMG/Dyer/Rudi playing wide left.

 

HOPE Rudi is actually up for it mentally, no point us going on about him if he cannot be arsed

[Big Ron fan]

I'd probably go with something like

 

Davis

 

James Cork Perry Rudi

 

Gillet Lallana Surman

 

Dyer John Peckart

 

Surman must play in midfield and Dyer and John must play (IMO).

 

I wouldn't wish injury on anyone, but I really don't rate Holmes (unlike most posters on here) and think his absence could be a blessing in disguise.

[AlfredKo]

I will go for

 

Davis

 

James Perry Cork Surman

 

Gillet Spiderman

 

Lallana

 

BWP John Skacel

 

 

Sub: Dyer, Peckart, Mcgoldrick, Bart, Wotton

[saintant]

Have to disagree with those putting Cork forward as a centre back. Today he missed headers, fell over, stood off players and generally allowed Blackstock to bully hima and give him the run around. He is not physical enough to handle the type of forwards he will come up against. Whether that is bacause of his young age I am not sure but for now he is not ready to play CB so I would play him as a full back if anywhere. Wotton looks a better bet at centre half than Cork as at least he can handle himself and stand up to strong forwards.

[Saint Martini]

Perry, I agree, he should play and I don't really get why he didn't play today. John, I'm not sure. This formation is based on pressuring the opposition defence and disrupting their play. Not exactly John's style. Rudi I wouldn't give a place in the starting lineup just yet although maybe with Holmes out for a while there's not really another option. In the last reserve game he was ok (according to reports) but before he got injured he didn't seem motivated. He needs to get that drive back before he gets a place in the team.

[Arizona]

Even in the playoff season, Skacel looked a class above the rest of the midfield. To leave him out now would make it seem like we are trying to get relegated IMO.

 

You CAN NOT just stick out a team of youngsters and expect "totaal voetball". I almost cringed with embarassment reading some of the comments on here preseason. Every time the likes of Saganowski, Rasiak, Safri, Licka or Viafara left it was "oh good, another over rated, over payed journeyman off the wage book." Nobody seemed concerned that we weren't actually replacing them.

 

John... aaah I don't know. On the one hand this system doesn't suit him at all. On the other, we need some experience in the team somewhere. I think our biggest mistake this season (appart from losing about 20 players from a squad lacking depth and bringing in just 10) was getting rid of Saganowski AND Rasiak. They are the only two strikers we have who I feel could perform in this system.

[Huffton]

Surely with our 'total football' philosophy now would be a great time to give Skacel a free role tucked in behind the striker(s) like he had at Hearts which was so effective for him. Then he may even justify some of his transfer fee.

[70's Mike]

What i do not understand is if we are not going to play them , then why not let them go on free transfers to cut wage bill , in fact let them go on free transfer and pay half their wages would still save us money

[saints_is_the_south]

Agree. We need an experienced spine.

 

For the Ipswich game I would go with:

 

----------------------Kelvin---------------------

 

James---------Cork---------Perry-------Drew

 

---------------Wotton-------Spiderman------

 

----------------------Lallana--------------------

 

Dyer----------------------------------------Rudi

 

------------------------John---------------------

 

Subs: Bart, Gillett, Thomson, DMG, Pekhart

 

Agree with that, although Lallana could even move out to the right, bringing Spiderman forward & thus allowing Gillett to remain in the starting 11. No way Wotton can be dropped IMO, one of few players to come out of yesterday with credit.