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Oh do give over, Thomas will not start at RB whilst James (or Murty) is available to play there. Connolly and Lambert in attack as usual and Lallana is out,Papa to take his place, Wotton in midfield

 

ummm he did v Leeds :rolleyes:

Posted
Concord of circumstances because Morgan was out James moved forward into midfield,thus not being available to play at RB.

 

yeah because we had no other midfielders did we

Posted
Personally i think this is the next hardest game to leeds. They are direct and physical. I will be glad if we get a point. Anything else is a bonus

 

 

I have to agree, I would settle for a point as well, a tough game ahead.

Posted
yeah because we had no other midfielders did we

 

Not ones Pardew trusts in centre -mid.We have a lot of players but very few of them are in the picture.Just like strikers in theory we have 4 or 5,but only Connolly,Lambert and Papa are of any interest as starters.Big effective,small first team squad.It's gonna get pruned. 6 out, 2 or 3 in would be my prediction.

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Adam pretty much hoping to be fit for tomorrow.

 

I wish they would stop using him in such a narrow way, he was so much more effective in the five games where he was coming in from wide and losing his marker. He was also able to be more effective defensively.

 

It is very difficult to be effective when caught up in the midfield melee we are creating by being so narrow.

Posted
Chesterfield- Rotherham is off

 

I'm sure I heard "At home to Southampton" and then mentioning the Oldham game as both being off... but could have misheard. Can't find anything about it elsewhere

Posted
I'm sure I heard "At home to Southampton" and then mentioning the Oldham game as both being off... but could have misheard. Can't find anything about it elsewhere

 

It would be on both Colchester and Saints website if that were the case and it is not.

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Think I heard Colchester have only lost 2 games in their last 18. This is going to be an incredibly difficult game. I’d take a draw. A win would probably be our best result of the season.

Posted
I'm sure I heard "At home to Southampton" and then mentioning the Oldham game as both being off... but could have misheard. Can't find anything about it elsewhere

 

Hartlepool v Oldham the only postponement in L1.

Posted
I wish they would stop using him in such a narrow way, he was so much more effective in the five games where he was coming in from wide and losing his marker. He was also able to be more effective defensively.

 

It is very difficult to be effective when caught up in the midfield melee we are creating by being so narrow.

 

Playing 4-5-1 today so cant see much changing.

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Not 100% sure about today, got a nagging bad feeling. But heart over head & gone for a 2-1 win Saints. Think we'll start 4-5-1 today.

I'd go for -

- - - - - - - - - - - - -Bart

- - - Thomas Trottman Jaidi Harding

 

Waigo James Schneiderlin Hammond Lallana

 

- - - - - - - - - - - -Lambert

Edited by Under Weststand
Posted
Not ones Pardew trusts in centre -mid.We have a lot of players but very few of them are in the picture.Just like strikers in theory we have 4 or 5,but only Connolly,Lambert and Papa are of any interest as starters.Big effective,small first team squad.It's gonna get pruned. 6 out, 2 or 3 in would be my prediction.

 

yes and the 2 or 3 in will push the current 1st choicers hard for their places, at least, thats what im hoping

Posted
Not 100% sure about today, got a nagging bad feeling. But heart over head & gone for a 2-1 win Saints. Think we'll start 4-5-1 today.

I'd go for -

- - - - - - - - - - - - -Bart

- - - Thomas Trottman Jaidi Harding

 

Waigo James Schneiderlin Harding Lallana

 

- - - - - - - - - - - -Lambert

 

Dan Harding, so good they named him twice.

Posted
Why not give Mellis a go on the left? I often play him there on FIFA10 in the event of a tactical emergency.
If it works on FIFA10 then it has to work in real life doesn't it? :confused:
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If it works on FIFA10 then it has to work in real life doesn't it? :confused:

 

 

Football manager eh, now there's a pastime that should go straight from the production line to the trash can.Proficiency at billiards and snooker used to be a gauge of a misspent youth, now it must be obsession with Football Manager.

Except that at least you could earn a living from snooker.

Posted

fscking cold here. followed the team coach into the ground (a bit late at 1:30?!)

 

managed to park at the ground as well dorm a fiver which is a bargain. anyhow, looking forward to a great game and lots of songs to warm us all up

Posted
fscking cold here. followed the team coach into the ground (a bit late at 1:30?!)

 

managed to park at the ground as well dorm a fiver which is a bargain. anyhow, looking forward to a great game and lots of songs to warm us all up

 

A set of thermals/long-johns wasn't on your Xmas list then Tractor? ;)

Posted
lallana is out injured today, pardew said he didnt think he would be avaliable for today!!!

 

a few posters seem to think otherwise. A dead leg is not easy to recover from in a few hours, depends how hard he got hit I suppose.

It could be that we have seen the last of Lallana, probably not though.

Posted

We need a win to keep the play-off push going, but Colchester are in a great run of their own. I'd very happily take a draw here. 1-1.

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We need a win to keep the play-off push going, but Colchester are in a great run of their own. I'd very happily take a draw here. 1-1.

 

We'll concede early. Then equalise midway through the first half. 1-1 HT.

 

We'll take the lead 15 mins into the 2nd half - only for Colchester to level on the hour mark. Several near misses will entail for both sides - before we sneak the points in the 81st minute - thanks to goal machine Rickie Lambert. 3-2 away win. Happy New Year to all thanks very much! :D

Posted

Tough tough game today. Want to see us line up as 4.5.1 it gives us the extra man when defending and the flexibility to go to 4.3.3 when attacking. So for me Connolly on the bench (still haven't made my mind up if we play better with him starting in a 4.4.2). AL and Papa left and right respectively.

Posted

4-5-1 it is

 

Saints: Bialkowski, Thomas, Trotman, Jaidi, Harding, James, Schneiderlin, Hammond, Antonio, Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Davis, Perry, Wotton, Gobern, Holmes, Papa Waigo, Connolly.

 

Mills must have really upset Pard's then, replaced by Holmes on the bench...

Posted
4-5-1 it is

 

Saints: Bialkowski, Thomas, Trotman, Jaidi, Harding, James, Schneiderlin, Hammond, Antonio, Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Davis, Perry, Wotton, Gobern, Holmes, Papa Waigo, Connolly.

 

Mills must have really upset Pard's then, replaced by Holmes on the bench...

 

I think its fair to say AP taking Mills off Saturday was a tad more than just tactical then !

Posted
4-5-1 it is

 

Saints: Bialkowski, Thomas, Trotman, Jaidi, Harding, James, Schneiderlin, Hammond, Antonio, Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Davis, Perry, Wotton, Gobern, Holmes, Papa Waigo, Connolly.

 

Mills must have really upset Pard's then, replaced by Holmes on the bench...

 

solid midfield, would have preferred Papa in place of Antonio.Wasn't Mills injured?

Perhaps Papa has problems with the cold, happens

Posted
4-5-1 it is

 

Saints: Bialkowski, Thomas, Trotman, Jaidi, Harding, James, Schneiderlin, Hammond, Antonio, Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Davis, Perry, Wotton, Gobern, Holmes, Papa Waigo, Connolly.

 

Mills must have really upset Pard's then, replaced by Holmes on the bench...

 

Good to see Holmes on the bench, would like to see him get a run out. I still firmly believe that he's a good player and deserves to at least be on the bench more often. He's probably on there as a precaution for Lallana though, seeing as he's just had a dead leg an' all.

 

---------------------Bart----------------------

-----Thomas--Trotman--Jaidi--Harding----------

Antonio--James--Schneiderlin--Hammond--Lallana

-------------------Lambert---------------------

Posted
Good to see Holmes on the bench, would like to see him get a run out. I still firmly believe that he's a good player and deserves to at least be on the bench more often. He's probably on there as a precaution for Lallana though, seeing as he's just had a dead leg an' all.

 

---------------------Bart----------------------

-----Thomas--Trotman--Jaidi--Harding----------

Antonio--James--Schneiderlin--Hammond--Lallana

-------------------Lambert---------------------

 

Must say I like the look of our side, I think we could get a convincing win.

Posted
4-5-1 it is

 

Saints: Bialkowski, Thomas, Trotman, Jaidi, Harding, James, Schneiderlin, Hammond, Antonio, Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Davis, Perry, Wotton, Gobern, Holmes, Papa Waigo, Connolly.

 

Mills must have really upset Pard's then, replaced by Holmes on the bench...

 

Glad about the formation - I would have started with Papa tho'. As to Mills - maybe a hard lesson, maybe not, only AP can answer that.

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