Giordano Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 These are my guaranteed to start every EPl match if fit 8 players, with my guaranteed to be on bench under normal circumstances 3. Yes.Fraser Forster. on the bench KD Yes.Clyne. Yes. Fonte. Yes.Toby. on the bench Gardos : cover for RB + CB Yes. Bertrand. on the bench Maya : cover for LB + CB. Yes Morgan 1Big Vic One from Bigvic/Cork/SDF is on the bench* 2Cork 3.SD (only 2 from these 3 can play- the other is sub) Yes.Tadic Yes. Pelle That for me leaves 1 starting player remaining and 3/4 substitutes to be resolved. The presence of Sado Mane and Shane Long does give an immediate dilemma for the remaining starting place. Whoever starts then the other one is bench. MY first 11 in an EPL match at present would be : FF,Clyne, JF, Toby, RB, MS, Bigvic,SD, DT, SM, GP My seven benched might be : KD, Gardos, Maya, Cork, Long, Mayuka and JWP. When Jrod is fit he competes for a starting spot and will take up a bench space if he cannot dislodge Mane or Long- though i hope he can come back to what he was as at times he was unplayable last season for some defenders. Probably dislodging Mayuka. Come Capital Cup at Stoke I would start Gardos, Targett and the unused midfielder straight away but otherwise leave it at full strength for the starters, giving 1 or 2 of our kids a place on the bench. I think winning but being on the bench is as good if not better experience for young players as playing but losing the match.. *Its arguable that Davis, Cork and Wanyama are guaranteed starters if fit and are pretty much interchangeable but only two can usually play - not all three plus morgan and tadic as are they too "samey" ~ though its not a completely impossible a line up against certain opponents, certainly if we wanted to keep maximum ball possession for example to stifle someone. So, observation on the minute differences in fitness/preparation/attitude/form/confidence or the type of match is what RK uses to decide which 2 of of those start and which 1 is benched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 Gardos vs Toby might be an interesting one. Gardos did well at Arsenal (or so I thought) and while Toby did well against Newcastle (who couldn't??) he didn't seem quite such at ease vs QPR. Or maybe I wasn't watching properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 Thanks Ronald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rees Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 We have such good competition everywhere now (apart from GK). When J Rod returns we'll have some squad to choose from. IMO this would be our best team: ----------FF---------- NC---JF-----TA---RB ------VW---MS------- ----------DT---------- SM-------GP-------JR Bench: KD, FG, JC, SD, SL, JWP, MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrensup Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 One thing for sure, is Yoshida is no cover for LB! Did you forget Targett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 Starts if fit for me: Forster Clyne, Bertrand Morgan Tadic Pelle You could argue that any of Fonte, Alderweireld and Gardos are good enough, however Fonte is probably a must start. Would expect it to be 2 from Wanyama, Cork, Davis, JWP. 1 from J Rod, Mane and Long. Great to have such depth for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 seems that RK isn't afraid to use subs. - even when the game is going well, and so what better than to use three extra fit, energetic players who can give 90 mins. effort in the last half hour and use Plan B. I see nothing wrong with subbing in Wanyama or Cork for each other......or Mane / Long ......or perhaps even JayRod / Pelle . Just now we've got most of the squad fit, except JWP is out till the New Year (at least) ....but if we suddenly had a run of bad injuries?.... we'd need all the fit players we can get. It's a LONG ..season . Still 32 games to go ....plus a couple of cup runs?....and players going off for internationals ? ....think about it ! So ....expect a name or two more to be added in January to strengthen the squad (and there's still transfer money in the kitty)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis17 Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 -------------Forster Clyne Fonte Alderweireld Bertrand -----Wanyama Schneiderlin --------------Davis Rodriguez----------------Tadic -------------Pelle Subs: Davis, Gardos, Targett, Cork, JWP, Mane, Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 Davis is an absolute rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintTex Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 We have such good competition everywhere now (apart from GK). When J Rod returns we'll have some squad to choose from. IMO this would be our best team: ----------FF---------- NC---JF-----TA---RB ------VW---MS------- ----------DT---------- SM-------GP-------JR I think the above are our best starting 11 if healthy. I guess the question would be what is the best formation for them. Another one to consider below, as I like the link up play we have been getting at each side between our backs and wingers. If you want to cultivate that relationship, where to place JRod is a question (paired with Pelle?) ----------FF---------- NC---JF-------TA---RB ---------VW---------- DT-------MS-------SM ------GP----JR-------- but I know Koeman seems to prefer a 4-3-3. So, maybe.. ----------FF---------- NC----JF-----TA----RB ----DT---VW---MS---- SM-------GP--------JR It seems both Mane and Tadic seem to both favor the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue Saint Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 When all fit, this is our strongest lineup in opinion: Forster Clyne Fonte Alderweireld Bertrand Wanyama Schneiderlin Mane Tadic Rodriguez Pelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 When all fit, this is our strongest lineup in opinion: Forster Clyne Fonte Alderweireld Bertrand Wanyama Schneiderlin Mane Tadic Rodriguez Pelle Not sure about that! Might be the best players but would be pretty unbalanced as a team, unless you're going back to the 4-2-4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron fan Posted 30 September, 2014 Share Posted 30 September, 2014 Having seen Gardos at Arsenal, he'd start ahead of Toby for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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