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Not much else to cling onto now.

Very much our last best hope of challenging for European qualification. 😅

I can see this being a very different starting eleven, maybe a few kids on the bench, but I don’t see it being high scoring in the slightest. I’d honestly take a 2-0 win now.

Prediction: 2-0 or 2-1. It’ll be close like the Lincoln game.

Predicted XI:
McCarthy; Lyanco, DCC, Bednarek, Perraud; Djenepo, JWP, Alcaraz, Orsic; Armstrong, Mara

I think the likes of Stu Armstrong, Onuachu, Sulemana, Lavia etc will all be on the bench or rested.

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20 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Not much else to cling onto now.

Very much our last best hope of challenging for European qualification. 😅

I can see this being a very different starting eleven, maybe a few kids on the bench, but I don’t see it being high scoring in the slightest. I’d honestly take a 2-0 win now.

Prediction: 2-0 or 2-1. It’ll be close like the Lincoln game.

Predicted XI:
McCarthy; Lyanco, DCC, Bednarek, Perraud; Djenepo, JWP, Alcaraz, Orsic; Armstrong, Mara

I think the likes of Stu Armstrong, Onuachu, Sulemana, Lavia etc will all be on the bench or rested.

Think Luton would have a better run in Europe than we would. 

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I don't think we'll see many youngsters, there's a FA Youth Cup 1/4 final away to Preston on Thursday evening they'll mostly be involved in that. 

Agree mostly with that team, probably rest Perraud and have Djenepo left back, shame we can't play Bree, I think Aribo and Walcott will get some minutes should be about their level 

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Play the team that you intend to play at the weekend. Get them on the field together and get a win under their belts. 
If there’s question marks (hopefully elyonoussi and Bednarak) then play the alternative and see how they perform. We need to find a formula and some consistency.

I’d try

             McCarthy

AMN   ABK   Salisu/DCC KWP

           Lavia   JWP

Stu       Alcaraz     Kamaldeen

             Onuachu

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12 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Shame 🥳

 

Who am I going to blame now?

I mean I’m sure Alex McCarthy will get beaten at his near post at some point.

Lyanco I’m sure will misplace a pass or fifty to the opposition.

Joe Aribo walking side to side like a table football player.

The opportunities are endless 😁

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Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

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11 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

Im liking this. Only change I'd make is McCarthy for Willy. Break him back into the starting lineup and then start him at the weekend ahead of Baz

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32 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

Fat fucking chance of that with the lack of effort some of our ‘elite’ players put in. 🤣

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1 hour ago, SaintZamboni said:

Play the team that you intend to play at the weekend. Get them on the field together and get a win under their belts. 
If there’s question marks (hopefully elyonoussi and Bednarak) then play the alternative and see how they perform. We need to find a formula and some consistency.

I’d try

             McCarthy

AMN   ABK   Salisu/DCC KWP

           Lavia   JWP

Stu       Alcaraz     Kamaldeen

             Onuachu

No way stu or mailand niles should pay they don’t deserve it 

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3 minutes ago, Stu Man Do said:

Personally I would start PO and Sule to get them match fit. I’d be tempted to try Adams and PO together up top to see if that could work as well. Basically we need to remember how to score goals, have we scored 3 in a game this year yet?!

Cambridge away. Other than that I’m struggling.

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2 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

What's nuts is that other than Diallo for Lavia that looks better than our "premier league first choice" team.

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2 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

That B team is probably better than the team that played Saturday, obvs no Latvia but the rest of it shows how interchangeably rubbish the rest of our squad is. Maybe that’s the secret of our non-success, we employ two B teams and can’t put out a decent first XI?

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2 hours ago, SaintZamboni said:

Play the team that you intend to play at the weekend. Get them on the field together and get a win under their belts. 
If there’s question marks (hopefully elyonoussi and Bednarak) then play the alternative and see how they perform. We need to find a formula and some consistency.

I’d try

             McCarthy

AMN   ABK   Salisu/DCC KWP

           Lavia   JWP

Stu       Alcaraz     Kamaldeen

             Onuachu

I agree with this. Apart from Perraud and Stu A. who would probably struggle to play Wednesday and then Saturday, the rest should be up for it and get a team together that knows each other's games and strengths (😏). Surely they can practice through balls, running in to space, one-twos and just creating openings/scoring opportunities. 

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2 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

Having got a ticket for the game I’d be delighted to see what this line up can achieve, even if it is against a lower league team. Having said that, I’m under no illusion that Grimsby have the advantage of a consistent side that know each other’s games and will play like it’s the final. Indeed sadly it wouldn’t surprise me to see us lose 1-2 after going in 1-0 up at half-time. We shall see.

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12 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Selles has said there will absolutely be rotation, as he doesn’t want the players to be burnt out for the weekend. He hinted that it’s not out of the question for the whole team to change, I reckon he won’t quite go that far but it’ll be largely a complete change. Personally I’d go with…..

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Edozie

Which is hugely frustrating as it means the same team will be playing again this weekend.  We've tried not changing a winning team (one measly win!), so I guess we should also try not changing a losing team :mcinnes:

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Selles said in his press conference he wanted us to play through the lines by passing and moving, playing tall Paul give the players an easy out by just lumping it forward to use his height advantage, I fear his signing maybe the final nail in our coffin (not his fault) as the team is low in confidence they dont want to play a risky pass so we simply revert to Jones ball. For this game i would like to see this team 

Willy

KWP - DCC - Salisu - Perraud

Diallo - JWP - Alcaraz

Sulemana - Mara - Djenepo

Then for the Leicester game replace Diallo with Lavia and Djenepo with Stu A

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15 hours ago, Roger said:

No way stu or mailand niles should pay they don’t deserve it 

I’d agree Armstrong had a bad game but my feeling was, at least he tried. Yeah he couldn’t beat his man often, nothing came off and he missed our best chance of the game but at least he tried to beat his man and created a chance. Who else in the attacking third can we say that of? 

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4 hours ago, SotonianWill said:

might being the key word here, even against league 2 grimsby

Don't be so spineless, we'll  win this match easily probably by around 5-0. It may not help us much in the league but  will do wonders for the fans.

Would be doubly delicious if Ballard gets a run out.

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I'd probably focus on getting Sulemana and Onuachu some more minutes/a good performance under their belts. It's not like we've been running them into the ground seeing as they're typically coming off at around the 60th minute each week.

Caballero
Lyanco - DCC - Salisu - KWP
Alcaraz - Diallo - Aribo
Edozie - Onuachu - Sulemana

Shame that Bree is cup-tied, and the concussion comes at a bad time for Orsic who needed this game massively. Hopefully Ballard/Dibling get a spot on the bench as well.

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52 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

I'd probably focus on getting Sulemana and Onuachu some more minutes/a good performance under their belts. It's not like we've been running them into the ground seeing as they're typically coming off at around the 60th minute each week.

Caballero
Lyanco - DCC - Salisu - KWP
Alcaraz - Diallo - Aribo
Edozie - Onuachu - Sulemana

Shame that Bree is cup-tied, and the concussion comes at a bad time for Orsic who needed this game massively. Hopefully Ballard/Dibling get a spot on the bench as well.

Actually makes sense to give Onuachu and Sulemana a chance to build an understanding and maybe even score a goal. 

Leave Ballard and Dibling to focus on FA Youth Cup on Thursdays trip to Preston, they've done well would be a shame to go out of that competition missing some of their better players with the first team 

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21 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

 No. He’s the reason we are where we are.

Grandad , The reason we are here is because the club made no signings in the summer thus condeming Ralph

I trust you are quite content with the clubs football management since Ralphs departure .. Just when do your alarm bells start ringing

Maybe when we are in the championship ... It`ll be to late by then mate .

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Nope. I blame Ralph. We have been poor since before last summer.

When you say “the club’s football management since Ralph’s departure” I include the management before he was sacked. Their big failure was not releasing him earlier and the even bigger failure was choosing the wrong replacement.

I hear no alarm bells because the prospect of the Championship carries no fears for me.

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13 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Now you've torn it... 

Luton are only a few places below us in the league and Grimsby knocked them out last round so definitely not a foregone conclusion. 

Ticket sales still look terrible, I doubt the board care but they should take note in this round last year we had 28,383 at home to West Ham , will be a good 10k less a year later, a lot of fans giving up. 

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49 minutes ago, JRM said:

Luton are only a few places below us in the league and Grimsby knocked them out last round so definitely not a foregone conclusion. 

Ticket sales still look terrible, I doubt the board care but they should take note in this round last year we had 28,383 at home to West Ham , will be a good 10k less a year later, a lot of fans giving up. 

Not using this as an excuse, but the ridiculous kick off time and the fact that it's a Wednesday will have meant some won't be able to make the game. Absolutely crazy that the FA still persist with Round 5 games on a week day. 

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3 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Not using this as an excuse, but the ridiculous kick off time and the fact that it's a Wednesday will have meant some won't be able to make the game. Absolutely crazy that the FA still persist with Round 5 games on a week day. 

Plus it's live on 'free' TV so is accessible to everyone.

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