rowsdower Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 There's overthinking it, then there's that lineup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Could be a masterstroke, Bair knocking folk about, Biereth running off him, Wilkinson following up behind to put away the scraps, no Butcher to drag us back to the 18 yard box, two midfielders pushing us forward. What’s not to like? Kettlewell may see it different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Jeezo. That's a classic overthink of a line up. Can't see it working but I'm prepared to give it a chance and see how it goes the first 30. My prediction, midfield will be over run, our wingbacks won't get forward, our defenders will have to step out, leaving gaps and we will concede. Maybe I'll give it 20 mins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I am fucking over this, get him to f**k. I don't care if we win 7-0 the night that's a fucking disgrace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Hope it’s not a front 3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, ropy said: Could be a masterstroke, Bair knocking folk about, Biereth running off him, Wilkinson following up behind to put away the scraps, no Butcher to drag us back to the 18 yard box, two midfielders pushing us forward. What’s not to like? Kettlewell may see it different. As much as I think this could work, my concern is that as we stumbled across Bair and Wilkinson in midfield due to the sending off, it looks like Kettlewell is just pointing at stuff and saying that worked once. is that a plan? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 That's a last throw of the dice lineup if I've ever seen one. Davor must be genuinely awful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I'm not as down on the lineup as everyone else but I really wonder what we've said to Blackburn/Huddersfield. "Give us your dynamic young fullbacks and we'll play them on their wrong side/give them 20 minutes each week once we're two down?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 45 minutes ago, Allroy for Prez said: It almost as if he wants sacked now. If we get what I expect we will tonight with that line up (fucking horsed), the cvnt can just forget getting back on the bus and relocate back up there. That's an abomination of a selection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_tony Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 29 minutes ago, ropy said: Could be a masterstroke, Bair knocking folk about, Biereth running off him, Wilkinson following up behind to put away the scraps, no Butcher to drag us back to the 18 yard box, two midfielders pushing us forward. What’s not to like? Kettlewell may see it different. The problem is that every time we try 3 up front they end up either tripping over each other trying to do the same thing or ending up miles away from the action and totally nullified. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I understand that not every signing will work, and some players take time to bed in. Davor has played 100+ professional games and has been called up internationally, there is absolutely no way he's "wilkinson in midfield" bad. I get that Gent can't defend, but who can right now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I can't believe he's managed to get himself into a scenario where his reluctance to change from a back three and his constant tinkering of formations are simultaneously a problem. For me, I'd say Spittal and Mika are the players I rate most highly. Tonight we won't get the most out of Spittal as he is playing too deep and as per the previous games using this formation, we won't get the most out of Mika because Wilkinson and Bair will be in his road. If we've got to the stage where we can't freshen up the team with the left back and central midfielder that he signed, when we need a left back and a central midfielder, then that's on him. Hopefully, tonight he completely proves me wrong, but that team selection is tipping the scales in my opinion of his future. He's almost doing the polar opposite of what made him successful when he first came in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 minute ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: I can't believe he's managed to get himself into a scenario where his reluctance to change from a back three and his constant tinkering of formations are simultaneously a problem. For me, I'd say Spittal and Mika are the players I rate most highly. Tonight we won't get the most out of Spittal as he is playing too deep and as per the previous games using this formation, we won't get the most out of Mika because Wilkinson and Bair will be in his road. If we've got to the stage where we can't freshen up the team with the left back and central midfielder that he signed, when we need a left back and a central midfielder, then that's on him. Hopefully, tonight he completely proves me wrong, but that team selection is tipping the scales in my opinion of his future. He's almost doing the polar opposite of what made him successful when he first came in. This. Absolutely spot on. As you said, happy to be proven wrong and we end up with three points, but that selection is all over the place on paper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, fat_tony said: The problem is that every time we try 3 up front they end up either tripping over each other trying to do the same thing or ending up miles away from the action and totally nullified. I am hoping it is not 3 up front, Bair and Wilkinson got some experience of midfield on Saturday, one must play there, at least as a #10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 O’Donnell on left 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 GET HIM OUT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatermass Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 It’s bad when you miss the very start of a game and you are already one down. No idea what has happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, Quatermass said: It’s bad when you miss the very start of a game and you are already one down. No idea what has happened. Usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil86 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 The fact Wilkinson is actually in the press saying he hasn't a scoobie what to do in CM says everything about this team selection. Surely that can't be a better option than Davor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatermass Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Anybody else think we are in an unconscious race with Aberdeen to get on the phone to Neil Lennon first? We don’t have the budget but we also don’t have a Cup Final to look forward to/worry about either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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