Team v Millwall

[Ricky]

New GK (surely?)

Freeman Wilson O'Connell Wright

Coutts Basham Fleck

Duffy Clarke Chapman



Millwall have shown defensive vulnerabilities last night but unfortunately we can't score goals, so forget being too attack minded, they'd just pick us off. I'd go with three in midfield, as Wilder hinted he would, to try and control that area more. Millwall are always 4-4-2 so the central area should be one we have half a chance of coming out on top in. With Coutts and Fleck on the same pitch stringing more than two passes together might even be possible.

As for the full backs, Freeman and Wright couldn't be any worse. Freeman is more combative than Brayford and Wright is at least a proper defender, out of position or not. These two would give us a better chance of winning the battle and conceding less than four. It's not even like we'd be missing out on much from an attacking point of view either.

Done obviously has to be dropped, and in four games we've seen nothing from Billy apart from one goal and it looks like him and Clarke won't be able to play together, at least in a team with no style or cohesion providing no service. If it's a choice of one then it has to be Clarke at the minute. Maybe this line up would see us struggle to get bodies around Clarke, but then again we don't really bother doing that anyway.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - New GK - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Freeman - - Wright - - O'Connell - - Hussey

- - - - - - - - - Basham - - Coutts - - - - - - - - - -

Chapman - - - - - - McNulty - - - - - - Duffy

- - - - - - - - - - - - - Clarke - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Note: Duffy scrapes in by skin of his teeth.

 

[Slim Man]

Grant

Freeman - Wright - JOC - Hussey

Basham - Coutts - Fleck

Duffy - Clarke - McNulty

Not McNulty's biggest fan but let's give the lad a try here, he can play on the wing and on the left he'd be like an inverted attacker. He'd have to do plenty of defensive work but I think he's got it in him.
Right side of defence needs shaking up and we definitely need that extra body in midfield.

 

[Railway Blade]

This wont be the team but I would try

------------------------New Goalkeeper....................
Freeman....Wright.......O'Connell.....Hussey.......
............Coutts....Fleck....Whiteman.....................
Chapman.............................................Duffy..........
............................Clarke......................................

 

[Slug]

New GK (surely?)

Freeman Wilson O'Connell Wright

Coutts Basham Fleck

Duffy Clarke Chapman



Millwall have shown defensive vulnerabilities last night but unfortunately we can't score goals, so forget being too attack minded, they'd just pick us off. I'd go with three in midfield, as Wilder hinted he would, to try and control that area more. Millwall are always 4-4-2 so the central area should be one we have half a chance of coming out on top in. With Coutts and Fleck on the same pitch stringing more than two passes together might even be possible.

As for the full backs, Freeman and Wright couldn't be any worse. Freeman is more combative than Brayford and Wright is at least a proper defender, out of position or not. These two would give us a better chance of winning the battle and conceding less than four. It's not even like we'd be missing out on much from an attacking point of view either.

Done obviously has to be dropped, and in four games we've seen nothing from Billy apart from one goal and it looks like him and Clarke won't be able to play together, at least in a team with no style or cohesion providing no service. If it's a choice of one then it has to be Clarke at the minute. Maybe this line up would see us struggle to get bodies around Clarke, but then again we don't really bother doing that anyway.

I was going to post that exact same team. Hopefully if the GK and CM arrive then they can come straight in and i would move Basham to right back.
We have no choice but to go with 3 in the middle and both fullbacks have got to be changed because their performances have been totally unacceptable.
Clarke and Sharp clearly can't play together either so it needs to be one or the other and Leon has shown far more than Billy in the games so far

 

[Ricky]

I'd consider McNulty for Duffy too actually because despite the turgid shite going on around him, he's not been great either.

 

[Slug]

I'd consider McNulty for Duffy too actually because despite the turgid shite going on around him, he's not been great either.

If it was a home game I would go for McNulty but being away at Millwall then i would stick with Duffy but only because there is no other realistic option. He's been just as pathetic as the rest of them so far and looks like another one who suddenly loses all their ability once they sign for us

 

[blader]

Why are we dropping Sharp and keeping Clarke if we play one up front?

Sharp scored 22 goals last season, playing up front alone. Clarke scored 18 goals last season, playing with a partner.

Can't see the logic in Clarke over Sharp.

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Why are we dropping Sharp and keeping Clarke if we play one up front?

Sharp scored 22 goals last season, playing up front alone. Clarke scored 18 goals last season, playing with a partner.

Can't see the logic in Clarke over Sharp.

Sharp played up front alone? I thought we played 4-4-2 for the first half of the season then 3-5-2 for the second half. I'm actually struggling to think of the games now because I've tried to block out last season, but we didn't really play Sharp up front on his own did we??

Unless of course you're inferring Sammon wasn't good enough to be quantified as the second striker before we switched to Sharp and Adams, in which case I totally agree.

 

[Silent Blade]

Why are we dropping Sharp and keeping Clarke if we play one up front?

Sharp scored 22 goals last season, playing up front alone. Clarke scored 18 goals last season, playing with a partner.

Can't see the logic in Clarke over Sharp.

Sharp not tall or quick enough in the lone striker role

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

Sharp not tall or quick enough in the lone striker role

Scougall's quite light, we could but him on Billy's shoulders under a really long shirt - a sort of Frankenstein Peter Crouch

 

[robbiez666]

Long
Brayford Wilson O'Connell Hussey
Duffy Basham Fleck Done
Sharp Clarke

like every other game. Why change perfection?

 

[Bergen Blade]

New GK (surely?)

Freeman Wilson O'Connell Wright

Coutts Basham Fleck

Duffy Clarke Chapman



Millwall have shown defensive vulnerabilities last night but unfortunately we can't score goals, so forget being too attack minded, they'd just pick us off. I'd go with three in midfield, as Wilder hinted he would, to try and control that area more. Millwall are always 4-4-2 so the central area should be one we have half a chance of coming out on top in. With Coutts and Fleck on the same pitch stringing more than two passes together might even be possible.

As for the full backs, Freeman and Wright couldn't be any worse. Freeman is more combative than Brayford and Wright is at least a proper defender, out of position or not. These two would give us a better chance of winning the battle and conceding less than four. It's not even like we'd be missing out on much from an attacking point of view either.

Done obviously has to be dropped, and in four games we've seen nothing from Billy apart from one goal and it looks like him and Clarke won't be able to play together, at least in a team with no style or cohesion providing no service. If it's a choice of one then it has to be Clarke at the minute. Maybe this line up would see us struggle to get bodies around Clarke, but then again we don't really bother doing that anyway.

If we do play three in central midfield Coutts will surely be the deepest, trying to start off our moves like he did second half yesterday, while Basham and Fleck tries to do box to box.

 

[Bergen Blade]

Why are we dropping Sharp and keeping Clarke if we play one up front?

Sharp scored 22 goals last season, playing up front alone. Clarke scored 18 goals last season, playing with a partner.

Can't see the logic in Clarke over Sharp.

Sharp played up front alone on very few (Rochdale at home, Oldham away) occasions last season. Bury played a few different formations, including 4-5-1.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Freeman Wright O Connell Hussey
Duffy Fleck Coutts Chapman
McNulty Clark

Yes no goalkeeper we don't fucking need one if its George long

Tell that fucker Basham to go and watch a video on how to be a midfielder

 

[Silent Blade]

Freeman Wright O Connell Hussey
Duffy Fleck Coutts Chapman
McNulty Clark

Yes no goalkeeper we don't fucking need one if its George long

Tell that fucker Basham to go and watch a video on how to be a midfielder

Your pal Brownie will strongly disagree with your choice for the right back position

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

I'd play:-

Long
Brayford-Wilson-O'Connell-Hussey
Coutts-Basham-Whiteman-Fleck
Clarke-Done

We have been way to open with a midfield of Duffy-Basham-Fleck-Done, Basham as the only defensive type player in a midfield four is frightening.

 

[davidpinder]

O'connell is awful, can't pin all the blame on long, everyone putting new GK for Saturday think we also need a new Centre half as well.

 

[Large Mendonca]

Need to get 5 men into midfield to try and stop the rot Saturday, or 5 in defence and play wingbacks.

 

[Sean Thornton]

If we do play three in central midfield Coutts will surely be the deepest, trying to start off our moves like he did second half yesterday, while Basham and Fleck tries to do box to box.

Trouble is Basham gets to the opponents box and has a habit of turning around and setting back off towards his own. Still no real bite in there with that formation though. Nor leadership.

 

[Snowman]

My bet goes on the same team. Tufts seems to have a touch of the "you got us into this mess, so you'll get us out of it" mentality. It is that or he is like every other manager at this level, he doesn't like to admit he was wrong.

 

[jake alley]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - New GK - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Freeman - - Wright - - O'Connell - - Hussey

- - - - - - - - - Basham - - Coutts - - - - - - - - - -

Chapman - - - - - - McNulty - - - - - - Duffy

- - - - - - - - - - - - - Clarke - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Note: Duffy scrapes in by skin of his teeth.

I think mcnulty just sitting in behind Clarke would work well, feeding off knock downs from long balls and actually getting a fucking shot or two on target for once,early last season mcnulty scored a neat goal against Blackpool with a precise finish from outside the box, if he can do it then why can't he do it now!

 

[IMABLADE]

Any chance I can play?

 

[nopigfansintown]

4-3-2-1. New GK or Long.
Defence: Brayford, Basham, O'Connell, Hussey.
Midfield: Coutts
Fleck, Whiteman,
Chapman, Duffy
Striker: Clarke.

 

[Derek1889]

Grant
Brayford wilson oconnel hussey
Chapman reed fleck scougal
Mcnulty clarke

 

[Revolution]

It doesn't matter. There aren't enough good or in inform players in the current squad to get a result against them.

You have to be tough to win there. Our players are weak. They will crumble.

He may as well pick the side out of a hat.

 

[Ginger Gnome]

Ramsdale

Brayford, Wilson, Wright, Hussey

Coutts, Basham, Fleck

Scougall

McNulty, Clarke

Ramsdale needs games this season, if we don't bring another keeper in they may a well be for us.
Both fullbacks on their last chance to do something and responsible for providing all width. Wright in at centre-back as captain with potential to replace Hussey if he's still shit.
Three in central midfield so we're covered when the full-backs push forward and to cover for each other's inadequacies.
Scougall central in front of them to provide some movement and try to link midfield and attack.
McNulty and Clarke up front with McNulty in a free role to drift wide or a bit deeper with Scougs. Clarke not playing as a bloody target man.

That team offers the potential to drop Basham into a back three and push the full-backs on, Coutts and McNulty to go wide if we want to go 4-5-1. And the chance to throw on Sharp and two wingers as impact substitutes and change the shape if we need to rather than just token like-for-like swaps.

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

Just heard Fleck is a doubt for Saturday (groin) Tweeted by Giddings

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Id be tempted with the following

New Gk - assuming thy sign

Brayford oconnell wilson Wallace

Coutts fleck whiteman

Duffy sharp chapman

Think we've lost control of midfield v Rochdale and again on Tuesday and then took easy option of lumping it.

The likes of freeman, reed and brooks wouldn't have performed any worse this season either.

Clarke can consider himself harshly dropped but hopefully we get a style bully can play as I think he's a better finisher

 

[SoundBiteAdkins]

New Gk or Ramsdale
Freeman Wilson Wright Hussey
Basham
Coutts Fleck Chapman
McNulty
Clarke

But we won't try anything like that.

Probably be same team. And we'll all be on here kicking off after another defeat.

Definitely needs 5 in midfield and I'd happily settle for a point there and 3 against Oxford.