Baldock

[Sean Thornton]

I will lose no sleep over that

He'll be frantic.

 

[Esablade]

I will lose no sleep over that

Guess not..suppose you're aware of the fact anyhow.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

He'll be frantic.

Wait till he finds out I vote Tory and sometimes UKIP tactically to keep out the Labour candidate!!!!

 

[Esablade]

Wait till he finds out I vote Tory and sometimes UKIP tactically to keep out the Labour candidate!!!!

I care little for your voting habits, though I find your self-rightousness highly amusing...

 

[YorkBlade]

Jake Wright has been immense every game he has played for us. He's Mr Consistent. I would always rather have him in the first XI than not. I would suggest CCV dropped after the errors last game and then reassess after the Birmingham match dependent on the 3 centreback performances.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Wait till he finds out I vote Tory and sometimes UKIP tactically to keep out the Labour candidate!!!!

Bedrocks just opened his eyes now you've said that. Wondering if his Master needs fluffing....

 

[LJBlade]

I care little for your voting habits, though I find your self-rightousness highly amusing...

You're a very strange person

 

[Esablade]

You're a very strange person

Right-o...you appear relatively normal..if that's any help?

 

[Harrisblade]

It was an interesting one with Blackman and Moore. Blackman was injured, so Moore had to do enough to replace him as #1 and I don't think he did that. And where do you draw the line in terms of a mistake? Does it only count as a mistake if it leads to a goal conceded? Moore's biggest mistake in the Hull game went unpunished.

Luckily we don't have to worry about it.
We have a manager who's job involves making exactly these sort of decisions and, in my opinion, gets them right more times than not - so sit back and enjoy the ride

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Blackman
Basham CCV JOC
Baldock Carruthers Fleck Stevens
Duffy
Sharp Clarke

Thinking they'll have one biggun up there (likely Gallager) so CCV's physicality needed. Albeit tough on Wright.

And I'd have Carruthers in as tempo-setter. Which would be tough on Lundstram who did nowt wrong, but just that Carruthers better placed to keep quickly moving the ball around a la Coutts IMO.

(Regardless, Chris said that Duffy took a knock, so that might force his hand re the no 10 role, probably meaning both Lundstram & Carruthers in.)

 

[Grizzly blade]

Can’t see Wilder dropping CCV, it would give out a message to the players “if you make a bad mistake then you’re dropped’.

CCV has been pretty impressive so far. The best 3 seem to be

OConnell- CCV - Basham

It’s like telling Billy Sharp “if you miss 2 consecutive penalties then you’re dropped”.

It’s the performances over a spell of games that count, not a 1 off bad error in a game.

To be fair all the centre backs seem decent and I’m sure Wright or even Stearnan will do a good job.

It’s not just the mistake, after it you could see it affected him and it’s all part of the learning and growing process to learn to put it behind you and keep doing what you were doing. I felt his head dropped and it affected the remainder of his match. I am suggesting he is taken away from the pressure for a game to make sure that error doesn’t turn into a run of bad form.
I understand the thoughts on getting dropped after one error, and agree, but on the other hand there are several lads in this squad kicking their heels, desperate to play. If they can’t get a chance after someone's loss of form then when can they? And then they lose interest.

It’s a tough world, and as a young lad he would learn from that. But all being said, Wilder may well keep him in.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

It’s not just the mistake, after it you could see it affected him and it’s all part of the learning and growing process to learn to put it behind you and keep doing what you were doing. I felt his head dropped and it affected the remainder of his match. I am suggesting he is taken away from the pressure for a game to make sure that error doesn’t turn into a run of bad form.
I understand the thoughts on getting dropped after one error, and agree, but on the other hand there are several lads in this squad kicking their heels, desperate to play. If they can’t get a chance after someone's loss of form then when can they? And then they lose interest.

It’s a tough world, and as a young lad he would learn from that. But all being said, Wilder may well keep him in.

And a further possible factor is that after several minutes struggling to live with Fulham, the 2 quick goals from them led to something not seen for a while - I thought most of the team (not Fleck, Leon, JOC) lost their confidence, and for a while players did not make themselves available for a pass or have the confidence to play their normal game. The do-or-die approach in the second-half kept us going, but I wonder if CW/AK will be looking for a starting eleven of players they know will be confident.

 

[ucandomagic]

Blackman
Basham CCV JOC
Baldock Carruthers Fleck Stevens
Duffy
Sharp Clarke

Thinking they'll have one biggun up there (likely Gallager) so CCV's physicality needed. Albeit tough on Wright.

And I'd have Carruthers in as tempo-setter. Which would be tough on Lundstram who did nowt wrong, but just that Carruthers better placed to keep quickly moving the ball around a la Coutts IMO.

(Regardless, Chris said that Duffy took a knock, so that might force his hand re the no 10 role, probably meaning both Lundstram & Carruthers in.)

I think you’re right, and I think that Tufty’s statement about Duff taking a knock was to allow him to leave Duff out for a game without appearing to have pulled him on performance - straight after the game he did say that he thought Duff hadn’t been his usual self.

Regarding Lundy - he did OK in the middle, but leaving him at RB at the end against Sessegnon and Ojo was a bit of a failure! His attempts to block goals 4 and 5 were somewhat amateurish to say the least. Let’s hope we have a proper right back in for tomorrow cos Bash didn’t cover himself in glory for the 3rd goal either.

So your final thought of:-

Blackman
Basham CCV JOC
Baldock Lundstram Fleck Stevens
Carruthers
Sharp. Clarke

looks the most likely start to me.

Magic Choices in Magic Days

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Magic Choices in Magic Days

good effort up to now - you'll run out eventually.............

UTB

 

[blade67]

Can’t see Wilder dropping CCV, it would give out a message to the players “if you make a bad mistake then you’re dropped’.

CCV has been pretty impressive so far. The best 3 seem to be

OConnell- CCV - Basham

It’s like telling Billy Sharp “if you miss 2 consecutive penalties then you’re dropped”.

It’s the performances over a spell of games that count, not a 1 off bad error in a game.

To be fair all the centre backs seem decent and I’m sure Wright or even Stearnan will do a good job.

TBF, when JOC made a couple of mistakes early last season he was on the bench. His job to get back in, same with EEL who never quite managed to get back. I rate CCV though, it seems Wilder has a pretty significant decision to make

 

[YES Blade]

I think you’re right, and I think that Tufty’s statement about Duff taking a knock was to allow him to leave Duff out for a game without appearing to have pulled him on performance - straight after the game he did say that he thought Duff hadn’t been his usual self.

Regarding Lundy - he did OK in the middle, but leaving him at RB at the end against Sessegnon and Ojo was a bit of a failure! His attempts to block goals 4 and 5 were somewhat amateurish to say the least. Let’s hope we have a proper right back in for tomorrow cos Bash didn’t cover himself in glory for the 3rd goal either.

So your final thought of:-

Blackman
Basham CCV JOC
Baldock Lundstram Fleck Stevens
Carruthers
Sharp. Clarke

looks the most likely start to me.

Magic Choices in Magic Days

That's the way I think Wilder will go, if Lundstram can't get a decent run of games now, we might as well sell him in January! He is the obvious replacement for Coutts and deserves a chance to prove it. His performance on Tuesday was good enough to keep the shirt.

Carruthers impressed when he came on Tuesday so you could argue he deserves a start, but after only one bad game it would be harsh to drop Duffy. At 32, a rest for a match or two might do Duffy good right now.