Best Starting eleven out of current players

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wizadry said:
Whats even more baffling are the people not putting Basham in their team when Cloughy has allready said he is in his first 11.
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Doyle is nothing but a presence that forces players out wide, rarely makes tackles or contributes to anything, useless IMHO.
 
I think your starting back 5 is
Howard
Alcock, Maguire(collins if maguire goes), Butler, Harris

Then i am scratching my head because of the amount of new players. We are desperate for a striker that is for sure.
 
Howard

Alcock - Butler - Maguire - Harris

Basham

Flynn---------Scougall--------Murphy

Baxter

McNulty

Subs: Willis, McGahey, Doyle, Wallace, Campbell-Ryce, DeGirolamo, Porter
 
RedandWhite said:
Doyle is nothing but a presence that forces players out wide, rarely makes tackles or contributes to anything, useless IMHO.
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You saw a different Doyle to me last season. especially in the 2nd half of the season. Doyle will start in a midfield 3 with Basham and Scougall I reckon
 
bartman said:
You saw a different Doyle to me last season. especially in the 2nd half of the season. Doyle will start in a midfield 3 with Basham and Scougall I reckon
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Hopefully basham is INSTEAD of Doyle-not as well as,
I want basham to take his position,
His shirt,
His name,
His wife and pets!
 
bartman said:
You saw a different Doyle to me last season. especially in the 2nd half of the season. Doyle will start in a midfield 3 with Basham and Scougall I reckon
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Until we ship all the deadwood out like Doyle,and don't get me wrong he didn't do bad the second half of last season,we won't do anything,i think cloughy has seen this and thats why he has brought a few midfielders in.
 
The squad is currently too big. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the new signing don't stay past christmas.
It seems to be a case of sign a load of nobodies, see which work then in a few months ship out who doesn't.
I don't think he has a clue what the starting xi will end up being right now. We've already seen Clough doesn't piddle around
getting rid of players he doesn't like. Which is good, in the past we've given rubbish players far too many chances.

Just wish we'd sign a couple of quality ones too though.You can build a team around a couple of quality players and a group of
hard working decent ones, but without the quality you're gonna struggle. Last season Brayford and Coady provided that (relative to the division) quality we didn't have before, Coady was here but he wasn't the player he ended up being later on, right now i can't see who is doing that this season. Somebody may step up big time like those two did, but i'm not convinced.
 
wizadry said:
Until we ship all the deadwood out like Doyle,and don't get me wrong he didn't do bad the second half of last season,we won't do anything,i think cloughy has seen this and thats why he has brought a few midfielders in.
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Couldn't agree more,
How ruthless would you be with the clear out though? I think my idea of ruthless and deadwood is a bit more extreme than most peoples, but Im sick of average players holding others back.
Can you imagine what McDonald thought of playing at the side of someone like Doyle? Whilst being covered by Hill and trying to thread balls through for Porter?
 
From the pig end said:
Hopefully basham is INSTEAD of Doyle-not as well as,
I want basham to take his position,
His shirt,
His name,
His wife and pets!
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Basham is a different kind of Player from what I can gather. I wonder if it will be young Dimao that will eventually take Doyle's place( can't recall seeing Wallace player so I'm not sure if he could play the same role as Doyle)
 
bartman said:
Basham is a different kind of Player from what I can gather. I wonder if it will be young Dimao that will eventually take Doyle's place( can't recall seeing Wallace player so I'm not sure if he could play the same role as Doyle)
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Yes Bartman,Wallace is a holding midfielder who can create chances aswell,but first things first,lets get the lad playing,i hope we haven't got a John Ebbrell on our hands.
 



bartman said:
Basham is a different kind of Player from what I can gather. I wonder if it will be young Dimao that will eventually take Doyle's place( can't recall seeing Wallace player so I'm not sure if he could play the same role as Doyle)
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Sounds from this Blackpool fan's assessment that he'd be best in the Doyle role: http://aunitedview.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-new-arrivals-chris-basham-harrison.html

Basham's best performances came in the centre of midfield, combined with creative players around him. Basham would break up play, get up and down the pitch, and lay the ball off to those more able to carve out goal scoring opportunities. It may be an unheralded role at times, but it is one Basham has shown he has the ability for at Championship level, when provided the opportunity.
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Does anyone know who has taken the captain's armband when Doyle hasn't been on the pitch in the friendlies so far?
 
bartman said:
You saw a different Doyle to me last season. especially in the 2nd half of the season. Doyle will start in a midfield 3 with Basham and Scougall I reckon
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The only difference with Doyle in the second half of the season was that he was slightly less bad. His legs have gone, he cant keep up with play, rarely if ever makes a tackle as he is behind play and passing when he does het the ball is poor.

Nice guy, weak link !!

I wouldn't expect him to make the bench this season unless several injuries mount up .....
UTB & FTP
 
Having seen more of the side now I have some thoughts on the starting XI.

I think the backline is fairly simple. Howard, Alcock, Butler, Collins, Harris. There is however a very good chance of McGahey and Freeman working their way into that. That leaves the front six...

One option would be to basically shove six of the best players in and the ones i've come upon seem to best fit 4-2 or 4-1-1. This would involve Murphy and Flynn out wide (obviously). A midfield two of Basham (like the look of him and is apparently a starter) and Reed who has really impressed in pre season (could be swapped out for a fit Wallace or others as it's a competitive area). This leaves Baxter and Diego/McNulty/New Striker to wreak havoc up top as in my eyes the first two mentioned are our best footballers. This could also be done as a 4-3-3 with a triangular midfield three with Baxter/Diego the pinnacle.

In reality it's unlikely Diego and Baxter will play together and we'll more than likely be playing our usual 4-5-1/4-3-3 for the time being (especially pre new striker) so that for me would mean Diego out for a midfielder which from the little I've seen (and guessing) would be Wallace or Doyle.

I'd really love Reed to be given a chance starting and I think Clough is the sort who will give him it. I'm very happy with the squad and am in the camp of a striker would be nice but it isn't a disaster if we don't get one immediately. Also Porter's not nearly as bad as he's made out to be, he's experienced the opposite effect of Brayford in that his reputation have made people think he's far worse than he is in reality and they ignore the good he does (for example up against two international centre backs tonight). I'm impressed by all the new signings and barring any disasters I see no reason we won't go up.
 
I'd go;

Howard
Alcock McGahey Collins Harris
Flynn Basham Scougall Murphy
Baxter McNulty

SUBS; Butler, Davies, Wallace, JCR, Porter
 
Deadly_D'Jaffo said:
I'd go;

Howard
Alcock McGahey Collins Harris
Flynn Basham Scougall Murphy
Baxter McNulty

SUBS; Butler, Davies, Wallace, JCR, Porter
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Only 4 subs!!!!

I would stick Willis on the bench as well. The huge positive for me is that we have got huge strength in depth this season
 
4-4-1-1/4-4-2:

Howard, Alcock, Butler, Collins, Harris, Flynn, Basham, Scougall, Murphy, Baxter, McNulty.

Subs: Willis, McGahey, Davies, Wallace (until match fit at least), Campbell-Ryce, Reed, Porter
 
Ben Davis has got to start after tonights performance. Our strongest players from last season are Flynn, Murphy, Baxter and Scougall. Alcock looks quality and so does Butler.
 
Howard Alcock Collins Butler Harris Wallace Basham Scougall Flynn Baxter Murphy subs: Willis, McGahey, Reed, Davies, Ryce, Porter and Diego. The subs is actually pretty tough, some decent players are gonna miss out. Especially with more signings to come. Atleast any injuries in the squad shouldn't be a worry.
 
At the moment, think I'd go

Howard
Davies Butler Collins Harris
Basham Wallace
Flynn Scougall Murphy
Baxter

Subs: Willis, Alcock, Doyle, Reed, McNulty, Campbell-Ryce, Porter

As obvious as it is, the main area of weakness being up front and goals. I do like the flexibility we'll have in midfield with this squad, a lot of options.
 
Scougall doesn't start for me, think while he was good last year he wasn't as good as some liked to think. I have a feeling he'll struggle to make as much of an impact this year and may be rotated more, after all he was never intended to play so much last year. Basham will start according to Clough (rightly so) while Reed has performed better, and I don't think two such lightweight players can be accommodated. That said I still think he is and will be a great player for us, just don't agree he should start as a lot of people seem to think.
 
Being based overseas I haven't seen any of the friendlies ( part-timer I know !!) but based on their previous performance in sweaty sockland I think McNulty and Scougall should be given a chance to reproduce their partnership here ( until we get another striker of course - Evans??). Porter seems to have more impact as a sub than as a starter and has been shown to be not prolific enough to warrant a starting place for my money.We are scratching around for strength in depth up front as we all know so I hope young Diego gets some game time so we can see whether he can cut it at League level - probably as a sub for a tiring Baxter (though he does look fitter than he was last season) or Scougall.

I can't see a place for Doyle. If he loses the captain's armband then I don't think NC can either. As a holding player I would opt for Basham. How much playing time we get out of Wallace remains to be seen though from what I have read he seems injury prone. McGinn I think will not feature and probably go out on loan. Reed has impressed a lot of people and I hope he will get some game time but is still very young - (the same goes for Kennedy in defence though to a lesser extent). Davies is a useful sub for fb or midfield. I think Flynn may well have his work cut out not to lose his place to JCR ( good to have competition) if he performs like he did at the end of last season for Notts County.

I think the loss of the attacking contributions of Brayford and McGuire will put the onus on being more creative in midfield as I wasn't overly impressed with Harris going forward and Alcock reportedly lost out at Peterboro because he is an out and out (good) defender who gets a nosebleed if he goes into the opposition half. In time I think McGahey will replace Collins. I think Butler will settle down to be a mainstay - a good pro.

Anyhow for what its worth my pick would be :

Howard
Alcock, Butler (cap), Collins, Harris
Flynn, Baxter, Basham, Scougall, Murphy
McNulty

Subs: Willis, Davies, McGahey, Wallace/Reed, Campbell-Ryce, Diego, Porter
 



Howard
Freeman, Alcock, Butler, Harris
JCR, Scougall, Basham, Wallace, Murphy
Baxter

Subs:- Willis, Davies, Collins, Flynn, Diego, McNulty, Porter
 
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