Team v Bury

[HeCanDoMagic]

- - - - - - - - - - - - Moore - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - EEL - - - - Wright - - - - JOC - - - -

Basham - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lafferty

- - - - - - - - - Coutts - - Fleck - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - Scougall - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -Sharp - - - - Clarke - - - - - - -

Subs: Ramsdale, Chapman, Brown, Freeman, Done, Lavery, Brooks.

If the rumours are true and Freeman/Coutts are fit, and Duffy could be rested as precaution ahead of the Charlton game then this is what I'd go with.

Freeman has looked a bit jaded at times in the last few games so might be worth giving him a rest. Done is really struggling for goals and surely now is the time for Clarke to get a start now fully fit.

 

[Ricky]

Same team for me.

Even if Freeman can play, save him for Charlton. If Basham does well, he can stay there.

I think Coutts will be OK as it was just a kick to the shin, but hopefully he can come off after 60/70 minutes.

Clarke to come in for Done against his former club after his impact at Chesterfield and after Done missed his 150th consecutive goalscoring chance on Saturday.

Scougall instead of Chapman because he can replace some of Done's pressing and is in goalscoring form. Also a bit of a safer option to maintain the balance in Duffy's absence.

 

[SwissBlade]

Isn't Reece brown a right sided fullback? I'd play him down the right if he is.

I'd rest Coutts and Duffy, bringing bash into midfield in coutts slot, Scougs in for Duffy

But I'd also play Clarke alongside Sharp. Bit more physical and gives done a little break

 

[Slim Man]

No point in any risks for me. Perfect chance to give a couple of players a rest and a couple of others a chance.
I'm excusing Lafferty's awful performance, Hussey if fit would get a run out for me though.


- - - - - - - - - - - - Moore - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - EEL - - - - Wright - - - - JOC - - - -

Basham - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lafferty

- - - - - - - - - Whiteman - - Fleck - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - Scougall - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -Sharp - - - - Clarke - - - - - - -

Bring Coutts on for Whiteman for the last 20 minutes, unless we're winning comfortably then bring him on for Fleck.
Whiteman probably deserves a start after a long time of being patient and is a more technically gifted footballer than Basham - we looked really disjointed with him in midfield and Basham performs quite well at right wing back.

It's a squad game with a very tough game on saturday. Let's just get through this unscathed.

 

[Lard_Lad]

I just want O'connell back in the team, Basham aint a defender Wilder said, he also aint a midfielder, he's a bench player. and the weak link at the moment for me.

 

[itsinyerblood]

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the three points from the Bury game are somehow less important than any other game, but.......whilst I completely understand why there's a suggestion we make changes for this game I'd advise against anything that fundamentally alters the way we play and impose ourselves. If the suggested teams do well then 3 points gained, but let's not assume that teams at the other end of the table are liable to invite us to walk over them. CW will no doubt tell each and every selected player what their responsibilities are. Of course it would be great news to see players who have either previously not taken part in games or had limited opportunities to be given their chance to impress, and if so, can we try and involve young Chapman? You know, the guy who scored a hat-trick not too long ago? He does the unexpected and clearly has an eye for goal, and against Bury he might just find the space and angles that allowed him to exploit Orient so effectively.....just a thought.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

- - - - - - - - - - - - Moore - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - EEL - - - - Wright - - - - JOC - - - -

Basham - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lafferty

- - - - - - - - - Coutts - - Fleck - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - Scougall - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -Sharp - - - - Clarke - - - - - - -

Subs: Ramsdale, Chapman, Brown, Freeman, Done, Lavery, Brooks.

If the rumours are true and Freeman/Coutts are fit, and Duffy could be rested as precaution ahead of the Charlton game then this is what I'd go with.

Freeman has looked a bit jaded at times in the last few games so might be worth giving him a rest. Done is really struggling for goals and surely now is the time for Clarke to get a start now fully fit.

Would that be the jaded Freeman who scored at Chesterfield and set up our 2nd goal on Saturday.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Would that be the jaded Freeman who scored at Chesterfield and set up our 2nd goal on Saturday.

Not saying anything about his ability, just that he has looked in need of a rest, he's picked up a few bumps and bruises etc.

 

[BushBlade]

Isn't Reece brown a right sided fullback? I'd play him down the right if he is.

I'd rest Coutts and Duffy, bringing bash into midfield in coutts slot, Scougs in for Duffy

But I'd also play Clarke alongside Sharp. Bit more physical and gives done a little break

Done's just had a break. Literally.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I'd go for

------------------------Moore
-----------EEL-------Wright-----O'Connell
Basham-----Scougall-----Fleck--------Lafferty
-----------------------Chapman
-------------------Sharp---Clarke


Sat'day Tuesday Sat'day Tuesday means we need to rest anyone carrying a niggle. Hopefully Coutts could be on the bench. Personally, I don't think he'll play Scougall that deep. Maybe he'll play Whiteman or change the system to something like


------------------------------Moore

EEL--------------Wright---------O Connell----Lafferty
---------------------Basham----Fleck
Chapman-----------------Scougall------------Done
-------------------------------Sharp

 

[itsinyerblood]

I'd go for

------------------------Moore
-----------EEL-------Wright-----O'Connell
Basham-----Scougall-----Fleck--------Lafferty
-----------------------Chapman
-------------------Sharp---Clarke


Sat'day Tuesday Sat'day Tuesday means we need to rest anyone carrying a niggle. Hopefully Coutts could be on the bench. Personally, I don't think he'll play Scougall that deep. Maybe he'll play Whiteman or change the system to something like


------------------------------Moore

EEL--------------Wright---------O Connell----Lafferty
---------------------Basham----Fleck
Chapman-----------------Scougall------------Done
-------------------------------Sharp

Like the first selection dane, there's plenty of attacking potential that doesn't dilute our ability to defend if called upon.

 

[coolhandluke]

If all are fit then start with an unchanged line up ...... If it works , and it does work , why fix it ?

As for those hinting at changes ' cos it's only Bury ' you are wrong . Underestimate anyone in this league and it'll come back and bite us in the arse . Go for the jugular every time without exception .

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Same team for me.



I think Coutts will be OK as it was just a kick to the shin.

Sounds to me like you might not have experienced a kicked shin....

 

[PokerBlade]

Tough one since we don't know who'll be fit and Wilder seems like the dishonest type when it comes to these things. Wouldn't be surprised if last minute fitness tests meant he'd already ruled some players in or out.

Close call between Scougall and Chapman. Both have impressed me in the bursts we've seen of them. Scougall is more experienced in that role, so I'm leaning towards him for Duffy.

Brown is a full back but my only glimpses of Brown is that he's nowhere near good enough. Would be happier bringing O'Connel back in and putting Basham there.

Coutts is the tough one. One option would be both Chapman and Scougall, with Scoogs playing further back and Chapman in behind the front two. Or reshuffle to 442.

It would be a game where I'd want Clarke in though with forced changes I'd want to avoid any more disruption than necessary.

In my opinion, if any one of those close to fitness can start then it's no big deal. All three means a lot of alterations.

 

[yorkshirecoast]

I would bring Clarke in for Done. I think Done is struggling and just isn't contributing enough. He certainly doesn't look like scoring. He may be better used as a sub if we need someone to come on and run around a lot, closing players down.

If Duffy is out I'd start with Chapman.

 

[Ricky]

If Coutts doesn't play then I'd put Whiteman in his position to maintain the structure of the team rather than playing Scougall further back than usual and to avoid playing Brown RWB (with Basham in midfield). In that case we lose Coutts' creativity so I'd consider starting Chapman ahead of Scougall to compensate.

Sounds to me like you might not have experienced a kicked shin....

Bruising to the shin won't usually stop you running three days later, at least with painkillers. I think Coutts will probably start. We'll see.

 

[Lmaobob]

i want all 3 to rest for tomorrow so they're all fit and ready for saturday.

 

[spongebobblade]

I would bring Clarke in for Done. I think Done is struggling and just isn't contributing enough. He certainly doesn't look like scoring. He may be better used as a sub if we need someone to come on and run around a lot, closing players down.

If Duffy is out I'd start with Chapman.

It's hard to argue that Done is finding goals hard to come by but to say he isn't contributing enough is very narrow minded. You don't win 10 and draw 3 whilst carrying a team mate. If he is dropped it will be down to lack of goals only.

 

[blade too long]

Form table (last 8 matches)
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts 2.5+
1 Sheffield Utd 8 6 2 0 20 7 +13 20 75%
2 Scunthorpe 8 6 1 1 14 6 +8 19 50%
3 Bolton 8 6 0 2 12 4 +8 18 12%
4 Wimbledon 8 5 2 1 15 6 +9 17 50%
5 Peterborough 8 5 1 2 11 6 +5 16 38%
6 Southend Utd 8 4 3 1 14 7 +7 15 50%
7 Rochdale 8 5 0 3 11 9 +2 15 50%
8 Bradford City 8 4 2 2 14 10 +4 14 50%
9 Bristol Rovers 8 4 2 2 13 13 0 14 75%
10 Fleetwood 8 4 1 3 11 9 +2 13 62%
11 Coventry City 8 4 1 3 10 10 0 13 38%
12 Charlton 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 12 25%
13 Millwall 8 4 0 4 13 12 +1 12 75%
14 Walsall 8 3 3 2 12 12 0 12 50%
15 Oxford Utd 8 3 1 4 12 12 0 10 62%
16 Gillingham 8 2 2 4 9 12 -3 8 62%
17 Swindon Town 8 2 2 4 8 12 -4 8 50%
18 Port Vale 8 2 2 4 7 15 -8 8 50%
19 Northampton 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7 75%
20 Oldham 8 2 1 5 4 9 -5 7 12%
21 Milton Keynes 8 1 3 4 8 12 -4 6 50%
22 Shrewsbury 8 1 2 5 9 16 -7 5 50%
23 Chesterfield 8 0 0 8 2 15 -13 0 38%
24 Bury 8 0 0 8 7 23 -16 0 75%

bit of a gulf in form

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Bruising to the shin won't usually stop you running three days later, at least with painkillers. I think Coutts will probably start. We'll see.

I once "shinned" somebody's studs and remember hobbling for two weeks.... but I admittedly do have wussy tendencies.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Form table (last 8 matches)
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts 2.5+
1 Sheffield Utd 8 6 2 0 20 7 +13 20 75%
2 Scunthorpe 8 6 1 1 14 6 +8 19 50%
3 Bolton 8 6 0 2 12 4 +8 18 12%
4 Wimbledon 8 5 2 1 15 6 +9 17 50%
5 Peterborough 8 5 1 2 11 6 +5 16 38%
6 Southend Utd 8 4 3 1 14 7 +7 15 50%
7 Rochdale 8 5 0 3 11 9 +2 15 50%
8 Bradford City 8 4 2 2 14 10 +4 14 50%
9 Bristol Rovers 8 4 2 2 13 13 0 14 75%
10 Fleetwood 8 4 1 3 11 9 +2 13 62%
11 Coventry City 8 4 1 3 10 10 0 13 38%
12 Charlton 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 12 25%
13 Millwall 8 4 0 4 13 12 +1 12 75%
14 Walsall 8 3 3 2 12 12 0 12 50%
15 Oxford Utd 8 3 1 4 12 12 0 10 62%
16 Gillingham 8 2 2 4 9 12 -3 8 62%
17 Swindon Town 8 2 2 4 8 12 -4 8 50%
18 Port Vale 8 2 2 4 7 15 -8 8 50%
19 Northampton 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7 75%
20 Oldham 8 2 1 5 4 9 -5 7 12%
21 Milton Keynes 8 1 3 4 8 12 -4 6 50%
22 Shrewsbury 8 1 2 5 9 16 -7 5 50%
23 Chesterfield 8 0 0 8 2 15 -13 0 38%
24 Bury 8 0 0 8 7 23 -16 0 75%

bit of a gulf in form

Yikes! They have absolutely nothing to lose....

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Hopefully:

Basham R/B
O'Connell L/C/H
Whiteman R/C/M
Chapman No.10

No point taking any risks at all with the wounded trio.

Clarke for Done too, hopefully. (Let Matty have a few late runs off the bench for a while.)

 

[10-0 win]

moore-o'connel-wright-eel --chapman-fleck-basham-scougal-lafferty -sharp-clarke
freeman,coutts and duffy rested bench done,whitman,reed,brown,ramsdale,brooks

 

[dillis]

Clarke has to come in for Done. Done looks badly out of form and hasn't really contributed anything recently. I think LC would have defnitely featured Saturday if it wasn't for the circumstances.

 

[wizadry]

Done missed the MK Dons game the other week and I thought that was one of our worst performances in our unbeaten run.

I don't give a flying fuck if he doesn't score again all season so long as we, as a team, keep playing well and winning.

Done has contributed more than enough in our season since he moved to his best position and I honestly think that if he scored anywhere near the amount of goals Billy has scored, with his work rate and movement off the ball he wouldn't be playing in league one, he'd be playing higher up the league ladder.

So for me anyway, Done has to play until we show signs of letting up or his fitness levels start to dwindle, especially with the way CW and AK sets us up.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Before this barren spell, Bury had won six on the bounce.

Thirteen without a win up until tomorrow.

Let's make it fourteen with a return trip back to Gigg with nothing in the bank.

 

[Pinchy]

The Done myth won't go away will it? In Tuftyball everyone has to work their nuts off. Leon can do everything Runaround can do and far far more, as his brief but hugely impressive cameo against Chesterfield, compared with Runaround's futile chasing, demonstrated.

 

[Revolution]

The Done myth won't go away will it? In Tuftyball everyone has to work their nuts off. Leon can do everything Runaround can do and far far more, as his brief but hugely impressive cameo against Chesterfield, compared with Runaround's futile chasing, demonstrated.

W 10 D 3 L 0. That's not a myth. That's great results.

With results like this, why don't you trust the manager to get it right?

Wilder picks him, and we win, and that's good enough for me.

 

[Antonb]

Done is important to the squad for his work rate and pressing from the front. He gives the defence a tough time, even when he ain't scoring . But saying that, I would like to see clarke play while we are in good form. It's awkward cus as somebody said, I felt we missed his pressing against Mk dons

 

[Pinchy]

Done is important to the squad for his work rate and pressing from the front. He gives the defence a tough time, even when he ain't scoring . But saying that, I would like to see clarke play while we are in good form. It's awkward cus as somebody said, I felt we missed his pressing against Mk dons

Really? I think the game would have proceeded exactly as it did. You and others who trot this one out, are making the facts fit the theory.

The whole team now plays a pressing game. The two strikers are expected to weigh in with a few goals as well, just as the midfielders, as well as pressing, are expected to get on the ball and make things happen; just as the full-backs, as well as pressing, are expected to bomb forward, support the attack and get crosses in.

Freeman has as many goals as Done: Scougall has two and a half times as many.

The case for Done is paper thin and letting in water.