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CB Fry

CB Fry

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2 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

It says a lot that CM is a weak area and yet Aribo and Sesay are still not considered

You would think Aribo has got something to offer in what might be quite a slogfest today.

Unless he is on a plane to Suadi or something 

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Greedyfly

Greedyfly

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1 hour ago, Turkish said:

That was probably deliberate 

#banter

#onthebanterbus

#bantersaurus 

#bantologist

#ericbantona

#canofbantaplease

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BillboGaggins

 

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Charlie Wayman

Charlie Wayman

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3 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Seeing Flynn Downes dropped - yay!

Seeing Damion Downs start - ffs!

Still told us that Downes is still nursing an injury and not 100%

Downs is in cos Archer is also iffy

Otherwise it's all the usual boring suspects being selected. Where's the adventure Still?

Jack

Jack

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1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

Says a lot about the Loch Ness monster that archer is out and he’s not considered startable.

Yeah was saying this, WS really must not rate him. Unless Downs has been absolutely tearing it up in training this week. Hoping Jander has a great game in there with Shea, and they work out how to get the ball to the front 4 without punting it long 

trousers

trousers

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3 minutes ago, chivvy said:

I'm prepared to give downes a chance.. pace and a bit physicality.. take your chance Damien.

IT'S. DOWNS. FFS!

(Aaaand.... Relax.....)

😁

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St Louis

St Louis

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8 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Seeing Flynn Downes dropped - yay!

Seeing Damion Downs start - ffs!

Downes… recovering from illness.

Downs… you’ve written off the new young striker already? FFS

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RedArmy

RedArmy

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Not sure I quite understand the logic of calling the players out for lumping it long to Archer when that’s not how he wants them to play and now giving them a target man so they’ll be tempted to lump it forward again?! 
 

 

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Turkish

Turkish

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18 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Major surprise playing Downs up front.  I feel sorry for Archer.

Will must have read my posts on here 😎

obelisk

obelisk

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Downs is probably a better option for the style that Still wants to play. Needs to turn those easy chances into goals though. Anything other than a win today will be a worry.

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egg

egg

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18 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Major surprise playing Downs up front.  I feel sorry for Archer.

Yep. It feels like he's playing an inferior player because he can't sort the tactics to stop us banging it long to the striker. 

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Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

Not sure I quite understand the logic of calling the players out for lumping it long to Archer when that’s not how he wants them to play and now giving them a target man so they’ll be tempted to lump it forward again?! 
 

 


Having a big lad up top makes more sense with this squad. Fraser, Azaz and fellows all good at crossing the ball 

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Toadhall Saint

Toadhall Saint

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2 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Not sure I quite understand the logic of calling the players out for lumping it long to Archer when that’s not how he wants them to play and now giving them a target man so they’ll be tempted to lump it forward again?! 
 

 

He’s testing them 

RedArmy

RedArmy

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3 minutes ago, trousers said:

IT'S. DOWNS. FFS!

(Aaaand.... Relax.....)

😁

Really easy to remember. 
 

Downes has got the shits 

Downs is shit. 

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pimpin4rizeal

pimpin4rizeal

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Love the line up, happy to see downs get his chance and with the likes of azaz and jander playing he  might now get his runs spotted .. 

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RedArmy

RedArmy

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1 minute ago, Osvaldorama said:


Having a big lad up top makes more sense with this squad. Fraser, Azaz and fellows all good at crossing the ball 

They’re all good at getting in the box and finishing themselves too, maybe let them do that rather than just whipping crosses in for 90 minutes. 

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egg

egg

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9 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

It says a lot that CM is a weak area and yet Aribo and Sesay are still not considered

I'm really surprised Aribo isn't on the bench. 3 limited striker options, but only a poor/poorly Downes as a midfield option feels more than a bit strange. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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5 minutes ago, egg said:

Yep. It feels like he's playing an inferior player because he can't sort the tactics to stop us banging it long to the striker. 

Downs is going to be a TOP player. Trust the process 

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StrangelyBrown

StrangelyBrown

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3 minutes ago, egg said:

I'm really surprised Aribo isn't on the bench. 3 limited striker options, but only a poor/poorly Downes as a midfield option feels more than a bit strange. 

Maybe Downes is ok, trained well, but not quite 100%?

Saint Fan CaM

Saint Fan CaM

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21 minutes ago, LGTL said:

That bench is ridiculous. About time we started winning some games.

Always perturbs me a tad when I see a strong bench - I start wondering why the players on the strong bench are not actually starting the game? I mean is there some aversion to playing our best players? 😏🤔

egg

egg

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6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Downs is going to be a TOP player. Trust the process 

Ha!! You'd hope. 

On the face of it I don't get the selection thou. Amongst the various issues against Pompey was banging the ball long to a little lad. Playing Downs suggests we'll play the same way but with a bigger lad. On the other hand, Jander is in, presumably to feed Azaz more, and in turn play low balls into and behind the striker - that's Archer's game. 

Will be interesting to see which way we go - football through the middle, or 1988 edition Wimbledon. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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3 minutes ago, egg said:

Ha!! You'd hope. 

On the face of it I don't get the selection thou. Amongst the various issues against Pompey was banging the ball long to a little lad. Playing Downs suggests we'll play the same way but with a bigger lad. On the other hand, Jander is in, presumably to feed Azaz more, and in turn play low balls into and behind the striker - that's Archer's game. 

Will be interesting to see which way we go - football through the middle, or 1988 edition Wimbledon. 

Big lumps up top are back in fashion. The long term plan is to get Archer on the end of Downs flick ons. We’re working with archer now to convert him into a new position of inside offensive lying false 11. A genius move. 

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egg

egg

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29 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

Get Gathercole in the first team

 

FT 4 2

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Cheers. Interesting that all 3 goalscorers got minutes for the under 21's against Burnley yesterday evening. 

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No idea how that ended up on this thread!
Spoonman

Spoonman

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26 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

It says a lot that CM is a weak area and yet Aribo and Sesay are still not considered

+ Matsuki 

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egg

egg

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3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Big lumps up top are back in fashion. The long term plan is to get Archer on the end of Downs flick ons. We’re working with archer now to convert him into a new position of inside offensive lying false 11. A genius move. 

A false 11, it's the future. 

egg

egg

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Just now, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Go one better and play a double false 11

I'm getting RM flashbacks here. 

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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Start the game on the front foot, lobbing long balls in the box for the big man to hold up and cause chaos. Then when we've settled after 15 mins of that switch to a more direct style of high long passes into the focal point front man. Then close the game out by going long and high with balls in the box to the target man.

We need to be flexible.

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Farmer Saint

Farmer Saint

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2 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Start the game on the front foot, lobbing long balls in the box for the big man to hold up and cause chaos. Then when we've settled after 15 mins of that switch to a more direct style of high long passes into the focal point front man. Then close the game out by going long and high with balls in the box to the big man.

We need to be flexible.

It's why we've switched out Archer for Downs, clearly.

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Turkish

Turkish

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8 minutes ago, egg said:

A false 11, it's the future. 

We’ve been playing with a false 1 for for the last 3 seasons tbf 

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benjii

benjii

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Just now, bugenhagen said:

Loving all the calling for players who are not in the team atm, like they are the answer. Classic. Happens every time.

Haven't seen any of that.

Turkish

Turkish

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4 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Start the game on the front foot, lobbing long balls in the box for the big man to hold up and cause chaos. Then when we've settled after 15 mins of that switch to a more direct style of high long passes into the focal point front man. Then close the game out by going long and high with balls in the box to the target man.

We need to be flexible.

Hope Janker is the midfield terrier we’ve been crying out for  

BARCELONASAINT

BARCELONASAINT

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spoke to a Hull supporting mate last night and he expects us to beat them. He said they were terrible so far this season. I congratulated him on getting 3 points today from us. He hadn't seen us play last week and was surprised to hear how bad we have actually been so far this season.

Turkish

Turkish

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Just now, BARCELONASAINT said:

Jander, Jander, Jander, why can't anyone smell probably anymor

I thought his name was Carsten Janker?

egg

egg

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2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Hope Janker is the midfield terrier we’ve been crying out for  

I'm not sure that's his game. Seems to be more of what the cool kids call an 8. Or more Cockerill than Case in old money. 

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davefizzy14

davefizzy14

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Hoping Downs can have a real impact today and get off the mark. Good to see Jander starting too. Flynn is obviously not 100% fit yet.

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Hope Janker is the midfield terrier we’ve been crying out for  

They called him Caspar "Beißt dir in die Beine" Jander in the Nuremburg dressing room.

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Wurzel

Wurzel

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10 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Jander, Jander, Jander, why can't anyone smell probably anymor

Good lyrics, what's the tune?

 

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Turkish

Turkish

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We don’t seem to have boasting just back from the game threads anymore, in a look at me I was there, style. Might change that today 

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