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Current injuries & wee knocks

Current injuries & wee knocks

jamesOB said:
Most competent defenders will clock onto that and just drop deeper. Then we’d have absolutely no attacking options

Curtis Davies and Phil Jagielka are two very experienced defenders, who will know exactly how to handle a team who tries to attack like that
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two solid defenders sitting deep, as said, will give riis no space to attack... that's his goal threat nullified. his control with back to goal often poor and unlikely to win much in the air. wouldn't think there'll be much space in front of their defence for DJ to create anything... maybe Barky's pace would be a threat?
 
jamesOB said:
Most competent defenders will clock onto that and just drop deeper. Then we’d have absolutely no attacking options

Curtis Davies and Phil Jagielka are two very experienced defenders, who will know exactly how to handle a team who tries to attack like that
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Hello, they are the sort of central defenders any team would want - extremely professional - they can’t run with a combined age of 75 but they know where to stand and how to tackle and head the ball and they have actually been a joy to watch especially when they both signed up for less than £4,500 a week ( they have made their money from football, they just love playing) we will be missing our normal right back who is suspended so another kid will play there whilst our reserve keeper may keep the jersey after two clean sheets whilst Jagielka also missed the last two games. We can’t score goals as we haven’t any forwards but it’s the way things are.
 
pbc373 said:
Trouble with that is there will no goals in Riis. Sinclair is unlikely to drag defenders all over to create space for Riis and is not very good at holding the ball up with his back to goal.

We would have to resort to balls over the top and hope someone's pace gets on the end of it
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Is that not what we always do.
 
supa white army said:
two solid defenders sitting deep, as said, will give riis no space to attack... that's his goal threat nullified. his control with back to goal often poor and unlikely to win much in the air. wouldn't think there'll be much space in front of their defence for DJ to create anything... maybe Barky's pace would be a threat?
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Sounds like it will be a amazing game.1-0
to someone
 
jamesOB said:
Most competent defenders will clock onto that and just drop deeper. Then we’d have absolutely no attacking options

Curtis Davies and Phil Jagielka are two very experienced defenders, who will know exactly how to handle a team who tries to attack like that
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I remember being impressed by Curtis Davies in a goalless draw between Luton and Leeds in 2005.
 
Thracia said:
"Matthew Olosunde is now back on the field and training but it will be too early for him.

"It will probably be a couple of weeks before we get him right up to speed if I'm honest, it will take a wee bit of time but he is back in and won't be far away from coming into contention.

"Ched is not far away either, he's just had a wee reoccurrence of plantar fasciitis in the bottom of his foot but that is getting better."

That characteristic use of the word "wee" to mean "wee... ks out".
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Sounds like a load of waffle to me.
 
Pne_Gaz said:
How are some people actually still on this? Unsurprisingly to most that have seen Seani play this year, when he does play we look far more likely to score as a whole.
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Mainly because when Sinclair played up front alongside Riis he scored two in a 3-0 win and then got dropped for a non-scoring pseudo striker.
 
Bobbage said:
Mainly because when Sinclair played up front alongside Riis he scored two in a 3-0 win and then got dropped for a non-scoring pseudo striker.
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Weren’t we playing Mansfield?

Didn’t they also play together at Reading and do nothing?
 
jamesOB said:
Weren’t we playing Mansfield?

Didn’t they also play together at Reading and do nothing?
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Maguire only scored against Cheltenham yet retained his place. I haven't got time to list all the games Maguire has played and contributed nothing. Granted he had a good game when we lost against QPR but some people are going way over the top about his performances in our run of draws, when an actual scoring striker would have won us those matches.

Sinclair hasn't been given the run of games Maguire has, probably solely to force him in to finding a new club in January and get him off the wage bill. Putting Potts on as sub ahead of him only reinforces that point.
 
Bobbage said:
Sinclair hasn't been given the run of games Maguire has, probably solely to force him in to finding a new club in January and get him off the wage bill. Putting Potts on as sub ahead of him only reinforces that point.
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Agreed. McAvoy clearly has no interest in using him, which is odd given how much of a goal threat he offers us, it’s pretty inexplicable how he doesn’t even get off the bench

Fully expecting him not to be in the 18 on Saturday if maguire is fit
 
Bobbage said:
Maguire only scored against Cheltenham yet retained his place. I haven't got time to list all the games Maguire has played and contributed nothing. Granted he had a good game when we lost against QPR but some people are going way over the top about his performances in our run of draws, when an actual scoring striker would have won us those matches.

Sinclair hasn't been given the run of games Maguire has, probably solely to force him in to finding a new club in January and get him off the wage bill. Putting Potts on as sub ahead of him only reinforces that point.
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Do you class a game where Maguire doesn't score as 'contributing nothing' and ignore everything else he does in a game?
 
Bobbage said:
Maguire only scored against Cheltenham yet retained his place. I haven't got time to list all the games Maguire has played and contributed nothing. Granted he had a good game when we lost against QPR but some people are going way over the top about his performances in our run of draws, when an actual scoring striker would have won us those matches.

Sinclair hasn't been given the run of games Maguire has, probably solely to force him in to finding a new club in January and get him off the wage bill. Putting Potts on as sub ahead of him only reinforces that point.
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Literally every player we have has played games where they've contributed nothing, even Iversen vs Hull. Maguire has shown almost every game he's played that he is the foil that Riis needs, Evans, Sinclair, Potts have all been awful next to Riis. Maguire who is more than willing to drag players out of positions and using his clever touches and flicks provide far more to us as a team than our other options there. I've literally no idea what matches you've been watching if you think this
 
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