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I can't really see us making more than the necessary 1 change tonight, but who would be the man to be put in?

Personally, I know Kevin O'Connor use to play CM at Cork before earning his trade at LB... I wouldn't mind him being played in there, not only is he a natural defender with CM experience but has a deadly free kick on him and tonight could come down to set pieces...

One of the other Choices would be to see Harrop placed in with Browne/Johnson taking up the Pearson role, my only worry is we don't want to rush him back into starting after he has had a few niggles!

Opinions?
 
Chartley said:
Harrop in for Pearson
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I agree. As long as he's considered fit enough to last at least an hour.

He's energetic and competitive and very skilful with an eye for a killer pass.

Pearson's an excellent player but we just need to rejig things to remain organised, solid, hard working, positive and creative.

We have the players to win tonight provided the effort levels and team spirit remain high.
 
I think Browne will play in the Pearosn role and possibly Harrop just behind Hughil but he looks more comfortable slightly wider. From their local newspaper it appears Huddlestone is struggling to be fit so that might even things up a bit.
 
I live in Derby and everyone has been saying they dont expect anything from there forward 3 tonight... couple even said that they can see us beating them? None the less before the game i will take a point!
 
How about O'Connor for Pearson than with 30 mins to go bring Harrop on for him, ease Harrop in gently
 
Bit left field but what about putting Ben Davies in for Spurr and moving Spurr into the CDM role. I wouldn't choose to change the centre half pairing ordinarily but the fact that Pearson is suspended it could work (I can imagine Spurr playing that role in a similar vain to Callum Davidson and Grezza).
 
It seems to me that AN has two basic decisions to make tonight - one strategic about the basic shape of the team and one tactical about the best players to deliver that strategy. The first is whether to replace Pearson with another midfielder - either Harrop or Gallagher - or maybe use the occasion to partner Hugill and Maguire upfront and the second is whether to beef up the midfield in any case by replacing the lightweight Robinson by maybe Horgan or Harrop. Personally I might go for both options:

Maxwell

Fisher, Huntington, Spurr, Cunningham

Browne

Barkhuizen, Johnson, Horgan or Harrop

Hugill, Maguire

Browne was exhausted at the end of Saturday's match but will hopefully be OK for tonight because he really is the best alternative to Pearson we have. If need be Barkhuizen and Hugill, both of whom were obviously also pretty tired, could be kept back and replaced in the starting line-up by Horgan and Maguire. Asking Hugill especially to run himself silly in the lone striker role for the second time in three days after what he had to do in the final half-hour on Saturday seems a big ask and so if we are going to play with a lone striker then Maguire might be a better starting option purely for that reason. But I would still like to see the two of them used as a joint striking force - they could very likely destroy a lot of defences in this division.
 
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We need to go for the win tonight, they seem to have quite a few players injured, so go for the 3 points, Maguire for Robinson too, he misses to many chances, Harrop for Pearson with Browne dropping into the Pearson role.
 
O'Connor in midfield?
Spurr in midfield and Davies into defence?

We have Gallagher and Harrop who can come in for Pearson and I expect one of these to happen, Harrop if he's considered fit enough. Browne and Johnson to also play.

The only other decision to make for me is whether Robinson starts. He's played all 3 games so far, I think he's the only one to have done that, and is probably most vulnerable. I think I'd put Maguire in for Robinson but wouldn't be surprised to see Neil keeping Robinson in.
 
It depends if Neill wants us to impose ourselves from the start and go for it. If so then I can see Harrop starting with pretty much the same team as Saturday depending on how the players are doing energy wise from Saturday.

I think Derby are there for the taking if we go for it, struggled in their first couple of games and fans seem to think they are now paying the price for having over rated players on big wages. Yes they have some top players in their team, but if we can make Wednesday and Leeds look average - (who I think are much better than Derby), then I think we've got more than enough to get a good result.

Also think Robinson is getting some harsh stick. He may benefit from being on the bench or coming on as a sub. Like most attacking players, he just needs a goal to get him going and give him some confidence. We know he can do it and I'm sure he will get there.
 
We also need to make sure Nugent doesn't get comfortable and is marked like a shadow. We don't want him doing the old scoring against a former team to win it. Better if he starts as opposed to coming on as a sub as an impact player.
 
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