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Team vs Stoke

Team vs Stoke

Schofe said:
Rudd

Fisher
Storey
Bauer
Rafferty

Pearson
Gally (ledson or browne if gally can’t play 2 in 3 days)

Bodin
DJ
Barks

Maguire

Davies costs us too many goals from crosses and may need a spell on the bench to get him on it again. Really rate the lad but defend first in my view.
DJ either plays no.10 or not at all so certainly wouldn’t reposition him next to pearson if gally not fit enough to start.
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We have to give the Bauer/Davies partnership time to develop and a settled back four would help.
I agree with the rest of your team and would play Browne in the deeper midfield role if it’s too soon for Gallagher.
But for goodness sake if we have to play Maguire in the lone striker role give the lad a chance...get the balls in the channels or in and around his feet.
 
Yoowell said:
We have to give the Bauer/Davies partnership time to develop and a settled back four would help.
I agree with the rest of your team and would play Browne in the deeper midfield role if it’s too soon for Gallagher.
But for goodness sake if we have to play Maguire in the lone striker role give the lad a chance...get the balls in the channels or in and around his feet.
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I do agree but Davies’ ability to defend crosses has been poor for 12 months. Just think a spell out might put a boot up his arse.

The key to maguire up top is not punting long balls up to him at head height. Long ball into chest is different as the defender has to stand off or give away a freekick for going through the back of maguire.

If stockley plays then good luck to him but runners off him are key
 
Also the debate about Maguire up top on his own is a strange one. Aguero plays as a lone striker and doesn’t struggle.

The problem isn’t that Maguire can’t play the role, it’s just we don’t play to his strengths. We still have a target man mindset rather than play out and keep possession.

Most teams that adopt the system we play have a mobile lone striker of the Maguire ilk, the difference is, those teams don’t treat their mobile one up top as we do. Long hopeful balls etc
 
What's up with Browne this season? Just out of form?

Would like to see Bayliss involved for this. Was talking to a Coventry fan and he said the general thought amongst their regular crowd was he was the best midfielder they've produced since James Maddison so think he'll have quality to be decent at championship level in the long run.
 
"What's up with Browne this season? Just out of form?"

Browne appears to have lost his concentration, which made me wonder whether he's having a bit of a nookie behr style bad patch...

Reference to the 1990s.

(Can't say too much, some folks are very litigious...)
 
epsilon said:
"What's up with Browne this season? Just out of form?"

Browne appears to have lost his concentration, which made me wonder whether he's having a bit of a nookie behr style bad patch...

Reference to the 1990s.

(Can't say too much, some folks are very litigious...)
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He's not a bad looking lad earning (I'm guessing) maybe 10k a week.
I can't see nookie being an issue.
ask those who frequent a certain club in the town centre.......
 
For me Barkhuizen has to come in for Bodin , he has to help Fisher at full back when needed as we were undone so many times in the second half at Swansea with two against one down Fishers side . Plus we must play Stockley up front , when green came on we couldn’t hold the ball up front , he is never a centre forward why play him there. The main reason we didn’t score more than one in the first half was the poor crossing when in good positions all the crosses seemed to be hit low and hope usually hitting the first man at least with Stockley we can cross the ball up in the air .
 
lenny said:
For me Barkhuizen has to come in for Bodin , he has to help Fisher at full back when needed as we were undone so many times in the second half at Swansea with two against one down Fishers side . Plus we must play Stockley up front , when green came on we couldn’t hold the ball up front , he is never a centre forward why play him there. The main reason we didn’t score more than one in the first half was the poor crossing when in good positions all the crosses seemed to be hit low and hope usually hitting the first man at least with Stockley we can cross the ball up in the air .
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Agree that Barky should play but not at the expense of Bodin. I’d rather give Rafferty some help on the other side and try Stockley up top.

If Stockley is up top on his own they he will need service. Barky and Maguire out wide aren’t really creative enough to provide that service.
 
lenny said:
For me Barkhuizen has to come in for Bodin , he has to help Fisher at full back when needed as we were undone so many times in the second half at Swansea with two against one down Fishers side . Plus we must play Stockley up front , when green came on we couldn’t hold the ball up front , he is never a centre forward why play him there. The main reason we didn’t score more than one in the first half was the poor crossing when in good positions all the crosses seemed to be hit low and hope usually hitting the first man at least with Stockley we can cross the ball up in the air .
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Not saying you didn't get it right about Bodin not helping his fullback but if Fisher was getting done two on one what then was Alex Neil watching. I always thought he was slow to pick up on things wasn't at Swansea so can't give a view if you were there what did you see is Lenny right is it Bodins fault or is it our managers?
 
SuffolknWhat said:
He's not a bad looking lad earning (I'm guessing) maybe 10k a week.
I can't see nookie being an issue.
ask those who frequent a certain club in the town centre.......
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Browne has a serious girlfriend as far as I'm aware.

Players go through bad patches it happens.
 
Walton said:
Is it not true that he has just become a father for the first time, he is probably not been sleeping enough for a while now?
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If that's the case then I want to pass on my congratulations! Sleep deprivation though is a real tough one.
PS
(He shoots he scores)
 
paddysr said:
Dunno. Not seen anything on SM
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I am an old geezer who doesn’t know too much about technology but I do look as SM with regards PNE and PNE have a Facebook page for their fans and it was on there.

I may be an old fart but I am not stupid enough to believe all I read on SM hence the ?. 👍
 
miff said:
Not saying you didn't get it right about Bodin not helping his fullback but if Fisher was getting done two on one what then was Alex Neil watching. I always thought he was slow to pick up on things wasn't at Swansea so can't give a view if you were there what did you see is Lenny right is it Bodins fault or is it our managers?
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It’s the managers fault for me , did say on the way down as Swansea are known to play with wingers maybe Barkhuizen would be favoured to be the better option to play as Neil likes the fact he helps fisher out more than Bodin would plus the fact that Fisher tends to tire after an hour or so in a lot of games after getting up and down the pitch during the game it’s obvious to me that he gets caught out of position or gets beat by his man the longer the games goes on if I can see that why can’t Neil
 
lenny said:
It’s the managers fault for me , did say on the way down as Swansea are known to play with wingers maybe Barkhuizen would be favoured to be the better option to play as Neil likes the fact he helps fisher out more than Bodin would plus the fact that Fisher tends to tire after an hour or so in a lot of games after getting up and down the pitch during the game it’s obvious to me that he gets caught out of position or gets beat by his man the longer the games goes on if I can see that why can’t Neil
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What reason did he have to drop Bodin though? He was excellent against Wigan and we created nothing against Millwall without him. Thought he played pretty well on Saturday as well.

Also only one goal was caused by Fisher being exposed 2 on 1, and even then he had help from Gallagher
 
Yeh unfair to drop Bodin but different teams play different ways Swansea are known to have good players on the wings just saying Barkhuizen could have been a better option as most of Swansea’s danger was coming down their left that was obvious in the second half
 
I think we’ll see Gallagher rested and one of Browne or Potts brought in to add a bit of industry against a packed Stoke midfield.

Rudd

Fisher
Bauer
Davies
Hughes / Rafferty

Pearson

Bodin
Browne / Potts
Johnson
Barkhuizen

Maguire
 
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