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sedgwick__7 said:
I know we have no choice at right back for this game, but after the 1st half vs Bolton, I'd hope we don't have to see a right hand side of Clarke and Burke again.
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I'm not sure it would be any worse than Clarke and Barkhuizen? Who else is likely to play on the right?
 
Might be an unpopular choice, but seeing as though we've played 5 at the back for the last two games and it's a cup game with no orthodox RB available Neil might stick with it and make do.

I don't think personally that we should risk Pearson, Browne, Robinson or Davies from the start for this game at least. With that in mind:

Maxwell
Clarke Huntington Storey
Barkhuizen Ledson Johnson Earl
Burke Nmecha Barker

Rudd, Davies, Hughes, Pearson, Gallagher, Robinson, Moult
 
I'm not sure how much Nmecha's heart is really in this loan spell. Twice he has been out with "niggles". If he isn't going to commit then he's a daft lad as Guardiola uses these loans as a test of his young players character.
 
york white said:
I'm not sure how much Nmecha's heart is really in this loan spell. Twice he has been out with "niggles". If he isn't going to commit then he's a daft lad as Guardiola uses these loans as a test of his young players character.
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Get what you're saying, but he could be injury prone or they could be legitimate niggles.
 
Hugill has played about 200 minutes of professional football since February and enjoyed watching some top class football from a comfortable seat. If he scores for Boro on Tuesday we know we're in the poop.
 
Randall Flagg said:
The complete lack of effort in the first half yesterday made my decision to not bother on Tuesday. I can accept getting beat through lack of ability or even lack of confidence, but lack of effort....no. I expect way more of players like Clarke and Huntington but that first goal was beyond a joke. When your senior leaders are throwing the towel in, you have to be concerned. Much to fix.
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If this is the case , you need to be asking why ,
 
Ando60 said:
I cant see too many people bothering on Tuesday night....... It really is a meaningless game.

The sooner we get out of that cup the sooner we can start focussing on our league form..

I wont even be following the game on here.......
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Just bought tickets for myself and Mrs Waddie, and you will be having a sneaky peak on here won't you Ando?
 
-----------Maxwell-------------
Clarke, Storey, Davies, Hughes
-------Pearson, Johnson-------
--Barkhuizen, Browne, Barker--
-----------Robinson------------

Barkhuizen needs to sort himself out but he's the only one who can help cover Clarke.
 
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Waddie said:
Just bought tickets for myself and Mrs Waddie, and you will be having a sneaky peak on here won't you Ando?
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Of course he will. I shall be on a train back to London from Birmingham tomorrow evening and at 6.45pm I shall log on from my phone to check what the team will be. Oddly that will be just about the time I shall be trundling past Wembley Stadium....
 
york white said:
I'm not sure how much Nmecha's heart is really in this loan spell. Twice he has been out with "niggles". If he isn't going to commit then he's a daft lad as Guardiola uses these loans as a test of his young players character.
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I bet Guardiola is sympathising with him if he's actually took interest in the games, poor lads gone from pretty passing football where youre not allowed to pass a ball further than 10 yards to having long balls pumped up to him and loads of people questioning why he's not bullying two 6ft+ defenders.

When the balls on the ground he's looked good.
 
Maxwell
Fisher, Storey,Davies, Earl
Ledson,Pearson,Gally(c)
Barker,Nmecha,Barkhuizen

Side loaded with young players who should easily be able to play 2 games within a weak ,especially when both are at home. If Hugill plays it could be a real test to see how Storey and Davies deal with him. We could do with 2 from Storey,Ledson,Barker or Nmecha really stepping things up and cementing them selves in the first team before Xmas.
 
Tino said:
I'm not sure it would be any worse than Clarke and Barkhuizen? Who else is likely to play on the right?
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I think it would be worse to be honest. Barkhuizen has been poor going forward without doubt, but he at least offers a basic level of balance on that side and decent work rate up and down helping the full back. Burke is far too slow to track back and just looks lost in the role.
 
sedgwick__7 said:
I think it would be worse to be honest. Barkhuizen has been poor going forward without doubt, but he at least offers a basic level of balance on that side and decent work rate up and down helping the full back. Burke is far too slow to track back and just looks lost in the role.
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Decent work rate but continually gives the ball away and offers nothing going forward? I'd rather not seen him on the pitch at all, he should have been dropped 6 months ago.
 
Yoowell said:
Maxwell
Clarke Huntingdon Davies Hughes
Ledson Pearson
Barker Burke Robinson
Nmecha
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As I said at the beginning of this thread I think the crucial thing about tomorrow is that we get back to the basic shape that suits us best and then stick with it - that has to be the lesson from the last few weeks. If we do that then I can see the point of not starting with one or two players who might be automatic selections for a league game. Browne who is just back from injury is the obvious example. Robinson might be another though I see no evidence that he is fatigued. Certainly if we do not start Browne then we have to start both Pearson and Ledson to give us enough ball-winning capability - frankly it ought to be the case for every match we play that we start with at least two of those three. If we do have both Pearson and Ledson as defensive midfielders then I would be more tempted to play Barker, Johnson and Harrop in front of them. I am still not convinced by the idea of Burke in a central role - the place he actually looked good in pre-season was on the left - though in truth the point about that 4.2.3.1 formation is that that midfield 3 is very fluid with players interchanging with each other. Pearson should start to get some game time ahead of the resumption of league games. Storey must start if he is fit.
 
PNEroulette said:
Maxwell
Fisher, Storey,Davies, Earl
Ledson,Pearson,Gally(c)
Barker,Nmecha,Barkhuizen

Side loaded with young players who should easily be able to play 2 games within a weak ,especially when both are at home. If Hugill plays it could be a real test to see how Storey and Davies deal with him. We could do with 2 from Storey,Ledson,Barker or Nmecha really stepping things up and cementing them selves in the first team before Xmas.
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Agree with team except Burke for Barky as Barky is totally unfit to wear the shirt.
 
pnemann10 said:
I bet Guardiola is sympathising with him if he's actually took interest in the games, poor lads gone from pretty passing football where youre not allowed to pass a ball further than 10 yards to having long balls pumped up to him and loads of people questioning why he's not bullying two 6ft+ defenders.

When the balls on the ground he's looked good.
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Things like that could spoil what looked like becoming a promising link up with Man City. They have 2 players on loan here who aren't featuring regularly, but also aren't getting played like Pep thought hey would ie in a pressing, passing team.
 
Aitch said:
Things like that could spoil what looked like becoming a promising link up with Man City. They have 2 players on loan here who aren't featuring regularly, but also aren't getting played like Pep thought hey would ie in a pressing, passing team.
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Nmecha has featured in every game he has been available for - missed Bolton and Sheff Utd both with niggles. So in 8 out of 8.
Barker was an unused sub in the Stoke and Reading games but has played some part in every other. So in 8 out of 10.

Neil has also explained why he hasn't used Barker that much (he played a lot for Hibs last season and ended up getting injured) so would expect his game time to increase from now on. He also made a difference at Sheff Utd.
 
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