...we hadn't conceded that late goal to Huddersfield then we'd have been in a play-off place. Funny old game.
Maybe if we didn't concede Vs hudds we concede tonight. Learnt a lesson hopefully that serve us well all season
If Dabo had scored that pen ........
Yes, very true, I think the point is that in that Huddersfield game we were literally 10 seconds away from victory.
With Dabo, though you could may possibly be able to argue a similar point, penalties are a bit of a lottery
And like Sick Boy just said, it wouldn't have won us the game
Yea, the way we were pushed back so easily by Huddersfield and Blackburn was worrying, we could so easily of conceded a late equaliser again last night.
Losing Kelly was a blow, but we need someone else who can put their foot on the ball and calm things down. And a striker with genuine pace would give us another outlet.
By Christmas everyone will be lauding Robins again for getting us to where we are with so many new signings and injuries.
For someone who has been a most excellent manager for us, he doesn't half get a lot of slatings.
Stole the points last night
It’s like HTC playing without Davies smith velvet and Burford
It is a worry. You would have thought maybe Burroughs or Howley at a push wouldn't you, but they're both not here anymore.
Someone is going to have to fill in, in midfield and I guess it will be Lati.
Two week break after Norwich after which we should start seeing Sheaf, MVE, Palmer etc coming back into it… dare I say even O’Hare knocking on the door too
It might be an opportunity to see Latibeaudiere as one of the holding midfielders
It might be an opportunity to see Latibeaudiere as one of the holding midfielders
Kelly's injury is a blow, but maybe Sakamoto comes in at RWB (out of necessity) and Lats moves into midfield.
Only one game then people start coming back. We’ll be OK. Assuming we don’t get any more injuries in the mean time
jt is but we were lucky last night - if Blackburn had a forward we’d have lost easily
Sheaf, MVE and Callum will be in the squad for Bristol im 95% certain from what ive been told.
Palmer will be back in training and will return the same time as Tavares, possibly Preston away, but definitely by Stoke home
That was my initial thought but can see Norwich murdering Sakamoto at RWB and we need a more solid defender there.
So I thought maybe Eccles as a holding midfielder and Allen, Ayari and Sakamoto in front, with one up top. Trouble is that one would almost certainly be Godden and I don't think it suits him. I'd try Simms there if we went that way.
Do we think when Sheaf is back we might see Ayari deeper? Would love to see this for Bristol:
Wilson
Lats Fadz Binks
MvE Sheaf Ayari Dasilva
O’Hare
Simms Wright
Suspect it’ll be Eccles or even Allen though.
Wilson
Lats Fadz Binks
MvE Sheaf Ayari Dasilva
O’Hare
Simms Wright
Suspect it’ll be Eccles or even Allen though.
Stoke squad potentially:
Wilson
Lats Fadz Binks
MvE Sheaf Ayari Dasilva
O’Hare
Simms Wright
Collins, Thomas, Kitching, Bidwell, Sakamoto, Eccles, Allen, Palmer, Godden
(Fiddle about with starters/subs as you wish)
Starts looking really strong.
Wilson
Lats Fadz Binks
MvE Sheaf Ayari Dasilva
O’Hare
Simms Wright
Collins, Thomas, Kitching, Bidwell, Sakamoto, Eccles, Allen, Palmer, Godden
(Fiddle about with starters/subs as you wish)
Starts looking really strong.
Good squad but Eccles over ayari for me until ayari can play that central mid role.
Why are you dropping Eccles for Ayari? Because of the issue with having 2x deep lying defence minded CDM's?
In answer to your question no. And the front two if we have a front two won't be Simms and Wright. At least not until they provide the right level of workrate.
Just wondering if Sheaf is enough to carry him there. Probably not. Eccles is fine, just wondering if we can fit Ayari in. We’ve actually got some nice problems once people are back. Allen on current form should be AM but O’Hare, Palmer and Ayari Will have a claim. Allen could drop to CM but IMO he’s not as effective. CBs and STs full of competition too.
Also people seem to have missed the “fiddle with starters/subs as you wish” the point was it’s a string 19 whoever your first XI are.
In hindsight yes, but if those players don’t get injured and he stays, we hold his development back by a year.
I think Allen will be number 10 for a good few months as O'hare gets up to speed with sub appearances .
Since we lost O’Hare on Boxing Day, I’m struggling to think of many home games where we’ve played anyone off the park. We do let teams onto us and then counter. When it doesn’t work you get games like Stoke last season and shit patches of play this season (Huddersfield 2nd half) . We play our expansive stuff away from home.
