Vincenti wins everything in the air and has some skill with the ball....yes, he should start every game. Very useful in the box, which I suggest we are in dire need of.Time to debunk some nonsense:
1) it's been suggested Kelly should be put to right back. Grimmer is the RB and probably been our best player in recent weeks. Kelly does a good job in the centre and arguably does better there than Doyle.
2) Haynes for left mid. See the Jones injury thread. How often does an overlapping fullback do a good job when played as a winger. Can't think of a single time that's happened. Pick him at left back or not at all.
3) Wing backs with three at the back. Why change our back 4 when we have one of the best defences in the league? Do not compromise a strength to make up for our weakness in attack.
Time to get real. We need to move to 442, with Duck and McNulty as the main front two, a little and large partnership. Jones if fit and Vincenti as the wide players. Ponti as first change striker. I have seen some of Biamou and Beavon now to convince me they are never going to do it for us.
Wasn't that the whole point of your thread Kelly for right back ??Who has suggested Kelly should be right back?
Wasn't that the whole point of your thread Kelly for right back ??
1) Haven't seen anyone suggest kelly should play right back. Nick's thread was demonstrating that he does spend an awful lot of time covering there instead of in the middle which is at great detriment to our attacking play.Time to debunk some nonsense:
1) it's been suggested Kelly should be put to right back. Grimmer is the RB and probably been our best player in recent weeks. Kelly does a good job in the centre and arguably does better there than Doyle.
2) Haynes for left mid. See the Jones injury thread. How often does an overlapping fullback do a good job when played as a winger. Can't think of a single time that's happened. Pick him at left back or not at all.
3) Wing backs with three at the back. Why change our back 4 when we have one of the best defences in the league? Do not compromise a strength to make up for our weakness in attack.
Time to get real. We need to move to 442, with Duck and McNulty as the main front two, a little and large partnership. Jones if fit and Vincenti as the wide players. Ponti as first change striker. I have seen some of Biamou and Beavon now to convince me they are never going to do it for us.
Fair enough Marshall Larkin.No, it was pointing out he spends most of the game there when he should be further up.
You think the leading-scorers in the division will put us under more pressure than Chesterfield, Vale and Colchester? If only I had your powers of deduction!Just a thought but is part of the reason for the CCFC defensive prowess that teams, especially at the Ricoh, come and park the bus. That means our defence is not put under as much pressure as you might expect. Luton could be a more thorough examination
Conversely a more open game might allow us to score ................ or maybe not
I've been saying that about every game I've been to for the last 10 years, and look where that has got us.I have a funny feeling we'll sneak this
Optimistic!We will score, not as many as them though , guess we cant have everything
This one.With the exception of Accrington, we have played well against every team that has actually got the ball down and tried to beat us this season - Notts County, Carlisle, Exeter, Swindon. We're a good team against good teams. Even without Jones our strikers will look better against a higher backline - the one time Colchester got caught high McNulty got through the middle after a fine lay off and run and was only stopped with a last ditch tackle. I think we will sneak this one 1-2.
Make your mind up, sunshine. On another thread you said you would play Thomas or Ponticelli up front.My team would be 442 as follows
Burge
Grimmer
McDonald
Willis
Stokes
Vincenti
Doyle
Kelly
Jones
McNulty
Duck
It was also McNulty's touch and lay off for Haynes strike from the top of the box that flew just wide. Some of the criticism and player ratings he was given were unfair and clouded by his bad miss.This is a good example of why I think Duck and McNulty could work together as a front two.
Make your mind up, sunshine. On another thread you said you would play Thomas or Ponticelli up front.
Be better if Thomas was scoring in the U23's. I would say Ponticelli is ahead of him at the moment and the man in form.No, I said i would be tempted to do so but would only change one thing at a time. If the team keeps firing blanks then i'd envisage a 442 with those two after others had been given a chance in that formation.
Some mates of mine went to the Palace game yesterday and one of them emailed me with the following:Be better if Thomas was scoring in the U23's. I would say Ponticelli is ahead of him at the moment and the man in form.
I thought Thomas showed absolutely nothing in that QPR game personally and aren't we talking about our strikers not scoring. The only one scoring, albeit at U23'S level is Ponticelli.Some mates of mine went to the Palace game yesterday and one of them emailed me with the following:
Interestingly, having seen two games in October (the other being at QPR) the team plays a 442 with Ponticelli and Thomas up front. Despite JP's two goals yesterday, I thought the much better striker in both games was Thomas, who played up front with JP playing off him. He scored a good goal for the first from inside the area, the second was a pen. IMO JP is not the main striker in Robins' 4231 system and would be wasted, as are the other first team strikers, playing wide.
My opinion of 442 is partly based on my natural prejudice in its favour as a system for all seasons, but also on evidence like the above. Also, if MR is so keen to build the season around his silly Champions League-style 4-2-3-1, whey isn't that being mirrored in the U23 side?
Were you there? In any case, the praise above was for more recent game against Palace.I thought Thomas showed absolutely nothing in that QPR game personally and aren't we talking about our strikers not scoring.
Missed the Palace game, but watched the QPR one. Thought he did nothing.Were you there? In any case, the praise above was for more recent game against Palace.
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