Without Rudoni ….. (5 Viewers)

rexo87 · 2025-10-29T22:17:59+0000

We’re a far better team with him in it. Last 3 wins have had a lack of real control and we’ve gone more direct which is fine, but not as sustainable and leaves us with longer without the ball. He comes straight back in when he’s fully fit.

Rushworth

Milan Thomas Kitching Dasilva

Torp Grimes Rudi

Saka Wright BTA

That’s currently our best team atm imo and also the best midfield in the league

Perryccfc · 2025-10-29T22:25:32+0000

Wasn’t it being reported not long back that he was set to sign a new contract?

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · 2025-10-29T22:47:01+0000

oscillatewildly said:
I think we have been a little fortunate at times this season and I predicted on another thread recently that we would at some point be on the wrong end of a bit of a walloping - Not met with universal agreement it has to be said.

I think we'll lose sooner rather than later (I think it'll be the Shef U game personally) but we'd have to be extremely poor and the other team exceptional for us to get tonked. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that our clinical finishing thus far deserts us in a game, or that Rushworth has an off game when we've relied on him to be excellent on occasions, but for both to happen together I think is quite unlikely. Given our ability to score goals I think it's likely opposition teams will be nervous about giving us chances and will naturally sit back a bit more (an error IMO as we've seen in the difference between MR and FL when in the lead).

Lamps · 2025-10-29T23:24:23+0000

Sky Blue Pete said:
He’ll play am as soon as he’s fit he’s our best player

I'm not so sure. Lampard has shown the players that if they play well they keep their place in the team. But if the choice is Allen or Rudoni he will be in the side.

covcity4life · 2025-10-29T23:26:08+0000

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
But we've seen two many times in the past where we've rushed players back in (often through necessity) and it's eventually led to them having severe long term injury problems.

When we've got a team doing well and have the luxury of not having to do that, then why would you? Give him the chance to get completely fit and ease him back in off the bench.

Chances are with our intensity he'll be back in due to another player's injury soon enough anyway.

Lampards already said he won't rush him back.

So when he's back he's completely fit

Lamps · 2025-10-29T23:28:27+0000

Mucca Mad Boys said:
Rudoni 100% plays ahead Saka and EMC.

So Rudoni would play LW or replace a player doing well when not match fit?

Mucca Mad Boys · 2025-10-29T23:32:48+0000

Lamps said:
So Rudoni would play LW or replace a player doing well when not match fit?

I don’t think Sakamoto start on Friday if Lampard goes 3-4-3. Let alone if Rudoni is back.

Rudoni won’t be rushed back because the team and individual performances have been superb. The season is long enough that Rudoni will be needed and at 100%, he is a player you find a way to start.

PUSB-We_are_going_up · 2025-10-29T23:36:27+0000

Mucca Mad Boys said:
I don’t think Sakamoto start on Friday if Lampard goes 3-4-3. Let alone if Rudoni is back.

Rudoni won’t be rushed back because the team and individual performances have been superb. The season is long enough that Rudoni will be needed and at 100%, he is a player you find a way to start.

If anyone from the front 4 is dropped it’d be EMC no?

Mucca Mad Boys · 2025-10-29T23:45:01+0000

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
If anyone from the front 4 is dropped it’d be EMC no?

If Rudoni comes back or for the Wrexham on Friday?

Either way, probably still Sakamoto. If Rudoni plays AM, then BTA goes to RW (only 1 goal at LW v 4 at RW & ST). When Rudoni is an AM, he gravitates to the right more than the left too.

Push come to shove, Lampard just prefers EMC. Based on form over the last 2-3 games, Sakamoto has been playing better to be fair, but over the whole season, there isn’t much between them.

In relation to Wrexham this Friday, I think Lampard goes 3-4-3 and plays BTA-Haji-EMC to put our quickest front 3 v their slow back 3. A consideration to play Sakamoto at RW could be if Lampard trusts KKH at WB in this game.

Lamps · 2025-10-29T23:52:35+0000

oscillatewildly said:
I think we have been a little fortunate at times this season and I predicted on another thread recently that we would at some point be on the wrong end of a bit of a walloping - Not met with universal agreement it has to be said.

The last time we let in more than 1 goal was in August. We're nearly in November. We've only conceded 3 goals since August. What we do keep hearing is we're the best side our opponents have seen all season.

Lamps · 2025-10-29T23:58:06+0000

Mucca Mad Boys said:
I don’t think Sakamoto start on Friday if Lampard goes 3-4-3. Let alone if Rudoni is back.

Rudoni won’t be rushed back because the team and individual performances have been superb. The season is long enough that Rudoni will be needed and at 100%, he is a player you find a way to start.

Sakamoto pulls defences apart with his trickery and got a good goal last game. I'd be looking elsewhere for a player to be dropped.

chickentikkamasala · 2025-10-30T07:20:31+0000

Lamps said:
Sakamoto pulls defences apart with his trickery and got a good goal last game. I'd be looking elsewhere for a player to be dropped.

Sakamoto with his trickery running at defences would scare any team in this division

Last season he was always looking for the back pass to keep possession after making an initial run, negative possession football

when he runs at defenders he draws players to him which opens up the oppositions defence for players like BTA and Wright, and chips in with goals too

would you want to play against Sakamoto? I wouldn’t

standupforcity · 2025-10-30T07:59:51+0000

DT-R said:
Question is, who loses out to bring him back in? Almost seems unfair to drop anyone to make way for him really.

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Eccles

long way home · 2025-10-30T08:28:48+0000

The quicker Rudoni is back the better and having him back is not a problem. Its a good thing FL will welcome. He unlike some will not look at it as who do i drop he will look at it as who i have gained

Mentally it will lift the players and drive a higher standard to keep or gain minutes. Cant wait to get him back in the squad but think he is a few weeks away yet.

Danceswithhorses · 2025-10-30T08:33:56+0000

What this 6 game winning streak (without Rudoni) shows, is that no matter how good one player is, no player is indispensable.
Now i'd love Rudoni to stay for 3/4 more years, but if he starts performing like he did last season again, the chances are, he'll be snapped up by a bigger team at some point, for tens of millions.
At least we now know that it won't be the end of the world when that inevitably happens.

shmmeee · 2025-10-30T08:35:33+0000

standupforcity said:
Eccles

He’s not a starter.

play_in_skyblue_stripes · 2025-10-30T09:00:24+0000

chickentikkamasala said:
Sakamoto with his trickery running at defences would scare any team in this division

Last season he was always looking for the back pass to keep possession after making an initial run, negative possession football

when he runs at defenders he draws players to him which opens up the oppositions defence for players like BTA and Wright, and chips in with goals too

would you want to play against Sakamoto? I wouldn’t

Gosh that's a good point. I am still a good defender but the thought of playing against Sakamoto , no thanks!!

Sky Blue Pete · 2025-10-30T10:09:16+0000

shmmeee said:
He’s not a starter.

Could be

oscillatewildly · 2025-10-30T10:09:38+0000

rexo87 said:
We’re a far better team with him in it. Last 3 wins have had a lack of real control and we’ve gone more direct which is fine, but not as sustainable and leaves us with longer without the ball. He comes straight back in when he’s fully fit.

Rushworth

Milan Thomas Kitching Dasilva

Torp Grimes Rudi

Saka Wright BTA

That’s currently our best team atm imo and also the best midfield in the league

Lamps said:
The last time we let in more than 1 goal was in August. We're nearly in November. We've only conceded 3 goals since August. What we do keep hearing is we're the best side our opponents have seen all season.

Oh I won’t be inviting it or glad if it happens, it’s just something I can see possibly happening given our alarming openness at times at the back.

stupot07 · 2025-10-30T10:29:41+0000

Like O'Hare, he's been holding us back.

Tongue in cheek obvs.

covcity4life · 2025-10-30T10:31:22+0000

stupot07 said:
Like O'Hare, he's been holding us back.

Tongue in cheek obvs.

We could have prime Lionel Messi and some would say he has to wait to get back into starting 11 lol

TomRad85 · 2025-10-30T10:49:46+0000

covcity4life said:
We could have prime Lionel Messi and some would say he has to wait to get back into starting 11 lol

Hahahaha this is funny as its true.

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