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Ellis up top?!

Think how McPhee and Atieno and/or Jarvis would feel seeing a CB picked up top over them, when they have been playing there all their career. Madness.

We have to make changes. We have not won a game since April 6th, at home to Accy. Since that win (1-0), in 6 games, we have only scored 5 goals. That is simply not good enough. To be honest, it's been our problem all season.....lack of goals. We have only scored 3 plus goals on seven occasions this season. I appreciate that its "Stating the bleedin obvious" but, it could, in the end, be our downfall........or Thursday could be the day that we let loose and stick 5/6 past Cheltenham. :~D
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Have you al lost the plot - Macklin,Mcphee and Yeoman - do you seriously think Ling is going to start with any of these - You are nuts.

brucie wrote:Have you al lost the plot - Macklin,Mcphee and Yeoman - do you seriously think Ling is going to start with any of these - You are nuts.

There's no way anyone with the mental capacity to use a keyboard can possibly misunderstand this thread to this degree.

Matt.

McPhee will be involved on Thursday, but only from the bench in my opinion. The team will pick itself for Thursday as follows;

Bobby
Oastler, Saah, Ellis, Nico
Morris, Mansell, O'kane, Stevens
Jarvis, Attieno

Subs: Rice, LRT, Macdonald, Mcphee, Lathrope

Ling has to go for it and will reluctantly drop Lathrope to accomodate a more attacking line-up. If things don't go according to plan, then several options:

1 - mcphee on for Atieno I guess or Morris/Stevens
2 - Macdonald on for Atieno, Morris, or Stevens and Ellis up front

If we blast them aside by half-time then

1 - Lathrope on for Atieno
2 - LRT on for Nicho

and we batten down the hatches (would be nice..)

Simples.......

Mysonjackg wrote:McPhee will be involved on Thursday, but only from the bench in my opinion. The team will pick itself for Thursday as follows;

Bobby
Oastler, Saah, Ellis, Nico
Morris, Mansell, O'kane, Stevens
Jarvis, Attieno

Subs: Rice, LRT, Macdonald, Mcphee, Lathrope

That will be the team but we should change the bench. There is absolutely no point having LRT, MacDonald and Lathrope all 3 defensive players on the bench in a game we must score 2 goals in. I'd drop MacDonald from the bench and put Yeoman there personally.

DROP MACDONALD?!?!?!?! Are you on crack? Of those three, drop LRT, he's off at full time, wherever he can get to fastest. Lathrope is much less likely to get us a goal than either of those, so I'd chop him for Nathan Craig.

Matt.

We're saving McPhee for Wembley.


He scores at Wembley.

ferrarilover wrote:DROP MACDONALD?!?!?!?! Are you on crack? Of those three, drop LRT, he's off at full time, wherever he can get to fastest. Lathrope is much less likely to get us a goal than either of those, so I'd chop him for Nathan Craig.

Matt.

MacDonald will not be used on Thursday in any scenario unless someone got injured which has barely happened all season, if a defender got injured LRT could play there and he's more likely to be needed to play on the wing after 87mins.

Hmmm, I see how that is confusing. Of the three, I'd drop Lathrope, but of the two MacDonald and LRT, I'd still ditch LRT, MacDonald looks a decent prospect for a goal.

Matt.

Olejnik
Oastler Saah Ellis Nico
O'Kane Mansell Lathrope Stevens
Jarvis Atieno

Rice, Macdonald, LRT, Morris, Mcphee

Morris was doing my head in on Sunday and I feel he should be dropped. Eunan is nowhere near as effective in a two man midfield so put him on the right/free role, Danny on the left and the two strikers up front. I can't see us scoring two goals without reply but I will be there in support like Sunday!

We cannot keep the same shape we have of late, six games without a win so for me it will have to be 4-4-2.

No change to our usual defence or keeper but i would change our wide midfielders. One will be a surprise on the left, Rowe-Turner. He always puts in plenty of effort when he comes on (crowd always get behind him) and usually gets forward, even took the fullback on near the end on sunday. He wouldnt be an out and out winger (we dont have any anyway) but he would also link well with Nicholson and have the advantage that he is strong and would be good in the air in both boxes.

Mansell and Okane in the middle, Lathrope would have to drop out with this formation. Then on the right i would put Stevens. He is right footed and am sure he would be far happier running down that wing then doing the other side where we know he will cut back/go backwards 90% of the time as not good enough to cross with his left.

Jarvis and Atieno up front. I was thinking of not having Rice on the bench but you never know if Bobby gets injured or sent off we would need him, especially if we are level on aggregate. We dont have to win by three clear goals to get through (although it would be preferable).

Subs: Rice, Mcphee, Craig, Yeoman and Macdonald.

Trojan 67 wrote:We're saving McPhee for Wembley.


He scores at Wembley.

This.

I had forgotten about Nathan Craig to be honest. He only occurred to me a few minutes ago and that is why I checked on here to see if he had been mentioned. Not sure how good he is and if he is not yet good enough for even a cameo appearance in a small squad stretched beyond breaking point, then perhaps he is just not up to it, which would be disappointing because I had high hoped for him.

Let's face it. We have nothing to lose and the likes of McPhee, Yeoman are not going to get you anything.

I think it's a case of biding his time though Hector. A bit like Eunan when we first signed him. I'd be much more disappointed if Craig wasn't in and around the squad next season.