Your team for Saturday?

[City1904]

Well not seen a thread on this so far so wondered what you all think about the team for Saturday? Who would you pick?


Well away to Forest i think we need to not go all out, it is clear we can't go all out agaisnt a team like them, so my team goes as follows....

Mannone

Rosenior - Gerrard(Hobbs if not fit) - Chester - Dawson

Mclean - Harper - Evans - Koren - Amoo

Fryatt

If we go 1-0 down we switch to 442, and in second half go straight to 442, just try and frustrate Forest to start with, and try putting pressure on them from the front with Amoo and Mclean given a license to get forward.

What would your side be?

 

[DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)]

mannone

rosenoir -gerrard- chester- dawson

amoo- evans -cairney-koren

simpson fryatt

 

[4Dee]

Mannone
Rosenior Chester Gerrard Dawson
Amoo Evans Hobbs Koren
Fryatt Simpson

Hobbs would be a risk but I'm tempted to say he may be the best we've got. Harper I don't hate one rate and Cairney I'm not sure about in this game.

 

[originallambrettaman]

mannone

rosenoir -gerrard- chester- dawson

amoo- evans -cairney-koren

simpson fryatt

I'd go with this too, but I reckon it will be Harper for Cairney and Mclean for Simpson and possibly Hobbs for Gerrard(forced).

Disappointing, as from what we've seen recently, neither Harper nor Mclean posses the quality to trouble a team like Forest.

 

[Barmbys_Tan]

Mannone
Rosenior Chester Hobbs Dawson
Amoo Evans Koren
Simpson Fryatt Mclean

 

[originallambrettaman]

Mannone
Rosenior Chester Hobbs Dawson
Amoo Evans Koren
Simpson Fryatt Mclean

After 4-3-3 didn't work at home, I can't see it being attempted away.

 

[City1904]

Mannone
Rosenior Chester Hobbs Dawson
Amoo Evans Koren
Simpson Fryatt Mclean

I know we need a win but five attacking players in the midfield and attack? Come on really? How on earth would that work.....

 

[Nick HCAFC]

Mannone
Rosy Gerrard (Hobbs) Chester Daws
Devitt Koren Evans Amoo
Mclean Fryatt
Amoo can play both flanks so would have him on the left and Devitt on the right for a better balance. Harper isn't fit at the moment in my opinion and I hope he doesn't play, if he was fit I would have him in ahead of Evans as holding midfielder, otherwise we look lightweight. 3-1 City.

 

[H-D]

One change, Amoo for Mclean. Cairney would give us more creativity in midfield but we need Harper to hold the midfield together against a very talented Forest team. Koren better out wide

 

[Liam0093]

One change, Amoo for Mclean. Cairney would give us more creativity in midfield but we need Harper to hold the midfield together against a very talented Forest team. Koren better out wide

This made me laugh 'Cairney would give us more creativity' in every game I've watched I don't remember seeing him pass the ball forwards once, he always goes sideways/backwards and the move slows down.

 

[tigercity]

we lack a Windass, a Brabin, dare I say it a younger Ash in the centre.. NP knows this surely, it will be put right in the summer.. I don't doubt the quality of these lads (Harper is beginning to nag me.. Mclean hard-working but as said not budding PL standard) but we lack steel in the middle.

Cairney isn't built like a brick ****house neither is Evans, if anything Evans is more inclined to go forward than Tom.

Olofinjana isn't really a stopper, he even sees himseflf as more of an 'artist' who likes to 'play nice football' I remember him saying at his press conf. when he joined..

Belaid isn't a ball winner either..

Garcia isn't a centre midfielder..

Players like Walton & Lewis have been drafted in to do this job in the past but weren't up to it..

Then Ryan France & Richard Hughes did OK in the L1/CCC.. but wouldn't get in there now..

Boateng was a warrier but ageing and playing in a sinking ship of a side..

So the question remains, can this side reach the play-offs?

Manonne

Rosenior Chester Hobbs Dawson

Amoo Harper Evans Koren

Fryatt Simpson

 

[kidcol39]

Mannone

Rosenior Gerrard Chester Hobbs

Koren Harper Evans

Amoo Mclean

Fryatt

 

[originallambrettaman]

Garcia isn't a centre midfielder..

Why not? He's played every other position.

 

[FitzroyTiger]

The lack of real options in midfield is a concern. However, I would definitely start McClean up front with Fryatt simply because his work rate is phenomenal. He can hassle defenders all day and then bring Simpson off the bench to add something different to our attack.

 

[miff33]

Mannone
Rosenior Gerrard, Chester, Dawson
Simpson, Koren, Evans, Amoo
Maclean, Fryatt

 

[PLT]

I know we need a win but five attacking players in the midfield and attack? Come on really? How on earth would that work.....

The same way as a front 5 of...

Houghton
Henderson Waggy Chillo Butler

Unfortunately managers don't have the balls any more and it's all about clean sheets.

 

[City1904]

Managers don't have the balls anymore as they have learnt how to counter this, football has moved on, tactics have become far mopre modern and it is now to easy to counter such systems like that. However much i would love to see us play great attacking football like that, until we have an amazing side such as United or Madrid we will never play like that and i doubt that will be for some time.

 

[John. Walkington.]

Mannone
Rosenior Chester Gerrard Dawson
Koren Harper Evans Amoo
Fryatt Simpson

 

[originallambrettaman]

Based on Shakeys comments, it sounds like Amoo won't start, but will come on from the bench(though it may just be smoke and mirrors).

 

[TopTigersFan]

Mannone
Rosenior Gerrard, Chester, Dawson
Simpson, Koren, Evans, Amoo
Maclean, Fryatt

This side would do for me, it's very attack-minded but does leave us lightweight in the middle of the park. We're pretty much safe from relegation so why not just go for it? At least we'd have fun watching them have a go!