In his press conference today Kit said that Scotty Parker will definitely play. He also said that there had been a few niggling injuries in training but refused to say who. He did however allude to either or indeed both of Amorebieta and Hoogland playing. But there’s still no place for Pat Roberts who will again be turning out for the U21s tomorrow.
Kit also said says he loves the Chamionship. That’s all well and good but in our current League position he needs to adapt better to how a game is panning out; he can’t continue to be “disappointed”. Bringing on Hugo on Tuesday night was a prime example. Firstly, with us persistently lumping the ball forward if Woodrow was getting nothing out of the Watford CBs why did he believe Hugo would be any different? Secondly, playing Hugo and Smith together was just plain daft. Hugo is not a “sniffer”. He hasn’t got the poaching instincts or football nous of a natural goal scorer to play off the kind of knock-downs that Smith provides. McCormack has, Dembele has.
Also with so little creativity and the side looking terribly unbalanced I can’t understand why Hoogland wasn’t brought on. The only conclusions I can draw is that he doesn’t see Hoogland in the central midfield role and he’s blinkered towards his ’favourites’, Tunniclifffe and Hugo; both of whom are currently not producing.
So, for this game Kit needs to not only set out a solid starting eleven he needs to also have a sound Plan B. While I’d personally go for the ’back 3 and 2 wing backs’ formation that SuperBri has been promoting, Kit won’t - unless the now thinks he can with Amorebieta back in the reckoning. Personally, I can’t believe Nando is fit enough yet.
What I think we’ll see is very much the team that played against Derby. I’d be happy to go with that formation but would change the personnel - obviously LVC is out so something has to change anyway. Does he bring Fofana in for LVC? And will Kit prefer Hugo for Woodrow? Will he only use Smith as an impact sub? In the press conference Kit said, "Smith gives us a different dimension up front – the loan system’s worked well”, and described his return as a “great acquisition”. So who knows?
With the threat Bournemouth pose on the flanks we really need to have a balanced midfield which can defend properly. Conversely there is little real evidence that we will play with width but despite that and our poor record in getting in meaningful crosses, I would start with Smith up front. And go for:
……………….Bettinelli………………
…Richards…Bodurov..Hutchinson….Stafylidis..
….......Hoogland……Parker……Kavanagh…
…………………Ruiz………….
………….Smith……McCormack…
Kit also said says he loves the Chamionship. That’s all well and good but in our current League position he needs to adapt better to how a game is panning out; he can’t continue to be “disappointed”. Bringing on Hugo on Tuesday night was a prime example. Firstly, with us persistently lumping the ball forward if Woodrow was getting nothing out of the Watford CBs why did he believe Hugo would be any different? Secondly, playing Hugo and Smith together was just plain daft. Hugo is not a “sniffer”. He hasn’t got the poaching instincts or football nous of a natural goal scorer to play off the kind of knock-downs that Smith provides. McCormack has, Dembele has.
Also with so little creativity and the side looking terribly unbalanced I can’t understand why Hoogland wasn’t brought on. The only conclusions I can draw is that he doesn’t see Hoogland in the central midfield role and he’s blinkered towards his ’favourites’, Tunniclifffe and Hugo; both of whom are currently not producing.
So, for this game Kit needs to not only set out a solid starting eleven he needs to also have a sound Plan B. While I’d personally go for the ’back 3 and 2 wing backs’ formation that SuperBri has been promoting, Kit won’t - unless the now thinks he can with Amorebieta back in the reckoning. Personally, I can’t believe Nando is fit enough yet.
What I think we’ll see is very much the team that played against Derby. I’d be happy to go with that formation but would change the personnel - obviously LVC is out so something has to change anyway. Does he bring Fofana in for LVC? And will Kit prefer Hugo for Woodrow? Will he only use Smith as an impact sub? In the press conference Kit said, "Smith gives us a different dimension up front – the loan system’s worked well”, and described his return as a “great acquisition”. So who knows?
With the threat Bournemouth pose on the flanks we really need to have a balanced midfield which can defend properly. Conversely there is little real evidence that we will play with width but despite that and our poor record in getting in meaningful crosses, I would start with Smith up front. And go for:
……………….Bettinelli………………
…Richards…Bodurov..Hutchinson….Stafylidis..
….......Hoogland……Parker……Kavanagh…
…………………Ruiz………….
………….Smith……McCormack…
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