It cant be worse than last week. Can it?? Professional pride should kick in hopefully... Lets hope there isnt trouble in the dressing room. But there was something definitely wrong last week. So will Phelan adjust or change it wholesale? Plenty of talk of 3-5-2 but i dont think we have the players for it with Robbo injured and snodgrass not fitting into it. I'd play Tymon, straight swop for Robbo. He cant do worse than last week. Marshall or Jak? Back on the agenda? Weird effort from Marshall for their first. Think he will stick with Marsh. Elmo needs more support from Snoddy and the right CB. Very isolated against Bmouth. I imagine Dawson will come back in to partner Davies. What to do with the midfield? Mason is lightweight. Hudd might be ok and get more time to play his game against Stoke. Jake needs to get back to last seasons form and quick, been too easy for him playing CB, needs to sharpen up. Clucas has been playing this role behind the two CM's, its far too negative. Either play him as one of the two or move him out to LM. Henriksen? I'm still waiting to see where he is going to play. If he really wants to battle it out he might play Meyler and dig in but i doubt it. Dropping Hernandez has been a disastrous decision from Phelan. He has to play and have a partner with him and after seeing Will Keane its got to be Diomande. I'd go Marshall Elmo Dawson Davies Tymon Snodgrass Clucas Jake Meyler Diomande Hernandez Its ridiculous we have all these CM's and no option up front or out wide. Name your team. I think Phelan may shut up shop and try to get a point, I dont blame him we have to stop the rot.
When you're at home and need to go for the win it's hard to justify having Meyler in there over Huddlestone or Mason.
Bit of pressure & Chazz ups his game. Marsh Elmo. Daws. Davies. Tymon Snidge. Jake. Mason. Clucks Henriksen Hernandez Edit: Ducking live spell checker
Brucie only managed to get 2 points out of 12 against Stoke - Phelans already beaten them - lets hope for another win tomorrow
Don't particularly want to agree with your summary Chazz but dammit I do. Didn't press like though. I'm no kissarse
as long as we take all 12 points available from Stoke and Slumberland. we should survive. As long as we finish above 17, it will be our best season ever.
Jakupovic Elmo Davies Dawson Maguire Tymon Livermore Hudd Clucas Snodgrass/Diomande Hernandez I think our new signings with the exception of Mbokani have been dreadful so far. Mason looks so bad, Levy must be pissing himself. We need a solid platform tomorrow and the players need to stand up and be counted. Not as weak as piss in that embarrassingly poor defeat to Bournemouth.
I do wonder how many cock transplants one man can have because Levy must have laughed his cock off so many times dealing with us.
We're gonna lose. 0-3 or maybe 1-4. Phelan doesn't have a clue. Team selection will be bonkers. Only way we'll win tomorrow is if the players have got together round someones house behind his back, and they've come up with their own tactics.
Really hard to pick a team for this one. So many possibilities and it's unclear who the obvious picks are at this point. Marshall Elmo Dawson Davies Tymon Mason Clucas Livermore Snodgrass Hernandez Diomande If there was any other option I'd say leave Hernandez out. His attitude does my head in, and us rewarding his sulk by putting him straight back in is hardly going to teach him. But we don't have much of an alternative. Maybe Weir could start over Diomande? I'm still confused as to what his position actually is. Can't see Tymon starting, it'll be Clucas at LB but I dunno why. I think we have more to lose by missing Clucas from midfield than we do by playing a talented young lad.
At what point is the Jak back? Marshall Elmo, Jake, Davies, Tymon Clucas Snodge, Meyler, Hudds, Abel H, Diomande I'd play this team narrow on defence & wide in attack!
Jakupovic Meyler Dawson Davies Clucas Elmo Livermore Huddlestone Snodgrass Hernandez Diomande Another depressingly defensive performance against a poor team....2-1 defeat by Stoke.
