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Match Day Thread Man City v Saints - Wednesday 10th March 6pm, Sky Sports

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  1. saintrichie123

    saintrichie123 Well-Known Member

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    That’s not a bad idea, especially at a time when we have struggled to bring our own academy players up to the standard required.
    I recently read that the number of academy players a team can have was increased, which has led to the bigger clubs dredging the country for the best prospects, before jettisoning those that aren’t making their grades.
    There might be some decent late developers in the discarded pile.
     
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  4. Archers Road

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    Definitely not good, for their next opponents :emoticon-0141-whew:
     
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    Worth noting Tella was far from a cast off. Arsenal wanted to keep him but he wasn't happy with opportunities in and around the 1st team so moved on.

    Shows that there is an opportunity both for the "cast offs" that are deemed not good enough for elite clubs as well as the players that are frustrated with their playing time/future opportunities.
     
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    Not too fussed about a loss here. Keep it below 5 and no injuries and i'd be fairly ok with that.

    I'd be more worried about Fulham if we weren't playing Brighton, West Brom, Burnley and Palace in our next 4 league games
     
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  7. Dark Lord SFC

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    My team for Wednesday
    Forster
    KWP-Bedders-Vester-Salisu-Bertie
    Djenepo-JWP-Diallo-Redders
    N'Lundulu

    Our strongest defensive lineup and keeping our strike force fit and sat on the bench
     
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    Not a bad call. Playing KWP and Diallo after their respective injuries is risky. Likewise you have to protect Armstrong and Tella. But no reason why we can't play Adams. I would not be keen - but I can see Ralph going with Bedders at RB with Djenepo supporting.
     
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  9. saintrichie123

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    Fine with me. Particularly KWP and Diallo.
     
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    The trouble is there are no alternatives to KWP and Diallo
     
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  12. tomw24

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    There are, just not very good ones. But as we're likely to lose this anyway no point risking them.
     
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    Yep, only just back from injuries.....no need to risk them, and start them against Brighton.
     
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  14. Archers Road

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    I don’t want to see us face City with a CB playing FB
     
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    If we are so likely to lose this, surely this is an opportunity for Kayne Ramsay to have a go?
     
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    I don't want KWP pulling up injured in a lost cause.
     
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    Have we already given this up before kick off? :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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  18. BassettSaint

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    Yes. Unless we happen to get seriously spanked (I'm talking 9-0 level) then surely it's better to not bother and rest our key players for bigger, winnable tests to come (Brighton and Bournemouth to name but two).
     
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    All the more reason to rest them both. Can barely afford to lose either of them to injury again.
     
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    What lost cause? If the players go out thinking any game is a lost cause, they probably shouldn’t be professional sportsmen.
     
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