.................................................................. please log in to view this image ..................VENUE .......................................ELLAND ROAD ...................DATE ..................................TUESDAY 28th AUGUST ...................TIME ...........................................19.45 Its the second round of the Capital One Cup folks . Warnock is set to put out a completely different team that cruised put the Posh 2-1 at the weekend. That mean the fringe players like Drury, Kisnorbo, Poleon will all get a try out. The only player I would keep is Kenny for obvious reasons, ow, and maybe Diouff as he is on the road to fitness. It should be an easy one on paper. Who would you play? Do you care about this competition? Are you going to this match?
Primarily a mixture of youth and players needing to get their fitness up. Kenny Byram Lees Kisnorbo Drury EHD Austin Nunez White Poleon Gray Subs: McCormack, Becchio, Pearce, Norris, Pugh, Ashdown
Nice mixture of youth and experience. I forgot we had Ashdown, sod it, put him in He's more than capable...
Kept Paddy in goal as I think it is hugely important that all defenders get used to playing with him and for him to get used to them.
I would swap Paddy for Ashdown and I would give Drury and White half a game each at LB, I wouldn't risk both our natural left sided players. Pugh left midfield and Brown in place of Nunez probably give McCormack a run out alongside Gray, he keeps getting subbed a lot so would be good if he could get on the score sheet. Give Becchio, Pearce, Peltier, Austin the day off, wouldn't even have them on the bench. Ashdown Byram Lees Kisnorbo Drury/White EHD Norris Brown Pugh McCormack Gray Subs Paddy, Poleon, Thompson, Varney
Patrick Kenny 2 Lee Peltier 3 Adam Drury 4 Tom Lees 5 Jason Pearce 6 Patrick Kisnorbo 7 Paul Green 8 Rodolph Austin 10 Luciano Becchio 11 Luke Varney 12 Jamie Ashdown 14 Aidan White 16 Danny Pugh 17 Michael Brown 19 David Norris 20 Andy Gray 21 El-Hadji Diouf 22 Robbie Rogers 23 Zac Thompson 25 Samuel Byram 26 Dominic Poleon 44 Ross McCormack Leigh Bromby Alex Cairns Ramon Nunez Paul Rachubka Davide Somma Charlie Taylor Lewis Turner
Oxford are flying, very confident, will come as the underdogs to ER and will rise to the occasion. They have nothing to lose, and could easily embarass us. We should not be so complacent in believing that a reserve team will get us past them. Defence - Give Ashdown a game, but keep the back four (God knows it, Lees needs the game time!): - Ashdown - - Peltier - Lees- Pearce - Drury - The midfield and front is where I would change things. Byram has shown he can more than hold his own, while Austin could do with a rest, Diouf needs games but is probably playing his last match for us, while Zac Thompson needs some game time, plus give the front guys a rest - Byram - Brown - Thompson - Diouf - - Poleon - Gray - We can have the bench filled with our usual first-team players
JLA, fair selection, although I'd start with Brown instead of Austin. He needs to keep his fitness levels up for the time when Austin is injured or suspended
Peltier has had a slight back / shoulder injury last few games. I would certainly rest him. Would be interested to see how Kisnorbo is getting on
No chance Elland. The sooner we get Rachubka off the books, the better. Play Cairns instead if necessary.
Good thought Boggers. My thinking of playing Austin is to get him "used to the English game." We do need to be concerned about fatigue and fitness so those decisions can really only be made by the coaching staff.
I'd play Charlie Taylor (he's not out on loan is he? if so play Drury) ------------------------Ashdown------------------------ Byram-------------Lees----------Kisnorbo----------Taylor Nunez-----------Brown----------Thompson---------Varney ----------------Poleon-----------Gray-------------------- Subs: Cairns, Pearce, Drury, White, Norris, Diouf, McCormack That'd pretty much be the team I'd be playing, maybe White instead of Varney. Almost every player has been changed but we have a thin squad and need to get as many rested as possible as often as possible. Still keep a fairly strong bench though incase we start struggling
