Right oh wise ones

[poolie_mackem]

ow most of you know that I can spout a load of crap about many things but I am easily confused about footballers and who plays where, so.

We are today linked again with Gabby and Manny, no good with long names, and we still seem to be after Fletcher and Mceady, so.

Question one is if we get them all does that mean the end of the Johnson chase?

Question two is doe that mean the possibility of Sess leaving grows?

Question three, assuming we get them all who plays where with Sess staying and with Sess gone?

Thank you for helping an old man.

think it will be McGeedy or Johnson not both and whoever signs will play on the right

as for gabby he will be a good signing as he can play on the left, right or upfront, he played on the right for Villa when MoN was there with Young on the left and Carew through the middle

as for Fernandes he is a central midfielder and will be one of the first players on the team sheet if we got him

as for Sess if he stays he plays in the free role like Silva at City


as for formation I would go with


-------------------- Fernandes ---------- Colback ----------------------

Johnson/McGeedy/Agbonlahor - Sessegnon ---------- McClean/Agbonlahor

-------------------------- Fletcher/Agbonlahor -------------------------

football is more than just 12 or 13players now its a squad game and the same lineup rarely play 4 in a row with injuries, suspensions and form so everyone would get there chance. Personally if we got them all I would start McGeedy or Johnson on the right, McClean on the left, Fletcher upfront with Agbonlahor on the bench.

 

[JammySAFC]

We need to be adaptable. We need people so we can play different formations... No point just playing a 4-3-3 all the time, people will catch on and create tactics to stop us. We need people who can swap sides, positions, go defensive or offensive when we go behind, or need to keep a lead, or go for the win in the last 10mins. For this we need a big squad, adaptable players, and a variation who can do different things.

Point of having 25 men in a squad is you use them. You need to train different tactics, and having player like Manu, sess, mcgeady will only help us. No point selling anyone we will need, only because they don't fit one formation, as we won't always play that one...

Give this man a medal

 

[Gil T Azell]

Give this man a medal

Like a previous post I commented on this is spot on. And once again if I knew how to multi quote hairyhaggis's post would be included.

HH spouts a lot of sense, imo.

 

[Mackemneil]

We need to be adaptable. We need people so we can play different formations... No point just playing a 4-3-3 all the time, people will catch on and create tactics to stop us. We need people who can swap sides, positions, go defensive or offensive when we go behind, or need to keep a lead, or go for the win in the last 10mins. For this we need a big squad, adaptable players, and a variation who can do different things.

Point of having 25 men in a squad is you use them. You need to train different tactics, and having player like Manu, sess, mcgeady will only help us. No point selling anyone we will need, only because they don't fit one formation, as we won't always play that one...

Agree, this discussion should be centred upon the look of our squad of 25, MON will decide week by week what formation and team will be appropriate, subject to injuries, suspensions etc etc.

So, we need:

3 keepers
8 defenders
9/10 midfielders, and
4/5 forwards

who do you see in the squad?

For me, Mig and Westy plus a new young keeper (How old is Pickford now?)

Defenders: Bardsley, O'Shea, Brown, Cuellar, Turner, Egan, Laing and Fucile

Midfield: Larsson, McClean, Colback, Catts, Meyler, Gardner, Vaughan, Knott, and two new additions - Johnson would be great, Fernandes too, McGeady not so sure!

Forwards: Campbell, Sess, Agbonlahor, Fletcher and Ji

 

[password invalid]

I think it could line up like this:

...........................Mignolet...................

Bardsley......Cuellar...........Brown.......Oshea
...........................Catts..........................
..............??????................Colback............
McClean........................................McGeady
.......................Agbonlahor.........................

I expect a few suprised, but IMO this is the formation we will use. The defence I reckon will be different, however CM I can see Catts and Colback playing, with somebody like Krancjar.

any team with oshea at full back is doomedl

 

[The Mackem of Oz]

any team with oshea at full back is doomedl

Not really, he played RB & LB for Man Utd and Ireland.......

I think he can do a job there - only he didn't show it last season.