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Hanley should be fit for Wales trip, Byram will train this week, Gibson further away. Dowell may be ready but may be given longer to recover, Sara also training this week but lack of match practice may hold him back, Springett rolled an ankle before Scotland. All the latest injury news.
 
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DHCanary said:
Balanced view from an official club source...:emoticon-0112-wonde

Certainly the Hibs game means little. Giannoulis, Sorensen, Hernandez, Hugill, Gunn probably the only players to get meaningful gametime and stand a chance of being in contention next week, and perhaps just Giannoulis and Sorensen start vs Cardiff. Certainly would have been nice to see a statement performance from someone and give Smith a selection headache for the season opener, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Seems pretty likely the starting lineup next week will be:

Krul
Aarons Hanley Omobamidele Giannoulis
McLean Sorensen Cantwell
Sargent Pukki Rashica

Cantwell is either an 8 or a 10, with a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system. The CBs and CMs pick themselves through a paucity of options, and really only Onel and Hugill could feel hard done-by if left out. I certainly wouldn't be against them replacing Sargent and Pukki on pre-season form. Crossing to Hugill seems to have been the only consistently successful attacking tactic we've had through pre-season. Hard to see anyone else with a strong case for inclusion.
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I meant compared to Robbie's rather biased view of the match. The match report at least describes what happened on the pitch rather than just spouting an opinion.

I totally agree with your predicted lineup, which could be both formations with Cantwell dropping back into midfield when the ball is lost and then moving up into the 10 role as we attack, much like PLM was doing towards the end of last season.

For me Pukki has done enough over the last four seasons to justify his starting place but the case is not so clear with Sargent. I'd say that Sinani has also done enough to warrant consideration. It's a pity that Dowell's injury problems have deprived him of a full pre-season.
 
DHCanary said:
Balanced view from an official club source...:emoticon-0112-wonde

Certainly the Hibs game means little. Giannoulis, Sorensen, Hernandez, Hugill, Gunn probably the only players to get meaningful gametime and stand a chance of being in contention next week, and perhaps just Giannoulis and Sorensen start vs Cardiff. Certainly would have been nice to see a statement performance from someone and give Smith a selection headache for the season opener, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Seems pretty likely the starting lineup next week will be:

Krul
Aarons Hanley Omobamidele Giannoulis
McLean Sorensen Cantwell
Sargent Pukki Rashica

Cantwell is either an 8 or a 10, with a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system. The CBs and CMs pick themselves through a paucity of options, and really only Onel and Hugill could feel hard done-by if left out. I certainly wouldn't be against them replacing Sargent and Pukki on pre-season form. Crossing to Hugill seems to have been the only consistently successful attacking tactic we've had through pre-season. Hard to see anyone else with a strong case for inclusion.
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I think you possibly do an injustice to Sinani. He performed better than Sargent overall in my humble opinion.
 
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No comments regarding the Ladies Semi final tonight.

Anyone interested?

I will certainly be shouting England on. <applause><applause>
 
Hardly watched any apart from Spain extra time. Tbph I rarely watch England as I can't get excited about it. Will watch the final though. The standard seems to have improved greatly.
 
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