mCcourt needs to play on saturday

Re: I'd love him to be selected

we need to start building some consistent partnerships around the team, chop change every single week

 

Re: I'd love him to be selected

I think that's fair. McCourt & Jennings with their differing styles can, in my opinion, supply O'Grady and Proschwitz with the chances & opportunities to score the goals. Also, I believe they're more than capable of chipping in with a few goals themselves.

 

I don't think Jim should be playing centre mid or full back but if he does play it should be on the wing.

I think it keeps it tight for an hour & if we aren't all ready in front it gives you the option of bringing attacking players on to try & win it.

For me we've lost too many games this season before half time.

 

I think that's because everyone knew (except Hemsworth) Hassell was being kept out of the squad for non-footballing reasons. With Paddy, as others on here have said, I think it's more to do with what he offers in the other areas of the team especially defensively.

 

That's the policy which David Flitcroft adopted earlier this season. The phrase he used was "Get to half time at 0-0".

 

The Flitcroft plan already failed get to half time nil nil . Jim as a winger is often a passenger not quite having the guile or pace to take on a man we need more creativity in a must win match than Jimbob can provide.

 

This has been our problem for a lot of the season, trying to be too 'tactical' and clever and trying to keep it tight, inviting pressure on ourselves, conceding, and having never built any momentum going forward to get back into the game. We're not playing Arsenal or Man Utd away we're playing Doncaster in a must win match. Attack is the best form of defence.

 

I agree you have defensive minded players to defend and attack minded players to attack - simple.

 

I agree but the issue there was he was playing with Wiseman at right back, M'Voto at centre back & Kennedy at left back, getting to half time at 0-0 with them 3 in the back 4 would've required a miracle

 

It failed because we had Wiseman, M'Voto & Kennedy together in the back 4

 

It failed because we had Wiseman, M'Voto & Kennedy together in the back 4

 

If you guys think we should go all out attack then fair enough, I'd just point out that an in form Wigan side approached Donny away in the same fashion & came away 3-0 losers

 

I'd go:-

Paddy - Frimpong - Hassell - Jennings

I think Frimpong has enough energy to be able to cover any gaps that Paddy leaves when he is on a mazy run.

Quite like the idea of a fast pacey winger on one side (Jennings) and then a tricky magician on the other side (Paddy).......and swap em during game.
Donny full backs wouldn't know what day it was.

 

That whole idea is fundamentally flawed, unless you have devastatingly quick and direct players on the counter attack you have no hope of being any kind of goal threat. Why should we go out and say 'Ok, Doncaster can have the ball the majority of the time and attack us, because we're away.' They don't have better players than us so lets engage them.

might not have helped but instead of his all out attack policy at the end of last season which kept us up, Flitcroft thought he was Mourinho, introduced what you're suggesting, and put us bottom of the league and up **** creek

 

also not suggesting that, just that we don't cack our pants at the prospect of playing Doncaster and try and defend for an hour.

 

5 across midfield for me, 3 of them being creative players with Dench and Bobby behind them, or Woods if Bobby isn't quite ready. Proschwitz on the bench.

 

I don't necessary think we should go all out attack just play a winger with more progressive abilities than Jimbob. He offers little going forwards and his last two major interjections at the back have resulted in goals against us. If we rely solely on Jennings to create anything it's a large burden for a young lad and relatively easy for the opposition to double mark if they only have him to worry about. I'd like either Tompole or Paddy to start don't mind which.

 

Yes that would be my preferred set up but Danny seems to like 2 up front.

 

You could well be right, mate. I prefer us to show no fear in matches, go out to win the game from the first whistle by attacking the opposition and, in my opinion, this would be better achieved with Paddy McCourt in the starting line up. I'm well aware you see things differently to me and I don't have any problems with that.

 

and thats another point,

has it been suggested that one of the big reasons Paddys form may have tailed off is because he was our only creative outlet at the time and teams knew to double/triple mark him? With Jennings on the other side now they couldn't do that.