Return of a few for Saturday

Benson, Kitching, Palmer and both Williams should all be available.

 

I'd switch to 4-4-2 to get best out of players available. Both Williams' benefit from having a buddy to help out on the flank. If we're persisting with out of form Brittain I'd play him as a right winger because his distribution is better.

Assuming the Williams' were involved I'd go.

Collins

Brittain, Helik, Kitching, B.Williams

J.Williams, Benson, Gomes, Styles

Woodrow, Iseka.

Team I'd pick on current form:

Collins

Sibbick, Helik, Halme

Brittain, Hondermarck, Gomes, Styles

Freiser, Woodrow, Iseka.

My best fit 11 would something in between with a strong bench. That's why I haven't got much time for Schopp. I'm Joe Public scribbling down ideas and I can still pick a better 11.

 

I think if the run without a win carries on to the next break, then a change of formation is inevitable, whether that be 3-5-2 or a back 4. Wouldn’t have any issues with Williams as a right full back personally. He plays a bit deeper than Brittain at wing back and has also played in the back three (which I think might be his best position under Schopp).

Can’t see why we’d switch from 3-4-3 at the moment though. Am hoping for a performance like QPR away, but with better options off the bench meaning we don’t end up with two centre backs in midfield.

 

Good news, hopefully he'll have a full squad to choose from soon.

 

Why was Vita signed ? It has been suggested that he can play left back as well as wing back & has been on the bench so surely he is an option .

 

Clearly you can’t and your constant nonsense about Brittain renders your opinion almost entirely worthless.

 

To be fair before last Saturdays game I was chuntering about Brittain, along the lines of “he’s been awful this season” and “he’s never a centre mid”.

But then I thought was he was excellent against Blackburn so what do any of us know??!!

 

Thank you.

 

Hoping we don't start with ben williams

 

Me too. Although I think if I was to play him it would be purely defensively.

 

Perhaps. I just think doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome is madness. I don't like defenders in midfield. It sures things up but loses attacking options because 9 times out of 10 defenders aren't comfortable in advanced positions. People go on about Halme. He offers very little with the ball but he's a threat from set pieces because he gets into good positions. That doesn't make him a striker. He isn't going to take a man on and unleash a crisp shot from 18 yards.

 

I think you are getting me mixed up with another poster, I have never suggested we go 4-4-2 , I was merely responding to the question about was there anyone else who could play at left back & therefore I threw Vita into the debate

 

It was a generalisation about Halme. That's why I said people. I was thinking back to when posters (not yourself) were on about playing Halme up front. It was an an analogy of playing players out of position.

 

Scares me to death defensively jumps into tackles instead of standing his man up, Coventrys winger gave him nightmares earlier on in the season. Tries hard though ill give him that reminds me of George Smith.

 

That was when Struber kept chucking him on up top for the last 5 minutes when we were chasing the game and lumping it long.

Think it was more of a case of "if we're lumping it long, we may as well start with Halme up there", than a genuine suggestion.

I'd still stick with 3-4-3 with Styles and Brittain on the wings. Why break something that has worked so well for us? Benson is back fit now and Gomes almost up to speed. This will hopefully be our first choice midfield. The back 3 ought to pick itself, and its just a case of who plays with Woodrow. I'd start Frieser, as his running off the ball and work ethic really help us especially since Chaplin left. Whichever Belgian (I hate calling them that) is fittest, should be the 3rd striker.