We have to now accommodate Jalo and Cosgrove in our starting line up. Cole also deserves to keep his place. 343 Killip Lopata De Givegny McCart Williams Kane Connell Cadden Jalo Cosgrove Cole Gk O keefe Dodgeson Russell Mcatee Phillips Watters
I agree that Jalo needs to start getting some starts but at the same time feel that midfield is far too weak. We've only looked threatening with one person in midfield so far and that's McAtee
Edited OP I forgot about Mcatee, he only makes my bench though, not sure if Phillips or Styles lose their place on the bench with him coming in.
I do look at the strength of our bench and think that if we also have a player going to play in the euros and he may not get on our bench then we should may be doing a little bit better than we are.
Midfield not strong enough for me, to only have two in there. Connell still not up to full speed. I’d drop Styles though, and go with McAtee
Killip Lopata De Givegny McCart Williams Kane McAtee Connell Cadden Jalo Cosgrove Just for the Blackpool cup match.
Agree with Jalo, been saying that for a few weeks. We risk him being another John Stones, 20 appearances and flogged for a few million - we need to get the most out of him for our team.
I'd go with that but I'd actually be tempted to swap the keeper for flavell. Killips decision making on Tuesday was extremely poor, holding the ball too long and stopping us breaking away and poor distribution too
Agree totally about Jalo. He has the potential to excite the fans in a similar way to Glavin, Hignett and Hammill. Introducing him into the game in the 85th minute is close to being pointless. He needs to start.
Giving Jalo a few minutes here and there is pointless. This guy needs to be at least a semi regular starter.
I don’t agree he must start - at least not every game - we’ve seen nowhere near enough of him in proper men’s football to show he’s ready. What we do need is to see much more of him. If that’s from the bench he needs 20-30 minutes, not 5 or 10 - with the odd start as well.
It's a difficult one, because although he's not been given much time to do anything, I don't think what he has done warrants a start ahead of Cole, McAtee or Cosgrove. Cosgrove in particular has been getting a similar amount of game time, and has begun to impact games. I'd love for us to go with the formation that we've been ending games with the last couple of weeks, but you've to bear in mind, we were chasing the game at Lincoln, and Wycombe offered very little threat going forward. So in those instances, we could afford to take a few risks. That being said, I guess we could just suck it and see.
If he was good enough he would be starting already. I’ll trust in the process in the meantime with him. Styles for me done next to nothing to warrant a place in the side. Hungary must be really poor in terms of midfielders if he’s one of their best options.
Maybe it's the opposite. They're that good a side, that he excels in their side because of the players around him. They've just qualified for the Euro's quite comfortably, albeit in one of the softer groups.
The last game he played for Hungary he was took off after 60 minutes and they were losing. They ended up coming back and winning. On Tuesday he was the worst player on the pitch he had zero influence on the game and we turned the game around when he made way for Cosgrove. I haven't been impressed this season with him and if he still keeps getting picked after recent performances I'd have to question why.
I would like to see more of Jalo. Maybe not starting yet but certainly more than 5 minutes. Hopefully we’ll at least get to see him have a sustained run in the team before someone snaps him up.
We're the third top scorers in the division - goals are clearly not the problem. Let him continue to develop as he is - we may need more from him in the new year when fixtures continue to pile up and a deeper squad is needed.