SUPERTOON Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Walk in the park, like every match in this daft league. It's a league cup game and Huddersfield are not in this league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Didn't even read the title, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Crazy Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Play a weakened team, league is our only priority this year, simple as. Play the young lads, rest the key players etc. Wouldn't care if we lost or only scrapped it once we win our next championship game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 All the people saying play a weakened team seeming to forget the first team is all we have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Crazy Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 All the people saying play a weakened team seeming to forget the first team is all we have Well what I meant was like play Kadar and Tozer at the back, and Ranger and LuaLua... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Play the reserve/academy team. We have bigger fish to fry and the sooner we are out of this compo the better. I also don't like the idea of Huddersfield out to prove a point and injuring our players after the last game. I've never understood this mentality. Sure, there's the consolation of "being able to focus on the league", but by no means can I see it being particularly better if you were knocked out. A premiership team in the 3rd round (if you get through) could for example give you a test to see what sort of level you're at. And besides, a decent cup run will only raise spirits surely. I would agree however to playing some of the younger lads. Normally I would agree with you, these are extenuating circumstances. We have a very small squad (that will probably get smaller) and we have over 40 games ahead of us. If we have a good cup run we'll just have that many more games with more opportunities for injuries and exhaustion (especially for our older players that fade badly when played more than a week in a row - Butt and Geremi). If we had a manager and were bringing in as many players as are leaving then I would be all for winning in all matches... but we don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 They lost today with Forster keeping a clean sheet against them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I'd be up for giving some kids a chance to shine, Ranger, Baheng. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 We need a good cup run! ----------------Harper Stmo----Tayls----------Colo------Jose Jonas-----Guth--------Smith-----Lua -----------Shola--------Ranger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Krul Simpson Colo Taylor Kadar Lua Butt Barton Baheng Ranger Ameobi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 slight changearound maybe? I'd like something like this: ----------------Krul Simp------Tayls-------Kadar------Jose raylor-----Guth--------Smith-----LuaLua -----------Shola--------Ranger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 All the people saying play a weakened team seeming to forget the first team is all we have Well what I meant was like play Kadar and Tozer at the back, and Ranger and LuaLua... Yeah. I mean, the 7 subs today would be decent in the first XI allowing seven players to have a break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Infact I want this cup, full 1st team, strongest squad, lets not break up a winning side, confidence is high lets keep it that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Blood the youngsters, hardly any of them have started a senior game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I'd be tempted to try something different just for the hell of it against this lot Krul Simpson Taylor Coloccini Enrique Guthrie Barton* Lua Lua Vukic Xisco Ranger *Nolan if not fit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Think it's important not to lose the momentum that we've got, but also think it's important that some of our raw youngsters get some first team experience as we're going to need them later in the season, so I'd play a couple (Ranger, Kadar, etc), but I'd not want to put out the reserve side or anything like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Have one word for this... Distruction.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Have one word for this... Distruction.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I'd like to try and fit Ryan Donaldson into the team. The likes of himself, Lua Lua, Krul, Kadar, Tozer, Ranger and Danquah should all be played in this game. As well as Xisco. I'd like to see us line up: ------------Krul------------- --Simpson---Tozer--Taylor--Kadar-- ---Donaldson--Butt--Guthrie--Lua Lua-- -----------Ranger---Danquah/Xisco-- We need to keep our key players fresh because with such a small squad and so many games to play in this division we will start to fall away from the leading pack if we get a few injuries and suspensions. Normally I always want to see us do well in the league cup but this year under our circumstances I think we should put this on the back burner. Although I'd still be quite disappointed to lose at home to Huddersfield in the first round, like. I feel we are capable of beating Huddersfield with that team, despite Clarky possessing a strong side. Lets hope we come through unscathed and keep the momentum going! Howay the lads! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Krul Simpson Taylor Kadar Enrique Geremi Butt Guthrie Ranger Lua Lua Xisco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 If we play Tozer and kadar in the defence, surely we're going to get beat, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 If we play Tozer and kadar in the defence, surely we're going to get beat, no? We'll never know how good they are at this level until we try them out. Kadar seems a fairly impressive talent although I'm not sure about Tozer as I've never seen him play. Having Steven Taylor alongside Tozer would be helpful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Both look bloody woeful to me. It's imperative that we keep the current defence together and bring in reinforcements Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Plus Tozer actually has experience playing league 1 teams when he was at Swindon right? So it's not like we're throwing him totally in the deep end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Both look bloody woeful to me. It's imperative that we keep the current defence together and bring in reinforcements How can you say Kadar looks woeful? He's been cracking for the reserves when he's been fit. One bad game (possibly as I didn't see it) against Leeds and all of a sudden he's shit? Tozer, I'll give you. Haven't been impressed by him. Kadar on the other hand looks the real deal to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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