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Carling Cup 2nd Round - Scunthorpe (a) - live on Sky 25/08/11 @ 7.45pm


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I'd like too see us put a fairly strong team out for this. Use it as a sort of preseason game to help get more fitness in some key players.

 

Krul

 

Simpson

Coloccini

Williamson

R.Taylor

 

Obertan

Cabaye

Tiote

Marveux

 

Vuckic

Ba

 

Get it wrapped up in the first half and then bring some squad players on for the first teamers.

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personally don't think cabaye or tiote will be required for this and i know you meant in terms of fitness but id rather not risk it in terms of injury and in tiote's case a booking or worse a silly red like at stevenage

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If anyone gets this team selection right in the predictions I'll be impressed. No idea whether he'll go all-out with the effort we've just expended yesterday and with Fulham so close on the horizon after this, but he has stated multiple times that he's looking to go for it in the cups this season.

 

I know we should be looking to win comfortably and keep the cohesion growing, but I won't complain if we see a totally different starting XI to the Mackems match. Scunthorpe are garbage. You can make a pretty good starting XI that way, but I think one of the central defenders will have to start as we still only have 3.

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Christ. Just realised this is on while I'm flying across the pond. p*ss off.

 

I hope we play Vuckic.

 

Hopefully behind Ba. Or Ameobi as i would like to see Ba play against Fulham from start.

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Would definitely play Tiote for at least an hour cos the lad is still a bit off the pace due to missing most of the pre-season.

 

Harper

R Taylor

Williamson

"aventgorraclue"

Ferguson

Gosling

Vuckic

Tiote

Marveaux

Ba

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The last time we played them at their ground they beat us 2 - 1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8304298.stm

 

Our team that day was: -

01 Harper

03 Jose Enrique

12 Simpson

13 Khizanishvili

16 Taylor

04 Nolan

08 Guthrie (Ranger 86)

18 Gutierrez

20 Geremi (Harewood 61)

17 Smith

24 Carroll

 

I'd put out a strong team. The team are still gelling so they need the game time. I'd be happy for Vuckic, Ferguson and Sam Ameobi to get some game time if things are going well though.

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Nolan Guthrie Geremi Smith.... slowest midfield in the world ever,  no wonder we lost  :D

 

 

Wasn't that the game where Nolan shouted to the bench to get Geremi off!!!

 

We struggled in the centre of defence in that game (Simpson and Khizanishvili)

because of injuries.

 

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Fancy us to nick it. We're better than then and they're not since their relegation IIRC.

 

EDIT: Found Rich's post from earlier:

 

Can't see us getting passed them, decent team tbf.

 

:no:

 

Different team to the one that beat us, completely different. Only Sam Togwell is left from the starting XI of that night.

 

Each club has been on completely opposite trajectories since that season.

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