This is my 'Five Year Season Ticket Directors Box Game.' Last time I saw a game from there, we lost 1-3, so for no other reason, that's my prediction. ;-)
Chris Kamara covering our game for Soccer Saturday tomorrow!
Chris Kamara @chris_kammy 36m On the Rattler to the smoke, only 4 prem 3pm kick offs tomorrow! So I have the cracker Charlton v Leicester. Stan Petrov & Rob Fowler on GOS
Stubley - nice preview. I like to politely disagree with the midfield selection,if its 4-4-2. We are having problems in midfield when the opposition have the ball, particularly on the counter attack. Selecting Jacko, Pritchard & Harriott leaves us too open. We need to stop the bleeding. Hughes or Dervite in central midfield for me. Also, both Pritchard & Harriott have failed to cover the space in front of the full back areas, in the games against against Bournemouth & Doncaster and left Solly & Wiggins exposed to 2v1 situations far too often. That has to change. Wilson or Evina could come in on either side, (although probably not both, that would be too defensive)
If we go 5-3-2, we need to be aware of opposition counter attacks into the vacant full back areas, as the wing backs push on. Whoever is selected at right centre back will need to cover across behind Solly and likewise on the left behind Wiggins. I don't fancy either Cort or Morrison in those situations. Perhaps the more mobile Wood will get a go. On the other side of the coin, 3 in Cent Mid gives us a chance of dominating in the middle of the park, where most games are won and lost. There is no doubt the Church / Kermorgant combination will score goals if given the right service. Playing 5-3-2 means there is a onus on the wing backs to get forward into advance areas and supply the crosses. If they get pinned down, the danger is a lack of width.
It will be interesting to see which way CP goes. Pearson will have the same problem as we are having. He has no idea what formation we will use or the team selection, so has not been able to plan properly. He will have contingency plans to play against 3 in Cent Mid, which could disrupt his own system if he wants to play 4-4-2, as Middlesbrough did to us with their 3 man Cent Mid.
I agree with this assessment of 3-5-2 but can't agree that we must play this way because our midfielders aren't up to it. The failure of 4-4-2 has a lot to do with how deep we defend and how the two banks of 4 fail to move up and back together, leaving big gaps for their players to run into. I'd like to see if we are chasing a game, our back four pushing up into their half. Sure it will leave us vunerable in behind the defence, but Hamer is decent one-on-one and if this becomes an ongoing problem, getting more pace at centre-back could be looked at.
Chris Kamara covering our game for Soccer Saturday tomorrow!
Chris Kamara @chris_kammy 36m On the Rattler to the smoke, only 4 prem 3pm kick offs tomorrow! So I have the cracker Charlton v Leicester. Stan Petrov & Rob Fowler on GOS
Is that the slightest hint of sarcasm from Kammy??
was thinking the worse about this fixture ...but hearing Neil Warnock laughing about us and predicting a big leicester win @ odds on this morning at talksh@te radio.
makes me feel we will raise to the occasion CYOR 2-1.
Kamara utterly cracks me up. Has had me in tears of laughter before.
- Missing the red card v Portsmouth - Infamous Spurs are fighting like beavers comment - His monitor going down for a Fulham game "I'm looking over my shoulder Jeff"
Funny how teams like Leicester and Forest are now dead certs to smash us. Wasn't long ago when we would not be fussed by the opposition we face tomorrow, now look... a draw would be considered a result.
Such is life, I'll be there cheering on the reds...oh yeah and Kerm to get a straight red.
We do have a good record against Leicester but with their good start and our poor one I cannot see past a 3-1 defeat and the gloom continues. If we can just not lose anyone this window maybe we can turn it around.
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Last time I saw a game from there, we lost 1-3, so for no other reason, that's my prediction. ;-)
Mind you if you go on ITV you won't see it.
Chris Kamara @chris_kammy 36m
On the Rattler to the smoke, only 4 prem 3pm kick offs tomorrow! So I have the cracker Charlton v Leicester. Stan Petrov & Rob Fowler on GOS
Agreed .
makes me feel we will raise to the occasion CYOR 2-1.
- Missing the red card v Portsmouth
- Infamous Spurs are fighting like beavers comment
- His monitor going down for a Fulham game "I'm looking over my shoulder Jeff"
At least we wont be overburdened by fan's expectations...
Or have the memory of a goldfish.
Hamer
Morrison Dervite Wood
Pritch Cousins Gower Jackson Evina
Kermogant Church
4-4-1-1, Yann playing deeper behind Church who seems a willing runner.
reckon this'll be our first win
Wasn't long ago when we would not be fussed by the opposition we face tomorrow, now look... a draw would be considered a result.
Such is life, I'll be there cheering on the reds...oh yeah and Kerm to get a straight red.
Hamer
Solly Wilson Morrison Wood Kermorgant Church Dervite Cort Sordell Evina
Line them up on the goal line for 90 minutes and see if we can cling on to a 0-0!!!