I’m just here to wind up those annoyed the thread title is not being adhered too.
Phillips Matthews, Lockyer, Sarr, Purrington Field Cullen, (new signing) Williams Taylor, (new signing)
Doughty starts in a 433/352.
I think it's harsh on dropping Pratley, although a rest is well needed.
Very, but I like Field, and there would still be ample chances for Pratley.
Most definitely, Will be nice when Field is back so we can rotate them around. Just as Field was finding his feet & started to play well he got injured which is a shame.
Especially as we've such a hectic February coming up
Stoke / Forest and Sheff Weds / Huddersfield are two fixtures in a week that'll be ideal to decide which two games are more suited to Field or Pratley
Be intresting what Bowyer does with them, do you almost throw, in terms of team selection, the forest and Wednesday games to focus on the other 2?
Its what Riga did and 1st time round it worked a treat.
Hopefully we'll have the squad selection to make a good fist of both sets of fixtures - Was certainly impressed last night (for the first time this sesson) how fit we looked towards the end after Saturday
Early Sat / Weds fixtures this season saw us really tiring towards the end of the latter which has been our downfall in picking up points from them
Especially as we've such a hectic February coming up
Stoke / Forest and Sheff Weds / Huddersfield are two fixtures in a week that'll be ideal to decide which two games are more suited to Field or Pratley
Be intresting what Bowyer does with them, do you almost throw, in terms of team selection, the forest and Wednesday games to focus on the other 2?
Its what Riga did and 1st time round it worked a treat.
I think Bowyer has a different mentality to Riga. I also believe we have a better team, and are in a less worse position so Bowyer will try and win every game. Sure there will be rotation, but look how we have played when we had all the injuries, we remained competitive. Bowyer likes winning*.
I just can't see Bowyer being the kind of person who would concede defeat without even trying - his record and performances so far show that he demands fight, no matter what.
But he may very well be pragmatic enough to acknowledge that some games are more winnable than others and deal the cards accordingly.
The players we go for may tell us a lot in that respect - are we looking at temporary stop-gaps to see us through and summer will be the big reinventing period or is the rebuild starting right now.
Link to the Cullen story. I make @ross1 right, and is no more than we should have done with Aribo this time last year.
Also while it is perhaps unwsie to read too much into footballers' comments in the press, his words sound to me like he does want to hedge his bets and not close the door on us.
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Phillips
Matthews, Lockyer, Sarr, Purrington
Field
Cullen, (new signing)
Williams
Taylor, (new signing)
Stoke / Forest and Sheff Weds / Huddersfield are two fixtures in a week that'll be ideal to decide which two games are more suited to Field or Pratley
Bang... Rumour!!!
Its what Riga did and 1st time round it worked a treat.
Early Sat / Weds fixtures this season saw us really tiring towards the end of the latter which has been our downfall in picking up points from them
*apart from the cups.
But he may very well be pragmatic enough to acknowledge that some games are more winnable than others and deal the cards accordingly.
The players we go for may tell us a lot in that respect - are we looking at temporary stop-gaps to see us through and summer will be the big reinventing period or is the rebuild starting right now.
neither, this is the thread where people ask if this is the transfer rumours thread or the Riga v Bowyer thread ...
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It's too late for not wetting the bed now! That happened a few weeks ago, after ESI hadn't signed Bowyer up immediately
Also while it is perhaps unwsie to read too much into footballers' comments in the press, his words sound to me like he does want to hedge his bets and not close the door on us.
Oh, Dani boy, this thread, this thread is calling