Tommy2holes
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Unfortunately not
Shame I get most of the I follow games on my iptv subscription
Unfortunately not
Depending on what Stevenage pick yes. But I wasn’t picking the side I expect to beat Stevenage!!! I was picking the side I thought KB may pick based on who he feels needs game time and who he feels is a fringe player who he needs to give game time to!!
Did you not read the actual post?
Thanks for that.......I try my best to read properly.
Here I go trying again.
So is it your opinion then that KB will pick a side that you don’t expect to beat Stevenage?
Oh wow.....
Ok I’ll try again.....
No I think it being a Cup game v League 2 side, HAD we won one or both league games he’d have used it as a B team game. However having lost both games he will now have a decision to make on whether he wants to go full strength and try and kick start the season or STILL use it as a game to balance off game time, get some players a little fitter, get some players closer to the levels they need to be at, get some players on the pitch that haven’t featured so far in league games.....
He will of course want to win the game but whereas mutually that would not have been top of his priority’s it may, on the back of two defeats moved higher up the list....
I picked Ridgewell based on KB clearly signing him to play and based on Saturday him being clearly below par fitness wise and match time wise.....
I’m not sure which part of all this you’ve struggled with but my guess is either way he won’t risk nailed on starters for Saturday who may be an injury risk....and who we’d miss badly if they were to pick up a knock.
Have a think about it and if you have any questions just come back and ask ?
I think Bond will be caught between his initial plan, which would undoubtedly have been to use the game to balance off game time for fringe players, with the likes of ; McLaughlin, Hyam, Blackman, White, Bishop, Ridgewell, Dieng and Demetriou (if either are fit), Ndukwu, Kelman and Robinson, all playing a big part.
However I think now his selection will be clouded by the desire to get the season up and running with a win and this may we’ll see a stronger side starting with Cox and Humphrys both needing goals and confidence...
I’d be very surprised if players like Milligan, Lennon, Shaunessey or Ralph are risked.....
You may see something like :-
————————Bishop————————
Demetriou—White—Ridgewell—Blackman
—————Dieng————Hyam—————
————————Kelman————————
Ndukwu———Robinson———McLaughlin
With a bench of :-
Cox
Humphrys
Hutchinson
Lennon
Elvis
Mantom
Oxley
For obvious reasons we want to try an advance past the 1st Round of this competition this year and our opening results have made team selection a bit more complicated. Not only have Stevenage lost both games like us............. they haven't yet scored a goal. Defeat at Salford was followed by a loss at home against Exeter but they only fell to a last minute goal from the visitors. I expect a tight game with possibly one goal deciding it.......hopefully for us! (certainly wouldn't underestimate them on their own turf)
I'd go along with much of what you've said. Bishop cert in goal. In defence I agree with White and Blackman however, I don't think he'll try Ridgewell again until he improves his fitness levels. IF Demetriou is fit enough I think that's a good call. Hyam, Kelman Ndukwu..............why noy but will Dieng and McLaughlin be fit enough???? I wouldn't risk starting with Cox or Humphrys (thinking next Saturday is still the priority) I wouldn't usually favour starting with Robinson but as he did the business last season at this level it seems a logical choice..............after all there aren't too many alternatives! Fear, for the reasons stated above, we may yet have to call on one or two others who were involved on Saturday.
he’d have used it as a B team game. That should go down well with those of us who haven't seen us win in the League Cup since 2010 and watched us beat Leeds United and Manchester United and get beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 3 minutes from the end of extra time by an offside goal at White Hart Lane back in the days when we had a proper manager. I guess as a self declared non-supporter you couldn't give a toss either way. Am I right?
try and kick start the season
Isn't that what he's paid to do?
STILL use it as a game to balance off game time, get some players a little fitter, get some players closer to the levels they need to be at
Isn't that what 5 weeks pre-season work, a trip to Devon and daily training is for? Do you therefore think he didn't achieve what he should have done during this time?
get some players on the pitch that haven’t featured so far in league games.....
Surely they haven't featured so far in league games because he doesn't think that they're as good as those that he has picked in front of them. Has he therefore changed his mind already?
I picked Ridgewell
Having watched him on Saturday and read the comments of all of the Hull City fans who commented on his stint there last season that has to be the extremely vindictive shout of a Col U supporter or of someone who couldn't give a toss either way. I can see a pattern developing. Am I right?
Clearer for you?
Have a think about it and if you have any questions just come back and ask.
Ron Martin will want a more successful cup run and the potential of a money spinning tie in the following round(s)....
It’s a whopping £5k for 1st round winners this season, £7k for 2nd round winners, just £100k for the winners of the cup, awful prize money really isn’t it.Ron Martin will want a more successful cup run and the potential of a money spinning tie in the following round(s)....
It’s a whopping £5k for 1st round winners this season, £7k for 2nd round winners, just £100k for the winners of the cup, awful prize money really isn’t it.
Unfortunately not
I think the importance of getting a win to get some positivity going means it will be the strongest line up
Ok sorry I didn’t realise I was talking to the bloke from the John Smiths adverts or Mike Bassett!!!!
I never had any questions to begin with but if you can’t understand my point after this then we are done.....it’s like arguing with an idiot....from 30yards no one knows who’s who.....