Pre-Match Thread Barrow AFC v Southend United, Saturday 1st May, 15.00

[Shrimpergonzo]

For most of this season, if you had told me that we wouldn't have been relegated by the beginning of May I'd have said you were mad.

Let's face it, we've been so far adrift that to still be in with an (albeit a wildly optimistic) outside chance of escaping the drop to the National League after the end of April with only two games left to play seems remarkable.

However, it is only an outside chance and if we don't win on Saturday we're definitely down, such is the margin in goal difference between us and Saturday's opponent's (who technically on paper we can still overtake), unless Scunthorpe lose on Saturday then our last game of the season against Newport will be a dead rubber as well as being our last game in the Football League.... at least for now anyway.

So, all we need is a nine goal swing in the last two games between us and Scunthorpe - if they lose both their last two games by a single goal then we need to keep clean sheets and score 7 goals. Given we've scored 7 goals in the last SIXTEEN games, that might be something of a tall order!

So what team will Phil Brown, who says we can still stay up, put out to vanquish Barrow on Saturday and it least (possibly) prolong the agony until the last game of the season?

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

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[damien]

Oxley
Rush

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

I really hope PB in his news conference says Rush is my Freddie Eastwood a bit like Bowie said Mick Ronson was his Jeff Beck. We then thrash Barrow and Newport. Job done.

 

[Barling Magna]

We can do this, we can do this, we can do this!! We can, but we won't. Not because we won't beat Barrow, which we will, but because Bradford are hopeless and the Iron won't lose to them.

 

[stewart]

thin we will win this one 10- 0 ,then defeat newport and fgr 8-0 each and escape relegation, And pigs do fly you ask Pink Floyd.

 

[Maroon Blue]

thin we will win this one 10- 0 ,then defeat newport and fgr 8-0 each and escape relegation, And pigs do fly you ask Pink Floyd.

I wish we did have a third game against FGR and 9 points to play for!

 

[LennySUFC]

I'd say play all our strikers in a bid to score as many as possible to gain the goal difference but in all honesty even with them all on the pitch we still wouldn't be able to score...

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

We must win this game by as many goals as we can in order to keep any hope of staying up alive. Therefore I think Phil is going to need to be positive with both the starting XI and substitutions.

I'm not sure Dieng will be fit enough to start, and Ferguson went off last Saturday with a knock too.

Quite what Hackett-Fairchild has done to warrant start after start, I don't know and why Akinola is not getting even on the bench seems a bit strange too.

Anyway, for what it's worth I'd go:

Oxley

Bwomono White Hobson Hart

Cordner

Egbri Taylor Akinola

Acquah Holmes

Subs: Seaden, Clifford, Halford, Hackett-Fairchild, Olayinka, Walsh, Rush
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I know I'll get slated for suggesting Acquah up front, but I just think he's more mobile than Halford and frankly we don't have many options.

Yes, I know Rush scored last week when he came on as a sub, but I think that might be his best use at the moment - a 70th minute impact sub for the tiring Holmes. Same goes for Louis Walsh, and to an extent Olayinka.

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[Strykr]

We must win this game by as many goals as we can in order to keep any hope of staying up alive. Therefore I think Phil is going to need to be positive with both the starting XI and substitutions.

I'm not sure Dieng will be fit enough to start, and Ferguson went off last Saturday with a knock too.

Quite what Hackett-Fairchild has done to warrant start after start, I don't know and why Akinola is not getting even on the bench seems a bit strange too.

Anyway, for what it's worth I'd go:

Oxley

Bwomono White Hobson Hart

Cordner

Egbri Taylor Akinola

Acquah Holmes

Subs: Seaden, Clifford, Halford, Hackett-Fairchild, Olayinka, Walsh, Rush
​

I know I'll get slated for suggesting Acquah up front, but I just think he's more mobile than Halford and frankly we don't have many options.

Yes, I know Rush scored last week when he came on as a sub, but I think that might be his best use at the moment - a 70th minute impact sub for the tiring Holmes. Same goes for Louis Walsh, and to an extent Olayinka.

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Id go the other way tbh, seen that line up draw too often, its more or less a dead rubber so nowt to lose.

Oxley
Elvis, hobson, codner, hart

Egbri, Taylor, Olayinka, Walsh

Rush, holmes

 

[dannypav]

I like Cordner and think he can add some steel to the midfield ( a bit like Kiernan did at times ).
Not sure why Akinola is not in favour - I assume fall out with PB ?
Same for ANG ?? ( anyone know ? )
The use ( or lack of ) of Olayinka is an odd one - if he's unfit then I understand , but why have him on the bench then if you're going to bring on anyone but a guy who has been one of our most creative players ?

Anyway , assuming Dieng ,Macca and Demi are either injured or suspended , my team would be


Oxley

Bwomono White Hobson Clifford

Egbri , Cordner , Taylor , Olayinka ,

Akinola , Rush

Subs: Seaden, Hart, Halford, Hackett-Fairchild, Holmes, Walsh, Acquah

 

[TrevorFitzpatrickHattrick]

Oxley
White Hobson
Taylor
Egbri Olayinka
Goodship Akinola Acquah Rushy RHF

2-1-2-5 formation, rule book out the window, one huge swing of the bat to achieve the impossible

 

[Richard Hearn]

Oxley
White Hobson
Taylor
Egbri Olayinka
Goodship Akinola Acquah Rushy RHF

2-1-2-5 formation, rule book out the window, one huge swing of the bat to achieve the impossible

That's only 10 men.

 

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[Pak Power]

That's only 10 men.

442 is only 10 men,
433 is only 10 men
352 is only 10 men
plus the keeper.
If you add up trevor's team he has picked 11

 

[Richard Hearn]

442 is only 10 men,
433 is only 10 men
352 is only 10 men
plus the keeper.
If you add up trevor's team he has picked 11

Oh sorry! I didn't notice Goodship.




But then I rarely do.


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[FarmdogSUFC]

I'd say play all our strikers in a bid to score as many as possible to gain the goal difference but in all honesty even with them all on the pitch we still wouldn't be able to score...

 

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[Tommy2holes]

That's only 10 men.

Thats all we will need

 

[craigpat89]

Ox
Elvis. Cordner. White. Hart

Egbri. Olayinka. Walsh

Acquah
Akinola. Rush