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Team v Millwall

I don't want to be drawn into a physical battle. Let our play be the shining light. Having said that it may well come down to the single goal.

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Yennaris
Flojo Marcondes Watkins

Subs: Daniels, Mepham, Clarke, McEachren, MacLeod, Canos, Maupay
 

Team v Millwall

...hurlock....hurlock....and hurlock...
 

Team v Millwall

I don't want to be drawn into a physical battle. Let our play be the shining light. Having said that it may well come down to the single goal.

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Yennaris
Flojo Marcondes Watkins

Subs: Daniels, Mepham, Clarke, McEachren, MacLeod, Canos, Maupay

Would go with that but would swap Egan out for Mepham. We miss his distribution from the back. Canos in for Flojo if he's not fit..
 

Team v Millwall

I don't want to be drawn into a physical battle. Let our play be the shining light. Having said that it may well come down to the single goal.

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Yennaris
Flojo Marcondes Watkins

Subs: Daniels, Mepham, Clarke, McEachren, MacLeod, Canos, Maupay

I said it on the other thread - i've seen Millwall twice live this season. We need Mepham, Dalsgaard and Barbet. We need height. Mokotjo and woods in the middle for the fight and we'll murder them going forwards.

We could approach this game so wrong though. It's not one for a Bjelland/Egan combo, and not one for McEachran. Let's get this one right.
 

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I said it on the other thread - i've seen Millwall twice live this season. We need Mepham, Dalsgaard and Barbet. We need height. Mokotjo and woods in the middle for the fight and we'll murder them going forwards.

We could approach this game so wrong though. It's not one for a Bjelland/Egan combo, and not one for McEachran. Let's get this one right.

:imwith:
 

Team v Millwall

I don't want to be drawn into a physical battle. Let our play be the shining light. Having said that it may well come down to the single goal.

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Yennaris
Flojo Marcondes Watkins

Subs: Daniels, Mepham, Clarke, McEachren, MacLeod, Canos, Maupay
............no Mokotjo at all..............
 

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....all this talk of a physical battle....it's a game of football....not the feckin alamo....jeez the knickers all get twisted because it's the den...sense of perspective purlease.....i'd keep maupay in....have a hunch this game could be made for him....DS just needs to have a word in his ear beforehand.
 

Team v Millwall

....all this talk of a physical battle....it's a game of football....not the feckin alamo....jeez the knickers all get twisted because it's the den...sense of perspective purlease.....i'd keep maupay in....have a hunch this game could be made for him....DS just needs to have a word in his ear beforehand.
Something like if you get yourself sent off then you'll have splinters in your arse for the rest of the season!
 

Team v Millwall

anything but Josh Mac for this game.......he will literally soil himself otherwise lol
 

Team v Millwall

anything but Josh Mac for this game.......he will literally soil himself otherwise lol

Your post was crude, negative, unnecessary and certainly not funny.

I don’t see anyone advocating his recall and with one exception I doubt if anyone will suggest he starts against Millwall or Cardiff
 

Team v Millwall

With 4 games in 11 days we cant just stick to same 11 for every game. With that in mind I would start Mepham, Yennaris, Marcondes and Canos for Egan, Mokotjo, FloJo and Maupay
 

Team v Millwall

Wonder if DS will rest Maupay to get him through the yellow card cutoff date? If anyone's going to wind him up it will be the Millwall crowd.

DS says Flo has a cut on his foot so could be a doubt. Barbet's absence was tactical as DS said we needed to win the Burton game. Millwall create a lot of chances for deep crosses and corners so maybe need our biggest back 4? I guess we need to get at least 4 points from Millwall & Cardiff so I assume this is the one we think we can most likely win even though it's one of the toughest places to visit. Might we want a more fluid and physical front 3?

Bentley

Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet

Mokotjo Woods Sawyers

Canos Marcondes Watkins

Subs: Daniels, Mepham, Clarke, Yennaris, Maupay, Flo, Macleod/Judge
 

Team v Millwall

....all this talk of a physical battle....it's a game of football....not the feckin alamo....jeez the knickers all get twisted because it's the den...sense of perspective purlease.....i'd keep maupay in....have a hunch this game could be made for him....DS just needs to have a word in his ear beforehand.

I know mate some people do talk a loadabollox. It's like the old myth about cold mid-week games "opp north"....................dinasours :rolleyes:
 

Team v Millwall

Just seen Flo's cut on his foot on Instagram. Two big blade shape cuts and quite a bit of blood. Would be surprised if he was fit for Saturday.
 

Team v Millwall

....all this talk of a physical battle....it's a game of football....not the feckin alamo....jeez the knickers all get twisted because it's the den...sense of perspective purlease.....i'd keep maupay in....have a hunch this game could be made for him....DS just needs to have a word in his ear beforehand.

My comments were based on the fact they have two large centre forwards renowned for aerial ability and i've seen them play recently and they mix it up nicely.
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley

Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Clarke

Woods Kamo Sawyers

Canos Marcondes Watkins
 

Team v Millwall

We do have a good squad, and whilst I t is never easy to rest players after a win, the need for fresh legs over the 3 games will be seen. Just hope we use the squad in the next 11 days.
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Yennaris Woods Sawyers
Canos Maupay Watkins
 

Team v Millwall

We do have a good squad, and whilst I t is never easy to rest players after a win, the need for fresh legs over the 3 games will be seen. Just hope we use the squad in the next 11 days.

Yennaris, we'll need Yennaris. His mobility and high pressing has been missed; his 15 minutes at Burton was noticeable and changed the team dynamic.
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard Mepham Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Mokotjo
Canos Marcondes Watkins
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard Mepham Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Mokotjo
Canos Marcondes Watkins

I'd go with this, maybe Nico in for Kamo. Not sure if Dean will drop Egan, but I won't particularly mind if he does play, he does possess aerial ability. Could use Barbet's height at LB and the energy of Canos to harry them mental.
 

Team v Millwall

Daniels
Dalsgaard Mepham Bjelland Barbet
Nico Woods
Sawyers
Florian Marcondes Watkins
 

Team v Millwall

Yennaris needs to start this one if at all possible. I would pick:

Bentley
Dalsgaard, Rgan, Bjelland, Barbet
Sawyers, Woods, Yennaris
Canos, Maupay, Watkins

Forget rotation. If we don't win this the remaining fixtures become increasingly academic.
 

Team v Millwall

bentley
Dalsgaard Mepham Bjelland Barbet
Nico Woods
Sawyers
Florian Marcondes Watkins
 

Team v Millwall

Yennaris needs to start this one if at all possible. I would pick:

Bentley
Dalsgaard, Rgan, Bjelland, Barbet
Sawyers, Woods, Yennaris
Canos, Maupay, Watkins

Forget rotation. If we don't win this the remaining fixtures become increasingly academic.

Very true but I think we will see some changes notably would not be surprised if prior to Burton game was Plan that Egan would play versus Burton and Mepham versus Millwall so not seen as one being dropped but just natural rotation. Also yennaris for Mokotjo and with FLo have received a knock maybe Canos replaces him although Flo has been one of our most consistent performers recently. At left back will be a tactical decision between Clarke and Barbet. I’m figuring that maybe the latter. Then there is the question of who plays up front is it Maupay or a false 9 in Marcondes. Dean maybe on fence on this one.
 

Team v Millwall

Forget rotation. If we don't win this the remaining fixtures become increasingly academic.

I don't think it's necessarily a matter of rotation for the sake of it or for fitness even, it's more a case of trying to improve the side and our performance. Last 2 games we really haven't played very well so I don't think there's any reason to stick to the side that played either game. Obviously we don't want to make wholesale changes but a couple of tweaks I think will help.
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Woods Yennaris
Sawyers
Flo Marcondes Watkins

Daniels, Mepham, Clarke, McEachran, Mokotjo, Canos, Maupay

If Flo injured, Canos in and Judge on the bench.
 

Team v Millwall

Lots of people leaving out Egan after conceding 1 offside goal in 4 games. Can't see how Deano could justify that
 

Team v Millwall

He’s got 23 first team players to pick from.He will pick a team to win the next based on other things as well as the last team we beat.Happy days
 

Team v Millwall

Lots of people leaving out Egan after conceding 1 offside goal in 4 games. Can't see how Deano could justify that

Even if you wanted to rotate Egan and Mepham, Millwall is a game for Egan, they play more L1 style. I'd want Yennaris alongside Sawyers.
 

Team v Millwall

On the Egan vs Mepham debate, I took a look back at recent Man of the Match ratings for both players:

Egan: 0/29 vs Burton, 0/18 vs Leeds, 0/157 vs Brum, 1/49 vs Sunderland, 3/91 vs Preston

Mepham: 40/83 vs Norwich, 13/98 vs Reading, 40/138 vs Bolton, 16/69 vs Notts, 2/20 vs Wolves, 18/140 vs Sheff. Wed, 20/114 vs Aston Villa (couldn't see MOM thread for Derby game).

The stats speak for themselves I think. John Egan is a good player who perhaps hasn't had his best season; Mepham may make some mistakes owing to his inexperience, but to most people he looks a class above.
 

Team v Millwall

Even if you wanted to rotate Egan and Mepham, Millwall is a game for Egan, they play more L1 style. I'd want Yennaris alongside Sawyers.

I actually think this is where so many sides have come unstuck against us. They think that a team either has to play Pep style passing football or be a long-ball team from the 1980s.

However, what Harris has done is set us up very much like the Manchester United sides of the 1990s (don't laugh). It's a classic 442 (so, I guess seen as League One style); with aggressive midfielders and attackers pressing the opposition. If won, the ball is quickly moved to the flanks. Here, the wingers can either cross into the box asap, or play clever one twos to create space and shooting opportunities. Only you lot and Cardiff City have had more shots on target this season than us:

http://www.footstats.co.uk/index.cfm?task=league_shots

I think some managers have thought that if they simply have tall defenders trying to head balls away that will nullify us; but in those games we have played some really good, quick one-two football and scored good goals. I think that has really been the key to our success this season, mixing it up a bit between styles. Against Norwich City we bombarded them with crosses and won 4-0, as they simply couldn't cope; we switched to that v Wolves and ended coming from behind to draw 2-2 and very nearly win. Then against the likes of Birmingham City and Sheffield United, who set up to protect their box from crosses, we played quick one twos and beat them both comfortably. It has at least made us competitive in every match we have played so far; the only game we were outclassed in was Wolves away, and that was a 1-0 defeat with ten men. But, you felt they had a few more gears to go through.

In short - I would not describe it as League One style.
 

Team v Millwall

On the Egan vs Mepham debate, I took a look back at recent Man of the Match ratings for both players:

Egan: 0/29 vs Burton, 0/18 vs Leeds, 0/157 vs Brum, 1/49 vs Sunderland, 3/91 vs Preston

Mepham: 40/83 vs Norwich, 13/98 vs Reading, 40/138 vs Bolton, 16/69 vs Notts, 2/20 vs Wolves, 18/140 vs Sheff. Wed, 20/114 vs Aston Villa (couldn't see MOM thread for Derby game).

The stats speak for themselves I think. John Egan is a good player who perhaps hasn't had his best season; Mepham may make some mistakes owing to his inexperience, but to most people he looks a class above.

Dont get me wrong i love CM , just think it would be hard for DS to drop Egan .
 

Team v Millwall

On the Egan vs Mepham debate, I took a look back at recent Man of the Match ratings for both players:

Egan: 0/29 vs Burton, 0/18 vs Leeds, 0/157 vs Brum, 1/49 vs Sunderland, 3/91 vs Preston

Mepham: 40/83 vs Norwich, 13/98 vs Reading, 40/138 vs Bolton, 16/69 vs Notts, 2/20 vs Wolves, 18/140 vs Sheff. Wed, 20/114 vs Aston Villa (couldn't see MOM thread for Derby game).

The stats speak for themselves I think. John Egan is a good player who perhaps hasn't had his best season; Mepham may make some mistakes owing to his inexperience, but to most people he looks a class above.

Or the stats point out that Egan makes others step up a bit more and better candidates for MOM?!
 

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wanderer paul;3220296 Canos Marcondes Watkins[/QUOTE said:
If these three have played together at all it has only been for a small amount of time. Starting them together Saturday would thus be a big risk, and not one I would take. I understand the desire to start Marcondes but given the likely absence of FJ I would stick with Maupay at the start.
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard egan Bjelland barbet
Nico Woods
Marcondes
Flojo. Sawyers. Watkins
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Barbet
Woods Sawyers Yennaris
Canos Marcondes Watkins

Need Nico to add some bite.
Sergi will need to go at ‘em but also track back. Tough game in store. Must outfootball them and be tidy with the ball and keep possession and not let them launch a physical battle
 

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If these three have played together at all it has only been for a small amount of time. Starting them together Saturday would thus be a big risk, and not one I would take. I understand the desire to start Marcondes but given the likely absence of FJ I would stick with Maupay at the start.

You say that but Marcondes and Canos linked up pretty well in the short time they were on the pitch together at Burton. The front 3 haven't exactly clicked the last couple of games despite playing a fair few together so I don't see it as much of a risk..
 

Team v Millwall

I actually think this is where so many sides have come unstuck against us. They think that a team either has to play Pep style passing football or be a long-ball team from the 1980s.

However, what Harris has done is set us up very much like the Manchester United sides of the 1990s (don't laugh). It's a classic 442 (so, I guess seen as League One style); with aggressive midfielders and attackers pressing the opposition. If won, the ball is quickly moved to the flanks. Here, the wingers can either cross into the box asap, or play clever one twos to create space and shooting opportunities. Only you lot and Cardiff City have had more shots on target this season than us:

http://www.footstats.co.uk/index.cfm?task=league_shots

I think some managers have thought that if they simply have tall defenders trying to head balls away that will nullify us; but in those games we have played some really good, quick one-two football and scored good goals. I think that has really been the key to our success this season, mixing it up a bit between styles. Against Norwich City we bombarded them with crosses and won 4-0, as they simply couldn't cope; we switched to that v Wolves and ended coming from behind to draw 2-2 and very nearly win. Then against the likes of Birmingham City and Sheffield United, who set up to protect their box from crosses, we played quick one twos and beat them both comfortably. It has at least made us competitive in every match we have played so far; the only game we were outclassed in was Wolves away, and that was a 1-0 defeat with ten men. But, you felt they had a few more gears to go through.

In short - I would not describe it as League One style.

I think you are a team that is a sum of all the parts, rather than a team with three or four outstanding players. Harris has done a fantastic job on a small budget and has built a team that has spirit and works very hard for each other. I think we will have to up our game of late to win but if everyone is on song we are more than capable of winning.
First 15 minutes will be very important and give a good indication of whether we're up for it or not.
 

Team v Millwall

Yennaris needs to start this one if at all possible. I would pick:

Bentley
Dalsgaard, Rgan, Bjelland, Barbet
Sawyers, Woods, Yennaris
Canos, Maupay, Watkins

Forget rotation. If we don't win this the remaining fixtures become increasingly academic.

My bet is that whilst wouldn't be my team this is the one that will london he up tomorrow
 

Team v Millwall

Bentley
Dalsgaard Egan Bjelland Clarke
Yennaris Woods Sawyers
Canos Marcondes Watkins

Subs Daniels Barbet Mepham McEachran Mokotjo McLeod Maupay
 
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