Team vs Sheffield Wednesday

[Freebee]

Not a bad shout that. Canos has played at wing back, albeit on the right, but can play on the left. Would rather Ghoddos as striker as he’s looked reasonably sharp in and around the box.

I hear what you say about Ghoddos m8 i just think Pressley is a strong lad. I've liked the look of his few cameos and Ghoddos would get out fought imho.

 

[hitchinb]

Sammy Saunders still on the books?

 

[Guildford Bee]

Raya
Dalsgaard Reid Pinnock MBS
Jensen Janelt Ghoddos
Fosu Mbuemo Canos

TF talks about getting some points on the board tomorrow and going from there. This seems the most obvious team in terms of getting our best and most experienced (fit) players on the pitch

 

[Guildford Bee]

I hear what you say about Ghoddos m8 i just think Pressley is a strong lad. I've liked the look of his few cameos and Ghoddos would get out fought imho.

I don’t think Pressley is anywhere near ready to lead the line in a Championship game. He can be as strong as a heavyweight boxer but he simply doesn’t read the game well enough yet.

 

[ruislip bee]

.................................................raya

.................................reid pinnock mads

...................Dalsgaard Jenson Janelt Canos

..........................Mbuemo Pressley Fosu

Subs Daniels Ghoddos and God knows

I'll get my boots. Dave!

 

[mhead bee]

If we start all the regular names they will likely be burnt out for the Stoke game which looks the tougher of the 2 games.
Tomorrow I'd give Pressley a go and why not see what Bidstrup can do. He's highly rated I thought?

No, put the strongest we can out or we go into stoke with 4 straight defeats. Haven’t we learned anything from last Saturday.

As many points as you can as early as you can, beat the sh*t ones first please.

 

[Sandybee]

Well, when you lose three on the bounce and have some new injury concerns, you need to find a new winning formula.

We are all hoping Toney and Norgaard will be involved. Safe to say Henry won’t be. Below is my best go based on the assumption none of them will start:

Raya
Dalsgaard Pinnock Janelt
Fosu Jensen Dasilva Mbeumo
Ghoddos Canos
Forss

Back 3/5 designed to be flexible enough to turn into a 4 if either wingback is caught up the pitch.

You’d maybe have Reid instead of Pinnock.

We will probably stick with a four at the back, obviously this is just a bit of harmless fun.

I don’t think that Raya would s

Don't know why we think that, judging from on here no one has any idea what lineup we are going to have.

We’ve got all the players, just not necessarily in the right order, as Eric Morecombe would say!

 

[mhead bee]

Raya
Dalsgaard Reid Pinnock MBS
Jensen Janelt Ghoddos
Fosu Mbuemo Canos

TF talks about getting some points on the board tomorrow and going from there. This seems the most obvious team in terms of getting our best and most experienced (fit) players on the pitch

Yup,

I would probably go mads middle and Ethan left but other than that it’s about right.

 

[vcmazz]

All this talk of Pressley and Stevens, puts me in mind of Billy the Fish's Fulchester United, when Mick Hucknell, Shakin' Stevens and a pair of conjoined twins turned out for them alongside a 64 year old blind man who scored 13 second half goals with the aid of a mechanical ball.

 

[ruislip bee]

All this talk of Pressley and Stevens, puts me in mind of Billy the Fish's Fulchester United, when Mick Hucknell, Shakin' Stevens and a pair of conjoined twins turned out for them alongside a 64 year old blind man who scored 13 second half goals with the aid of a mechanical ball.

Glad you brought a bit of realism to this thread Mazz.

 

[TadB]

Why was Goode on the bench the other day and then listed as a long term injury.

It does make one wonder especially since it was listed as an illness?

 

[vcmazz]

Glad you brought a bit of realism to this thread Mazz.

It was real! Well it was in my paper anyway.

 

[Hippobee]

...scored 13 second half goals with the aid of a mechanical ball.

Is that new surgery for a groin strain?

 

[ruislip bee]

It was real! Well it was in my paper anyway.

Viz is not a paper

 

[AB]

It does make one wonder especially since it was listed as an illness?

Not all illnesses are physical.

 

[IslandBee]

Yup,

I would probably go mads middle and Ethan left but other than that it’s about right.

Presumably those thinking Ethan should play LB see him adopting a mainly defensive approach ie not hairing down the line like Rico does. Be interesting to see how that would work given we have relied on the latter approach so much. One of the reasons I favour 3-5-2.

 

[vcmazz]

Viz is not a paper

I find I get more sense out of it than some of the tabloids.

 

[jlove]

I find I get more sense out of it than any of the tabloids.

More accurate...

 

[JANORAK]

....turned out for them alongside a 64 year old blind man who scored 13 second half goals with the aid of a mechanical ball.

Surely he would have been better balanced with 2 x mechanical balls? Just think how many he could’ve scored then. (I speak as a wobblier than I used to be, 64 year old.)

 

[Guildford Bee]

Presumably those thinking Ethan should play LB see him adopting a mainly defensive approach ie not hairing down the line like Rico does. Be interesting to see how that would work given we have relied on the latter approach so much. One of the reasons I favour 3-5-2.

Whoever plays on the left, whether it be MBS or Pinnock, the overlapping will now come from Dalsgaard or Roerslev on the right with the LB tucking in to form a three at the back when covering.

 

[djheavens]

I think tonight is going to be a struggle .. hope I’m wrong though.

 

[upnorthbee]

I think tonight is going to be a struggle .. hope I’m wrong though.

I think we have our best 5 players out in Toney, PJ, Norgaard, Rico and JDS to be honest. I agree this is a real test.

 

[Wise old Bee]

All this talk of Pressley and Stevens, puts me in mind of Billy the Fish's Fulchester United, when Mick Hucknell, Shakin' Stevens and a pair of conjoined twins turned out for them alongside a 64 year old blind man who scored 13 second half goals with the aid of a mechanical ball.

My technical knowledge of football tactics was largely formed by reading "Legge's Eleven" in the "Valiant" every week. Surprised we haven't tried the five-man pyramid yet.

 

[mhead bee]

Raya
Canos, Henrik, Reid, Pinnock, Fosu
Janelt, Ghoddas, Jenson
Mbuemo, Pressley


Can't think of anything else.

Having players injured and messing with the formation is a bit risky.

 

[mhead bee]

I think we have our best 5 players out in Toney, PJ, Norgaard, Rico and JDS to be honest. I agree this is a real test.

2 of them have missed most of the 21 game winning streak so lets just call it 3 and one should be on the bench.

 

[IslandBee]

Whoever plays on the left, whether it be MBS or Pinnock, the overlapping will now come from Dalsgaard or Roerslev on the right with the LB tucking in to form a three at the back when covering.

OK, so this involves a quite radical change in our approach. I have seen it suggested that we should not change formation because of the change it would involve, but at least with 3-5-2 we would still be attacking down both flanks, not limiting ourselves to one.

 

[David Brentford]

Raya
Dalsgaard Reid Pinnock MBS
Jensen Janelt Ghoddos
Fosu Mbuemo Canos

TF talks about getting some points on the board tomorrow and going from there. This seems the most obvious team in terms of getting our best and most experienced (fit) players on the pitch

This would be my team. Interested to see Bryan central...

 

[nick logan]

This would be my team. Interested to see Bryan central...

Sure that will be the team

 

[the beast]

So it’s not Gordon or stevens at left back tonight then . Playing for b team this morning

 

[vcmazz]

Can Raya do a shift outfield?

Yes. Usually. Trouble is it often leaves us without a goalkeeper.

 

[vcmazz]

Forss out too now? F me. Now what? Elvis up top?

I wonder if Denzil Mundee is busy tonight?

 

[GABS]

Pressley starts up top, bags a brace, rest of the league moan "Brentford have done it, AGAIN!"

 

[Banana]

Anyone interesting missing from this list?

 

[HaylingBee74]

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Anyone interesting missing from this list?

CN?

 

[wanderer paul]

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Anyone interesting missing from this list?

Just Pressley, Gilbert and Bidstrup. I haven’t seen Haygarth mentioned in a while either.

 

[AB]

CN?

It’d be a lot of fun to see us lining up with CN & VJ tonight and probably blow away both Wednesday and the doom and gloom.

 

[davidccpigeons]

Hope we don't start playing people out of position - doesn't work for us. Give the second/third choices their chance at the start, not as a last resort for ten minutes.

 

[1889]

CN?

On the bench tonight.....

 

[jlove]

Hope we don't start playing people out of position - doesn't work for us. Give the second/third choices their chance at the start, not as a last resort for ten minutes.

Correct. We have two roles that must be filled by players out of position: Left Back and Central Attack. Given that, it seems a bit of a risk to play anyone else out of position and certainly to jiggle around with formations so that even more players are being asked to play unfamiliar roles.

 

[davidccpigeons]

Correct. We have two roles that must be filled by players out of position: Left Back and Central Attack. Given that, it seems a bit of a risk to play anyone else out of position and certainly to jiggle around with formations so that even more players are being asked to play unfamiliar roles.

I'd include left back and striker in that as long as they are in the first team squad. If you don't they shouldn't be in the squad.

 

[Gparsfan]

For some players (Norgaard and Marcondes) TF specificies they won't be in the squad, with regards to JDS and Toney he says they won't start, you reckon that means they'll be on the subs bench?

 

[smiffy superbee]

When the going gets tough.....the BEES get going!!!
Whatever the side, Team Spirit, playing for each other, running the extra mile, and a determination to get three points .....will see us win 2 - 0 COYB'S

 

[lanzabee]

OK, so this involves a quite radical change in our approach. I have seen it suggested that we should not change formation because of the change it would involve, but at least with 3-5-2 we would still be attacking down both flanks, not limiting ourselves to one.

TF prefers 3 up top, according to his interviews. 3 4 3 maybe, probably 4 3 3. 3 5 2 unlikely. But at the moment, who knows!

 

[Gee Bee]

Interesting tweet from Bryan "moving forward" . Maybe this indicates his new position tonight in cryptic way?

 

[mhead bee]

For some players (Norgaard and Marcondes) TF specificies they won't be in the squad, with regards to JDS and Toney he says they won't start, you reckon that means they'll be on the subs bench?

I'm hoping mate, hoping.

Raya
HD, WR, MBS, EP
Jenson, Janelt, Ghoddos
Fosu, BM, Canos

This team is not as bad as some think, BM pace could cause some real issues if we can get the ball behind the back 2. Could be a real turning point for him.

JDS and Toney to come on with 20 left.

 

[mhead bee]

TF prefers 3 up top, according to his interviews. 3 4 3 maybe, probably 4 3 3. 3 5 2 unlikely. But at the moment, who knows!

I would be amazed at a change of formation, we have players who can play in 433 so why would we mess about.

 

[belvederebee]

Pressley did not play for B team, so on the bench tonight at least.

 

[TheHairdresser]

I'd have preferred it to have been in different circumstances but I'm looking forward to seeing how BM does if he starts as our 9 today.

As others have said, we've can put out a very decent team even with all the injuries.

 

[lanzabee]

I would be amazed at a change of formation, we have players who can play in 433 so why would we mess about.

Exactly

 

[IslandBee]

I would be amazed at a change of formation, we have players who can play in 433 so why would we mess about.

They can fit in that formation, sure, but whether they can actually play it the way we generally do is very doubtful indeed! To give another illustration in addition to the Ethan one above - when will Mbuemo ever have played with his back to goal, holding the ball up in the way Ivan does and Ollie did before him? Very probably never.

For these reasons, if we do play a 433 formation, I sure do hope we have worked out a different way of playing it!