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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Feb 11, 2024 12:47:51 GMT
I hope we mix things up a bit here.
Stevens Rossi Morrison Andrew Lennett Cousins Brophy Digby Thomas Taylor Kachunga
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Post by Andrewlang on Feb 11, 2024 13:08:04 GMT
Slightly surprised to see us go to a back three on Saturday but take Lennett off to do so. I guess we wanted as many attacking players in the pitch as possible so it made sense from that point of view but...not convinced.
Anyway, I fancy us more in games like these than the cheltenhams. 0-0.
Andrew
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Post by habbinboy on Feb 11, 2024 14:06:21 GMT
It has to be a lot better than the Cheltenham game. Hope for a big teac
My best wishes to the travelling gans
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Post by habbinboy on Feb 11, 2024 14:10:06 GMT
Correct Version.
Hope for a big reaction from the players. My best wishes for the travelling fans.
Sorry, my fingers are cold
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Post by Dylan on Feb 11, 2024 14:13:45 GMT
Slightly surprised to see us go to a back three on Saturday but take Lennett off to do so. I guess we wanted as many attacking players in the pitch as possible so it made sense from that point of view but...not convinced. Anyway, I fancy us more in games like these than the cheltenhams. 0-0. Andrew We looked like we had had zero training on how to make a back 3 formation work! Perhaps Cheltenham just defended it particularly well.
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Post by Wingco's Boy on Feb 11, 2024 14:19:51 GMT
I hope we mix things up a bit here. Stevens Rossi Morrison Andrew Lennett Cousins Brophy Digby Thomas Taylor Kachunga Cousins and Digby? No, no and no again.
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Post by danielcufc on Feb 11, 2024 14:41:33 GMT
I think there will be changes for this one to freshen it up and with the long haul to Carlisle on Saturday. Gibbons to come in for his debut, maybe Rossi for Rennett. I would drop Cousins and play Digby & May with Thomas ahead. Taylor up front and then 2 from Lankester, Brophy & Kai Kai wide.
Anything we can take from here would be a bonus.
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Post by cufcdenmark on Feb 11, 2024 16:35:52 GMT
Stevens
Lennett Rossi/Gibbons Morrison Andrew
Lankester Digby Thomas Brophy
Taylor Bonne/Kach
Rossi looked good when he came on, would like to see him get a start. Hope Cousins is not near the first team after a few crap performances. Would pick a poor / out of form Brophy over Kaikai any day.
Need a performance after Saturday so a hard fought draw
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Post by Andrewlang on Feb 11, 2024 22:59:43 GMT
I think Kaikai has been disappointing this season but in fairness on another day he ends up with two assists yesterday - one for the superbly weighted first time ball for Taylor, the other when he picked the ball up centrally 45 yards out, boogied his way to the edge of the area and smuggled the ball to Lankester to have a swing.
He made things happen more so than anyone else one the pitch...apart from Taylor, natch.
I think as his most influential moments seemed to come playing through the middle I might be tempted to play him in the 9.5 role instead of Kachunga.
Andrew
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Post by El Goodo on Feb 12, 2024 8:45:26 GMT
I think Kaikai has been disappointing this season but in fairness on another day he ends up with two assists yesterday - one for the superbly weighted first time ball for Taylor, the other when he picked the ball up centrally 45 yards out, boogied his way to the edge of the area and smuggled the ball to Lankester to have a swing. 3 actually – he crossed for one of Bonne's misses. Yeah, tempted to agree with this. I like Kaikai but he really has had a pretty underwhelming season. He usually has moments in more or less every game where he creates something out of nothing, but you can't rely on it. I've only ever seem him be unplayable once, and that was against Fleetwood in the cup. He suffers a little bit, like all our wingers have this season, from us not having a consistent tactic for getting the ball to them in dangerous positions or ones that suit them. So often they're either picking it up very deep or from the passing through from the back, with their backs to goal. Kaikai's at his best in general when he has the opportunity to go at people. He can't really cross (Saturday's one for Bonne a notable exception) but he can go past people at speed & pick a pass. It's interesting that Harris clearly really likes him. He's barely subbed him since he came in, so he clearly also sees him as a source of making something happen, even in the games where he's otherwise minimally involved. There's a really good player there – although not as good as the one I thought there might be when he first rocked up here on loan from Palace – but for whatever reason, partly us & partly him I'm sure, we've not really managed to find a way to consistently unlock it.
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Post by danielcufc on Feb 12, 2024 15:37:35 GMT
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Post by mikelan on Feb 12, 2024 17:04:22 GMT
Not too sure about Tuesday's result. when we went to stevenage and the game never started, we lost the next 2 games. Last Tuesday the game abandoned after 8-10minutes, then we lost the next game at home. We are a fragile team and it seems to take us two games to get back in rhythm
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Post by danboyb on Feb 12, 2024 18:49:50 GMT
Good presser that from NH. Was honest and informative in the way he explained Saturday. Didn’t give much away about tomorrow but am expecting a few changes. Brutal period for us (and most teams) coming up now, so expect we’ll see a changed team every game for the next 4 or 5.
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Post by Andrewlang on Feb 12, 2024 19:02:45 GMT
One of those two was Blackburn away wasn't it?
I do think we've had a bit of fragility in the side in the past, but we recovered from it well after that Orient game so I'm not too worried at the moment.
Slightly concerning if we do see fragility tomorrow. I don't mind losing but losing because of our attitude 11 games into a new managers reign would tell Harris a lot about these players, I think.
Andrew
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Post by cambsno on Feb 13, 2024 10:59:29 GMT
I do feel some of the team feel undropable and we need changes from Sat. Also we have a HUGE game on Sat, win that and it should be safe, lose and we are bang in trouble.
Stevens Gibbons Rossi Morro Andrew Thomas Digby/Cousins KaiKai Lankaster Brophy Bonne
Drop Taylor as he is so important to Sat and probably needs a rest, give Bonne a run out to get Sat out of his system. Drop one of Digby/Cousins (maybe allowing Cousins a chance to redeem is worth it) with Rossi deserving a run out, and Lennett a rest
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