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Author Topic: Scott Sinclair - now gone  (Read 128338 times)

Offline Louzie0

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #165 on: January 29, 2015, 11:25:25 PM »
Yes like this for me

         Sanchez             Delphi

Gil                                           Sinclair

            Weimann         Benteke

That would be my choice as well.

That looks rather exciting and, dare I say it, potentially dangerous doesn't it?


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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #166 on: January 29, 2015, 11:28:57 PM »
Yes like this for me

         Sanchez             Delphi

Gil                                           Sinclair

            Weimann         Benteke

That would be my choice as well.

That looks rather exciting and, dare I say it, potentially dangerous doesn't it?



Don't worry, Lambo will find a way to shoe-horn Cleverley and Gabby in there.

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #167 on: January 29, 2015, 11:39:58 PM »
Yes like this for me

         Sanchez             Delphi

Gil                                           Sinclair

            Weimann         Benteke

That would be my choice as well.

That looks rather exciting and, dare I say it, potentially dangerous doesn't it?



Don't worry, Lambo will find a way to shoe-horn Cleverley and Gabby in there.

It would be what I would go for as well.  It's the formation Manchester City have played (albeit with better players) with Silva and Nasri tucking in at times. 

Going to stick my neck out and accepting that it was against a Championship side, but I thought Cleverley did better in a midfield two last weekend rather than the usual flat three.  Still would have Sanchez and Delph as the midfield two though.  Hopefully a spell on the bench would fire Gabby up as well and he could have one of his purple patches at the end of the season. 

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #168 on: January 30, 2015, 12:11:21 AM »
I'd love to see Weimann given a chance up front with Benteke. He's not the second Gary Shaw but I think there's 30 league goals a season between them.

Agreed as long as Benteke gets 29 of them.

Really gone off Weimann. Shame as I used to like him, but now I just can't stand seeing him on the pitch. I do think he deserves a chance in his natural position though.

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #169 on: January 30, 2015, 12:31:31 AM »
Weimann is a bit of a strange one but playing more centrally suddenly was in the box in scoring positions against Bournmouth. If you put him up with Benteke it might just work, but I think it is more likely that Lambert will have him and Sinclair wide with Gil in a free role behind Benteke and then Sanchez and Delph sitting in.

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #170 on: January 30, 2015, 01:57:47 AM »
Yes like this for me

         Sanchez             Delphi

Gil                                           Sinclair

            Weimann         Benteke

That would be my choice as well.

That looks rather exciting and, dare I say it, potentially dangerous doesn't it?


Dangerous for whom? Us or them?

Offline nigel

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #171 on: January 30, 2015, 08:10:57 AM »
Agreed. Weimann's a striker who knows where the goal is, but he's utterly wasted playing out in the sticks.

I've mentioned this before, too.
He looks a different player when alongside the big man.
I think Benteke also plays better with Weimann around him

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #172 on: January 30, 2015, 08:24:02 AM »
I'd love to see Weimann given a chance up front with Benteke. He's not the second Gary Shaw but I think there's 30 league goals a season between them.

I agree, Weimann is a striker he is not a wide player.

Offline Ron Manager

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #173 on: January 30, 2015, 08:27:23 AM »
Im fairly sure Lambert likes three in the middle  Those three will be Cleverley,Sanchez and Delph. with Gil, Weimann and Benteke up front.

I think he will use Sinclair off the bench.

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #174 on: January 30, 2015, 08:59:27 AM »
Yes like this for me

         Sanchez             Delphi

Gil                                           Sinclair

            Weimann         Benteke

That would be my choice as well.

That looks rather exciting and, dare I say it, potentially dangerous doesn't it?



Don't worry, Lambo will find a way to shoe-horn Cleverley and Gabby in there.

It would be what I would go for as well.  It's the formation Manchester City have played (albeit with better players) with Silva and Nasri tucking in at times. 

Going to stick my neck out and accepting that it was against a Championship side, but I thought Cleverley did better in a midfield two last weekend rather than the usual flat three.  Still would have Sanchez and Delph as the midfield two though.  Hopefully a spell on the bench would fire Gabby up as well and he could have one of his purple patches at the end of the season. 

I have a feeling that we'll see a bit more from Cleverley now that we'll (hopefully) have Gil and Sinclair in the team.

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #175 on: January 30, 2015, 09:02:59 AM »
There's no way he'll drop both Cleverley and Westwood.  They'll both play in the next two games for a start.

Offline villasjf

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #176 on: January 30, 2015, 09:10:37 AM »
OBHSTS?

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #177 on: January 30, 2015, 09:13:32 AM »
Now we have Sinclair and Gil, there is absolutely no reason for Weimann to play wide. I have said before that I have felt sorry for him, because he's a victim of his own work rate and Lambert's inability to get flair/wide players in sooner.

Him playing off Benteke, where he can get in the box and do damage or where he can drop a little deeper to rough up the opposition midfield, as was the case against Borunemouth, is where he should be playing.

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #178 on: January 30, 2015, 09:18:28 AM »
Has he actually been confirmed as a signing yet?

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Re: Scott Sinclair - now OBHSTS
« Reply #179 on: January 30, 2015, 09:23:15 AM »
Later today.

 


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