Notts County (H) Tuesday 25.8.15 7.45pm KO Pre-Match Thread

[DeKuip]

Hopefully the likes of Gil and Traore get a run out. That should put some bums on seats.

And a few Notts players on their arses too.

[Toronto Villa]

I really want Sherwood to pick a team to play an open expansive game design to blow Notts County away. In all three games we have started conservatively design to stop the opponent from playing as opposed to letting them worry about us. There will be no reason to have any such concerns on Tuesday. A big win in the cup and a morale boosting win at the weekend in the league is required to get us going again.

[silhillvilla]

We need to progress in this cup so nothing too reckless please . County won't just be blown away and a defeat if we go all gung ho could be massively detrimental.
I'd rather we set up normally and get the juices of the likes of Veretout, Ayew and Gana flowing.
This is a marathon not a sprint.

[CT]

Agree with Toronto. This is an opportunity for us to really open up. If we can't attack a team who are 16th in League 2 then I'm not sure when we can.

Or have we been totally bled of all hope by TSM2 who continually hyped up the opposition, no matter how many Leagues below us they were?

[UK Redsox]

We might as well use this as the pre-match thread

Can a mod please sticky this and amend the title?

[PeterWithesShin]

Us 8 (eight) Them 1

[villan from luton]

I really want Sherwood to pick a team to play an open expansive game design to blow Notts County away. In all three games we have started conservatively design to stop the opponent from playing as opposed to letting them worry about us. There will be no reason to have any such concerns on Tuesday. A big win in the cup and a morale boosting win at the weekend in the league is required to get us going again.

Do you really think that we were conservative in our approach at the start yesterday cos I certainly didn't.

[aj2k77]

Get Gil, Traore, Grealish, Veretout and Ayew some much needed game time.

I'd go with

                   Westwood Gueye
                          Veretout
   Traore             Grealish                  Gil
                           Ayew
             

[spangley1812]

Get Gil, Traore, Grealish, Veretout and Ayew some much needed game time.

I'd go with

                   Westwood Gueye
                          Veretout
   Traore             Grealish                  Gil
                           Ayew
             

With 3 at the back then........

[Toronto Villa]

I really want Sherwood to pick a team to play an open expansive game design to blow Notts County away. In all three games we have started conservatively design to stop the opponent from playing as opposed to letting them worry about us. There will be no reason to have any such concerns on Tuesday. A big win in the cup and a morale boosting win at the weekend in the league is required to get us going again.

Do you really think that we were conservative in our approach at the start yesterday cos I certainly didn't.

I think we were and Sherwood even said that was the goal to take the energy of the crowd out of it at the start. I'm not saying we didn't create anything but we certainly didn't impose ourselves as much as we should do vs Notts County. I just think in the first three games instead of playing our game the manager has set us up to stifle the opponents. I look at Swansea and how they try to play and they play their game irrespective of the opponent. I want is to develop that identity. Maybe we just haven't got one yet with so many new players.

[TaxDodger]

I'd play;

                               Bunn

Hutton         Richards           Baker           Amavi

                  Gueye              Veretout

Traore                     Grealish                   Gil

                              Ayew

Steer, Clark, Bacuna, Sanchez, Green, Kozak, Gestede.

[aj2k77]

Get Gil, Traore, Grealish, Veretout and Ayew some much needed game time.

I'd go with

                   Westwood Gueye
                          Veretout
   Traore             Grealish                  Gil
                           Ayew
             

With 3 at the back then........

None at the back, they'll be too busy chasing us around to do any attacking.

[LukeJames]

                                   Bunn

Hutton        Richards          Clark             Amavi

                       Veretout     Gueye

          Traore                Gil                Grealish

                                    Ayew

[Pete3206]

3-0 win

[KRS]

Thats pretty much how I see the team setting up once every one is settled and match fit...obvious question marks over GK, RB and CF. I'd also play a similar lineup against Sunderland with Guzan and Sanchez coming back in.

Horses for courses and all that, but as it stands this is how I see the team and squad being interchangeable...


                                   Guzan (Bunn)

Bacuna (Hutton)      Richards (Okore)      Clark (Baker)      Amavi

                  Veretout (Westwood)     Gueye (Sanchez)

          Traore                Gil                Grealish (Sinclair)

                                    Ayew (Gestede)