Grealish on the bench ahead of Lansbury for me because I think Grealish and Hogan could work really together if the former is allowed to play high enough up the pitch.
Quote from: tomd2103 on September 04, 2017, 12:06:06 PMI genuinely don't know what team or formation he will come up with against Brentford on Saturday. Going forward and with everyone fit, I would like to see something like: JohnstoneBree Chester Terry Taylor Whelan Onomah HourihaneSnodgrass Davis KodjiaSubs: Steer, De Laet, Samba, Jedinak, Lansbury, Grealish, Green, Hogan That team should walk this league
I genuinely don't know what team or formation he will come up with against Brentford on Saturday. Going forward and with everyone fit, I would like to see something like: JohnstoneBree Chester Terry Taylor Whelan Onomah HourihaneSnodgrass Davis KodjiaSubs: Steer, De Laet, Samba, Jedinak, Lansbury, Grealish, Green, Hogan
Quote from: paul_e on September 04, 2017, 12:17:12 PMGrealish on the bench ahead of Lansbury for me because I think Grealish and Hogan could work really together if the former is allowed to play high enough up the pitch.We're probably never going to get to the situation where everyone is fully fit and available, but my concern is that we are going to have quite a few players who aren't going to be getting in the matchday squad on a regular basis. That is OK when they are kids, but when they are established players earning decent wages, then it becomes a bit of a problem. That squad above would leave almost a full team of Bunn, Hutton, Richards, Elphick, Elmohamady, Bjarnason, Grealish, Adomah, Agbonlahor and McCormack sitting in the stands on matchdays and that is without even counting the young players like Lyden and O'Hare. That is far from ideal. Although it is not all his fault, I don't think Bruce's squad planning has been too clever since he has been here.
Quote from: tomd2103 on September 04, 2017, 12:30:17 PMQuote from: paul_e on September 04, 2017, 12:17:12 PMGrealish on the bench ahead of Lansbury for me because I think Grealish and Hogan could work really together if the former is allowed to play high enough up the pitch.We're probably never going to get to the situation where everyone is fully fit and available, but my concern is that we are going to have quite a few players who aren't going to be getting in the matchday squad on a regular basis. That is OK when they are kids, but when they are established players earning decent wages, then it becomes a bit of a problem. That squad above would leave almost a full team of Bunn, Hutton, Richards, Elphick, Elmohamady, Bjarnason, Grealish, Adomah, Agbonlahor and McCormack sitting in the stands on matchdays and that is without even counting the young players like Lyden and O'Hare. That is far from ideal. Although it is not all his fault, I don't think Bruce's squad planning has been too clever since he has been here. Wow, when you see that 'reserve' team written down like that it makes you want to weep. I'd guess they'd be on more money than most first teams in this league; internationals, medal winners, all successful at this level or above. How we've managed to get ourselves into a situation where we have a squad like this and be 18th in the Championship is mind boggling. Surely this is the year we can start to put all this waste behind us; the only way is up. Right....?
Quote from: tomd2103 on Today at 11:06:06 AMI genuinely don't know what team or formation he will come up with against Brentford on Saturday. Going forward and with everyone fit, I would like to see something like: JohnstoneBree Chester Terry Taylor Whelan Onomah HourihaneSnodgrass Davis KodjiaSubs: Steer, De Laet, Samba, Jedinak, Lansbury, Grealish, Green, Hogan That team should walk this league
Wow, when you see that 'reserve' team written down like that it makes you want to weep. I'd guess they'd be on more money than most first teams in this league; internationals, medal winners, all successful at this level or above. How we've managed to get ourselves into a situation where we have a squad like this and be 18th in the Championship is mind boggling
'There’s not been anywhere near as much spent, with reports that Villa are worried about the implications of breaching FFP regulations. If that’s true then they should be congratulated, because they seem to be the only club in the world so concerned' - Timely, it appears UEFA are not investigating Man City despite the Spanish League requesting them to do so http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41146009
QuoteQuote from: tomd2103 on Today at 11:06:06 AMI genuinely don't know what team or formation he will come up with against Brentford on Saturday. Going forward and with everyone fit, I would like to see something like: JohnstoneBree Chester Terry Taylor Whelan Onomah HourihaneSnodgrass Davis KodjiaSubs: Steer, De Laet, Samba, Jedinak, Lansbury, Grealish, Green, Hogan That team should walk this league 100% agree - no excuses from any Manager that they could not get that team winning more than notQuoteWow, when you see that 'reserve' team written down like that it makes you want to weep. I'd guess they'd be on more money than most first teams in this league; internationals, medal winners, all successful at this level or above. How we've managed to get ourselves into a situation where we have a squad like this and be 18th in the Championship is mind boggling Then you look who we have as a Manager - and no its notI really cannot figure out in any shape, way or form that apart from Hutton why he changed the team that played so well against Norwich
Quote from: Diablo on September 04, 2017, 03:01:50 PM'There’s not been anywhere near as much spent, with reports that Villa are worried about the implications of breaching FFP regulations. If that’s true then they should be congratulated, because they seem to be the only club in the world so concerned' - Timely, it appears UEFA are not investigating Man City despite the Spanish League requesting them to do so http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41146009Yeah I'm convinced it's a red herring all this talk of ffp. As previously stated we seem to be the only club in the world who are concerned about it.
Quote from: The Edge on September 04, 2017, 03:45:53 PMQuote from: Diablo on September 04, 2017, 03:01:50 PM'There’s not been anywhere near as much spent, with reports that Villa are worried about the implications of breaching FFP regulations. If that’s true then they should be congratulated, because they seem to be the only club in the world so concerned' - Timely, it appears UEFA are not investigating Man City despite the Spanish League requesting them to do so http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41146009Yeah I'm convinced it's a red herring all this talk of ffp. As previously stated we seem to be the only club in the world who are concerned about it.Or we're the only club that is in danger of not meeting the rules but is big enough to be targeted.There are plenty of other teams out there that will flout them but they have the spending power to buy themselves out of anything and because of where they sit in the grand scheme of things will be left well alone.We're an easy club to target because of the stature, the following and the perception that would then follow that UEFA/FIFA/The FA rare doing more than F-A about it.