Quote from: Brassneck on April 24, 2019, 04:45:06 PMQuote from: KevinGage on April 24, 2019, 03:03:02 PMI'd rest one of them. There is a benefit to finishing fourth and we should push for it. If Jack or McGinn (or anyone else for that matter) has a slight knock, by all means rest them. But they'll get all the rest they need in just over a month's time.The benefit for finishing 4th instead of 5th is not great. It simply gives you home advantage in the 2nd leg. The benefit of resting players after their recent efforts outweighs the benefit of finishing 4th in my humble opinion. Also, in reality, to finish 4th, we would need to win both of our remaining games. We could exhaust ourselves further and still have not gained anything.da packed Villa Park in the final leg, maybe the game hanging in the balance would be a massive advantage in my viewI agree with KG keep playing our best team and try and finish above WBA
Quote from: KevinGage on April 24, 2019, 03:03:02 PMI'd rest one of them. There is a benefit to finishing fourth and we should push for it. If Jack or McGinn (or anyone else for that matter) has a slight knock, by all means rest them. But they'll get all the rest they need in just over a month's time.The benefit for finishing 4th instead of 5th is not great. It simply gives you home advantage in the 2nd leg. The benefit of resting players after their recent efforts outweighs the benefit of finishing 4th in my humble opinion. Also, in reality, to finish 4th, we would need to win both of our remaining games. We could exhaust ourselves further and still have not gained anything.
I'd rest one of them. There is a benefit to finishing fourth and we should push for it. If Jack or McGinn (or anyone else for that matter) has a slight knock, by all means rest them. But they'll get all the rest they need in just over a month's time.
I'd rest Jack for Leeds and SJM against Norwich if he doesn't get booked against Leeds
Dean’s probably got two possible line ups in his head, depending on how Sandwell get on v Rotherham on the Saturday. If they lose (unlikely, I know), he might decide to go for it and play his strongest side. If they win, he may as well rest a few.
Another little thought to be thrown into the mix: Leeds aren't guaranteed 3rd place yet. If WBA win on Saturday, they'll only be 2 points behind Leeds with a game in hand.Leeds still have a bit of work to do to clinch 3rd place, let alone 2nd. Their 1st team are hardly pulling up trees currently, I can't see how they can justify resting players. We have that option.
Quote from: Brassneck on April 24, 2019, 11:08:51 PMAnother little thought to be thrown into the mix: Leeds aren't guaranteed 3rd place yet. If WBA win on Saturday, they'll only be 2 points behind Leeds with a game in hand.Leeds still have a bit of work to do to clinch 3rd place, let alone 2nd. Their 1st team are hardly pulling up trees currently, I can't see how they can justify resting players. We have that option.No, if Baggies win Saturday they'll be 2 points behind Leeds but the latter will have a game in hand plus the freebie of playing Ipswich after us.
I can quite easily foresee Dirty Leeds targetting Grealish and trying to end his season. Save him for the Norwich game when they will be on the beach, so to speak. McGinn has one get out of jail card left to play. If he gets a yellow, substitute him and save him for the play-offs.
Quote from: Legion on April 24, 2019, 09:04:09 PMI can quite easily foresee Dirty Leeds targetting Grealish and trying to end his season. Save him for the Norwich game when they will be on the beach, so to speak. McGinn has one get out of jail card left to play. If he gets a yellow, substitute him and save him for the play-offs.agreed. beisla is getting desperate and will do anything to gain a competitive advantage including targeting Grealish and SJM. We do not want to be going into the play offs without either of them.Also, no harm in giving Lansbury and Davis more game time. If we don't get promoted we could be reliant on them next season...
I think I'd rather play a demoralised Leeds and then whoever emerges from the other tie at Wembley rather than WBA in the semi.