Our Best Starting 11

[Salvatore Matrecano]

The point to this is that it’s no longer an 11 man game, it’s having 16 who will play a part in every game.

At times last year we didnt have 16 that were either fit enough or good enough, hopefully thats whats different this year.

Speaking of fitness Ive noticed we have physios at half time giving the subs a proper structured warm up. It’s something that’s annoyed me for a long time that subs used to stand around at half fime looking bored occasionally flicking the ball about. Glad we are taking a more professional approach.

[Paplane]

Worrall looks infinitely better with Boly alonside him.

[tugger2018]

Turner
Montiel Boly Felipe niakhate Aina
Yates Sangare dominguez
Mgw
Taiwo

Worrall getting dropped after having the game of his life, lol.

Yeah, I agree. I can't see Worrall being dropped from the starting XI at the moment.

Brian Clough used to always say pick your best 11 players and Boly had his best last 2 matches for us

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I fully expect Vlachodimos to become our number 1 goalkeeper although he may have to wait a bit for his chance.

I like Turner but I think Vlachodimos is the better keeper.

[Redreg]

Turner

Aurier
Worrall
Boly
Niakhate
Aina

Sangare
Yates

Elanga
Awoniyi
CHO/Danilo?

Dominguez
Mangala
CHO/Danilo
Origi
Felipe
Montiel
Tavares
Vladchodimos
Wood
Kouyate
Williams
Murillo
Santos
Omobamidele

May have misses some off

What depth!! Tough choices for Cooper.

YESH THINK YOU MIGHT OF MISSED OUR BEST PLAYER OUT OF THE TEAM !!

[Redreg]

4-1-2-2-1 / 4-3-3
VLACH
MONTIEL
FILIPE
NIAKHATE
ANIA
DOMINGUEZ
SANGARE
DANILO/MANGALA (home) SANTOS/YATES (away)
MGW
CHO/ELANGA (home) DANILO (away)
TIAWO

TURNER
TAVERAS/SERGE
WOZZA/BOLY
MURILLO
YATES
MANGALA
SANTOS
CHO
ORIGI

HOVARTH
HENNESSY
SERGE
BOLY
MCKENNA
OMOBA
NECO
KOUYATE
DENNIS
AGULIRA
WOOD

SO MUCH STRENGTH IN DEPTH

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Picking up on Wassys point on the other thread. Is the strongest 11 we can put put on the pitch now after our 13 additions really better than the strongest 11 we could put on the pitch last season?

Here is our line up vs Arsenal in May
12 Navas
4Worrall
38Felipe Substituted for Boly 79'minutes
19Niakhaté
24Aurier
22Yates
5Mangala
32Lodi
10Gibbs-White
28Danilo Substituted for Kouyaté 73'minutes
9Awoniyi Substituted forJohnson 79'minutes


Lets Assume Navas Lodi and Johnson are all still available for us.
Who out of the above drops out to make way for any of our new 13?

Sangare probably for Mangala
Some may say Aina for Lodi although I disagree
Anyone else?

Genuinely interested what people think.

[Sausage Roll]

Montiel for Aurier? Dominguez for Yates? Elanga for Danilo?

With the new players having either played limited amounts for us or not at all it's difficult to say.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Montiel for Aurier? Dominguez for Yates? Elanga for Danilo?

With the new players having either played limited amounts for us or not at all it's difficult to say.

In my opinion
Montiel for Aurier? No
Dominguez for Yates? No would have to prove himself
Elanga for Danilo? Maybe, likely as sub

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

It's a squad game though not a first eleven game.

No team will ever go the whole season unchanged and not make any subs during a match.

Injuries, suspensions, AFCON, loss of form will all kick in.

We now have a much stronger SQUAD to cope with all of that.

[audiosmee]

Picking up on Wassys point on the other thread. Is the strongest 11 we can put put on the pitch now after our 13 additions really better than the strongest 11 we could put on the pitch last season?

Here is our line up vs Arsenal in May
12 Navas
4Worrall
38Felipe Substituted for Boly 79'minutes
19Niakhaté
24Aurier
22Yates
5Mangala
32Lodi
10Gibbs-White
28Danilo Substituted for Kouyaté 73'minutes
9Awoniyi Substituted forJohnson 79'minutes


Lets Assume Navas Lodi and Johnson are all still available for us.
Who out of the above drops out to make way for any of our new 13?

Sangare probably for Mangala
Some may say Aina for Lodi although I disagree
Anyone else?

Genuinely interested what people think.

I think it’s very much a squad game- form or injury problems mean we have ‘next man up’- the pedigree of players signed suggests yes, we are better than we were but I take your point; who gets dropped? 

We now have 2 new international gks FIT. We have enough cover in midfield to play much more high intensity and we have tactic flexibility with players being able to slot into different positions in different tactics. Dominguez is currently likely better than Danilo but without the potential. Oven ready… and 2 or 3 of the players have captained their previous sides.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

To add
Turner/Vlach for Henderson/Navas No
Tavares for Lodi No
HudsonOdoi for Johnson No