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4-4-2
Allsop
Sang
Ng
Kipre
Nkounkou
O’Dowda
Wintle
Ralls
Bagan
Whyte
Harris
Having been at Loftus Road and watching the JB game on Sunday my immediate conclusion was the players on the pitch are not playing as a team and there's more shape in a jelly!
Much as I like Hudson and he seems a decent bloke I'm not convinced we'll stay up unless we get a proper manager in charge and some loan signings in key positions like full backs and a striker.
So to answer the question yes we are collectively in a mess right now!
Rino , I wouldnt play 442. So Whyte who I presume you have as a striker not in the side.
I also wouldnt want Bagan on the left with Nkounkou. He cant be fully fit so id keep O Dowda on the left with Nkonkou. Fully fit id have Bagan left back.
So id play Ojo in the 3 attackers - Sorry.😂
Im not saying thats a great looking line up either.
Last edited by fugsyphil; 26-10-22 at 18:49. Reason: Adding another sentence
I wouldn't have Nkounko or Campbell anywhere near the squad never mind the first team.
If Romeo is fit again, he's straight back in, with Ng at CB, if Bagan isn't fit then Ng and Lb and Simpson in for Nelson
Sang is unlucky as he was our best player on Sunday
Odd one, isn't it. Over the past 20 years, fullbacks have essentially become attackers, they look and play more like wingers, and in my opinion, not many of them are great defenders. They get out of jail through athleticism and pace, that's usually enough in that position, none of them are of the Lee Peltier school of fullbacks, defend first, only cross the halfway line in an emergency! (and peltier was a good defender) This lad from Everton is a disaster. I can honestly say that i have never seen anything like it. No urgency, no expression,he waggles a foot, it's like he's footballs equivalent of a goldfish and every 7 seconds he actually forgets why he on the pitch and what he has to do. He looks like he has just landed! He needs to go, and sharpish. The law of averages usually says that just by being in that position and making a bit of a nuisance of yourself, that a player will stop the opposition, his mere presence alone seems to help them.
On an even spread of 10 games with and without Morison.
I probably would take just 4 points out of the next 3 games.
Not sure what conclusions the board can take from that?
I think this weekend's game against Rotherham will be an answer to this question in itself.
If we are beaten at home against a newly promoted team then I think the fears are very real for relegation.
Yes, we are light up top but if the club ignore that position for virtually the whole summer and then make one last minute signing then that is the risk you take as a club.
They can blame Morison all they like but I for one don't think he did not mention how light we were up top until we brought Robinson through the door.
Lose to Rotherham or limp to a bore draw and I think we are very realistically looking at being in the relegation zone during the World Cup break.
We would then have a few months with a condensed fixture list to save our Championship back.
Nkounkou is the worst defensive defender I’ve seen for a very long time if not ever, but in his defense it might look better as a wing back in a 5 with less defensive responsibility and more cover.
If he has to play as part of his agreement with Everton (which I don’t think has ever been confirmed) I’d have him as a winger and switch him with O’Dowda before I put him back at LB. Teams are clearly targeting him at this point and why not - it would be a really short scouting session.