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                   Gollini

        Okore Elphick Baker

Lyden                              Bennet

                Tshibola

Adama/Green  Gardner Grealish

                      Ayew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4-1 defeat

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8 hours ago, Grasshopper said:

                   Gollini

        Okore Elphick Baker

Lyden                              Bennet

                Tshibola

Adama/Green  Gardner Grealish

                      Ayew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4-1 defeat

A like for the team. Not the predicted result.

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Very tough opener. Am expecting the side that started against 'Boro to be our starting XI which worries me as it contains Hutton, Cissokho, Bacuna and Gestede. Feel our defence is unsettled and could struggle against teams with strikers who have good movement.

Wednesday will come at us and want to take the scalp of one of the big boys. We need to try counter where we can. Ayew needs to play up front where he can have some impact and not be stuck out on the wing. 

Would be be great to get a win here if we can.

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I think this is going to be a tough opener, but RDM will probably go for:

                       Gollini

Hutton    Elphick    Baker    Amavi

  Tshibola   Westwood   Bacuna

        Ayew                  Grealish

                    Gestede                   

Not saying it's a side that's going to beat Sheffield, but I think it's what RDM will start with.

At the moment, I predict a 2-0 loss.

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                 Gollini

Bacuna Okore Elphick Amavi

         Sanchez Westwood

              Tshibola

Adama                   Grealish 

                  Ayew

 

Bacuna over Hutton just because out full backs are consistently having to get forward and not making it back in time to cover their defensive duties. Bacuna and Amavi are a lot more capable of getting up and down the pitch and putting decent crosses into the box.

Adama and Grealish both need to pull out wide to help out the full backs though and create space... something we rarely do anymore!

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Back 5 will be

Gollini,  Hutton,  Elphick, Baker and Cissokho

Middle two will be

Tshibola and Westwood

Next three will be

Bacuna,  Ayew and Grealish

Striker will be

Gestede

Which constitutes 7 remaining players from last season and to be honest if anyone would have said that in May / June then they would have been shot down for being too negative.

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amongst the gloom... some light reading to get one in the mood

http://www.football365.com/news/bloody-loving-the-filthy-filthy-championship

"Variety: There are 24 clubs and they vary from the big, such as Newcastle United and Aston Villa, to small old school community clubs like Burton Albion and Barnsley. Then there’s the once glorious old warhorses like Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest."

Regarding the game... finding it really tough to be hopeful with so much of last season still hanging around, and in a way I'd almost like to see us get hammered just to remove any doubt about the job required while there's still some time to bring a few more in. The line-ups in the earlier posts are down right depressing :(

 

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4 hours ago, wilko154 said:

                 Gollini

Bacuna Okore Elphick Amavi

         Sanchez Westwood

              Tshibola

Adama                   Grealish 

                  Ayew

 

Bacuna over Hutton just because out full backs are consistently having to get forward and not making it back in time to cover their defensive duties. Bacuna and Amavi are a lot more capable of getting up and down the pitch and putting decent crosses into the box.

Adama and Grealish both need to pull out wide to help out the full backs though and create space... something we rarely do anymore!

Adama hasn't played at all pre season, Amavi has played 3 minutes. No chance either are starting this.

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This is going to be tricky. 

-------------------Gollini--------------------

Hutton-----Elphick------Clark-------Amavi

-----Tshibola----Westwood---Gardner------

-----------------Grealish--------------------

---------Gestede---------Ayew------------

Two things about this team:

  1. I'l be amazed if it's our starting eleven - i could have another eight guesses at it and they'd all be wrong.
  2. I don't think it'll beat Wednesday.

 

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