Bunnski Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Gana or Traore didn't make the squad? That line up looks like we are resting players which I was hoping wouldn't be the case as we need to build some momentum starting with getting a result here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Think the 7 on the bench would beat the starting XI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjenkins Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 No-one else seeing a 4-5-1 there then? That was my immediate thought looking at that team, with Gabby and Bacuna as the wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney_avfc Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 8 defensive players....... Wtf? Cup game right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 That's a team that doesn't give a shit about being in the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Could be instructions from above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Remember the Newcastle game under kmac expect a repeat.shocking team selection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Would have thought this would have been perfect for the likes of Gil, Traore and Ayew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 We havent given ourselves a chance with most the losses we've suffered this season through off team selections. Tonight seems the same. Disappointing really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 What an awful team that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Who's the captain tonight, Gabby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 28, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2015 Bench does look good. Maybe Kmac has forgot that he can only make 3 subs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 What does Grealish, Gil, Ayew, and Veretout have to do to get into a team? Apparently playing poorly has kept Richardson, Gestede, and Westwood in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted October 28, 2015 Moderator Share Posted October 28, 2015 It's a 4-4-2 I guess, and once you go with a 4-4-2 you have to either play players that aren't in their natural positions, or play players that aren't erm....normally first choice is the politest way I'd put it.Sanchez and Westwood in the middle I can live with, I'd sooner have seen Veretout, but at least it's natural and Gana could do with the rest.The wide midfield positions are difficult, the only other player who can naturally play on the right of a 4-4-2 in our squad in my opinion is Gil. Traore, Ayew and Sinclair are effective in a 4-3-3 on the right of midfield but not so natural in a 4-4-2. On the left it's a similar story, Gabby and Grealish can do it, but it's not really natural for either of them. Personally, I'd have gone with throwing natural out of the boat and picked better players, or, more sensibly, not played a 4-4-2 - but it's vaguely understandable.Not sure about Crespo, but I guess we'll see. I think he's tried to be sensible and simple, and even though it looks wrong, it might be more than the sum of it's parts. I don't think Richardson and Bacuna have enough to really threaten the Southampton backline though and I'm not expecting a huge amount of creativity from Westwood and Sanchez. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastBaron Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Clearly he's resting the first team for Garde's first game on Monday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claretman Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Horrific team. Way too defensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Maybe his remit was to not risk injury to certain players? Maybe there's something going on behind the scenes that made him not choose certain players? He's the manager for tonight and I stick by him. I wanted to see the best possible team and I doubt this is it but, he may prove us wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 That lineup is awful.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Ok, so we line up to lose on purpose so we can focus on the league, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Looks like a cautious, back-to-basics defensive 442 with a gameplan of staying in the game for 60 mins and then bring on Gil/Grealish/Ayew to try and sneak a win. Who knows? It may work. But it won't be pretty that is for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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