This is a game where going with one up top and packing the midfield would actually be justified; for all their recent struggles Derby have a lot more quality than us (and indeed most teams in the division) so setting up to at least in part contain would be ok. It would be such a Ken 2015/16 thing to do if he went 4-4-2 and open against a team like this after setting up extremely negatively against a long stream of dross teams.
This team, of course, will never happen but it's arguably the time to be radical, we have a lot of players who are in no form at all and aren't playing their way out of it, and/or aren't anywhere near good enough.
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Simpson----------------Iorfa--------------------Hause------------------Deslandes
-----------------------Price-------------------McDonald---------------------------
--------------Hunte--------------Enobakhare-------------Byrne------------------
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As we do not have any wingers fit or in form Id play 3-5-2
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---------- Baath------------------EEL----------------HAUSE-----------------
--IORFA-------COADY---------McDONALD-------PRICE---------HELAN
----------------------- MASON ---------SIGGY------------------------
It gives us two up top
It gives us three at the back to mark their 2 strikers
It gives us 5 in midflield to outnumber them there
Whats not to like with that plan ?