The Squad 2015/16

[Johnny75]

Iorfa being #18 isn't the same thing?

As TT says, 8 is tradionally a midfielder not an average fat right back.

 

[Alan]

Never understood the British holding mid being #4 rather #6.

 

[Johnny75]

Never understood the British holding mid being #4 rather #6.

It's not just the UK it goes back to original formations and numbering. Inverting the Pyramid is the enlightenment you seek Alan

 

[Lycan]

It used to be

1

2----3

4---5---6

7---8---9---10---11​

The positions drifted around with the advent of new rules/tactics but the numbers stayed the same.

Edit: Ninja'd

 

[Alan]

The Eastern European traditional numbering swaps the #4 and #6 positions. IMHO that one makes more sense.

 

[machin05]

No, 1 to 11 should always look for traditional positions, which apart from McDonald and Edwards we more or less are. Tough call to take 2 of Doherty and from a motivational perspective the wrong thing to do.
1 Keeper
2 Right Back
3 Left Back
4 More defensive midfielder of the 2
5 Centre Half
6 Centre Half
7 Right Winger
8 More attacking midfielder of the 2
9 Centre Forward
10 Striker
11 Left Winger
#oldschool

I was trying to explain this to my 8 year old nephew the other day. He didn't have a clue what I was on about!

 

[Deleted Cyber]

No, 1 to 11 should always look for traditional positions, which apart from McDonald and Edwards we more or less are. Tough call to take 2 of Doherty and from a motivational perspective the wrong thing to do.
1 Keeper
2 Right Back
3 Left Back
4 More defensive midfielder of the 2
5 Centre Half
6 Centre Half
7 Right Winger
8 More attacking midfielder of the 2
9 Centre Forward
10 Striker
11 Left Winger
#oldschool

Boring- being a keeper who liked the number 99 I guess I was biased

 

[Deleted Cyber]

It used to be

1

2----3

4---5---6

7---8---9---10---11​

The positions drifted around with the advent of new rules/tactics but the numbers stayed the same.

Edit: Ninja'd

Really I had 2 and 3 as full backs and 5 as Centre back. 4 and 6 were half backs, 7 and 11 wing forwards 9 centre forward and 8 and 10 midfield like this

2-5-3
4 6
8 -10
7- 9- 11

 

[Nando]

Updated.

 

[JimmyDaWolf]

Our squad moving forward

IMO we have loads of options and flexibility moving forward now. I Could of put Edwards everywhere but kept him where id prefer. Could of gone 4-4-2 or even 4-2-2-2 with Afobe and Alf up top. Was unsure on Byrne if he plays down the right or left? What are your thoughts people?

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[JimmyDaWolf]

Our squad moving forward

IMO we have loads of options and flexibility moving forward now. I Could of put Edwards everywhere but kept him where id prefer. Could of gone 4-4-2 or even 4-2-2-2 with Afobe and Alf up top. Was unsure on Byrne if he plays down the right or left? What are your thoughts people?

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[Paddingtonwolf]

Byrne is more likely to be right winger.

 

[Penk Wolf]

I'd put Hause and Batth as the main CB too.

 

[JimmyDaWolf]

I'd put Hause and Batth as the main CB too.

You think thats how kenny will go once Batth is back? I think he will favour EEL. It was interesting to see Hause wing back and Iorfa LCB last night too. Both seem happy in either position. With Byrne trained as a RB would allow us to play with 3 CB's to grind out results if need be. IMO opinion we will see a more stable settled sqaud after the break.

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[machin05]

EEL looks better than Hause at CB at the moment I think.

 

[Penk Wolf]

I thought we were trying to get away from hoof ball from the back?

 

[machin05]

I'd rather we started keeping clean sheets first and foremost.

 

[Norman Deeley]

Does anyone know what squad number Nathan Byrne has been given? Will KJ confuse the opposition by giving him #5...

 

[Lord Knows]

EEL looks better than Hause at CB at the moment I think.

Maybe not on the left, its usually beneficial to the team to have left footed players in left sided positions.

 

[Johnny75]

I'd rather we started keeping clean sheets first and foremost.

Would people complain more if we won 1-0 for 5 games and drew 10 games 0-0 or won 8 games 3-2 and lost 7 games 3-2 (yes we would have 1 point less).

Wouldn't you rather be entertained rather than bored?