passthepig

Nice one….always good to have a Maths graduate on the case

Can we not close this thread now and open a new one if we want to discuss Danny Röhl's tactics?! He's clearly on a different managerial planet to Xisco, and the thread title completely grinds my gears every time I open the site

Signed

Don’t think either of them are the right level for the Championship at the moment. On the basis that everything Dawson does, or is about to do, makes me nervous….and the fact that he is 26/27 and should be showing greater maturity by now….I’d pick Vasquez who seems a more natural keeper, and has greater potential for improvement with more games, and under a decent GK coach, which I feel confident Danny will bring in.

50/50 chance Buckley will be recalled in January....freeing up a space

Agree on Musaba and Gassama. Would hope he can get George Byers operating at the kind of levels we saw from Kieran Lee, and also get the best out of Malik Wilks....who has all the physical attributes to be a pretty decent Championship player.

Either that or ours are just latte developers

More to the point for me is why..... despite 'not quite having enough volume' or 'feeling a bit of soreness' or whatever other tenuous, over-cautious reason you care to conjure up....we didn't have Malik Wilks.....who 'should be fine for Wednesday'.... sitting on that bench ready to contribute 10 or 15 minutes if needed....and boy was he needed. Clough, Revie and the like would be turning in their graves...

Nigel Worthington's Brian Juicy Chris Marston's Johnny Fanta Dave St.Clements Emiliano Martinis

Might do if FDB is off.....

Frank Clarke

Could just as easily be 4-4-2 with that line up

Give him time for goodness sake. He’s coming into an established midfield, in a club with big expectations, and is still working out where and how he fits in. He’s no shrinking violet like Wing was…(overawed by the scale of the club and by the presence of Bannan). When he saw Bannan was having a stinker, I thought he really started to impose himself and was our most effective midfielder in the first half. We have excellent midfield options and I’ve no doubt that Vaulks will make some very telling contributions over the course of the season. If Bannan’s form does dip, or he gets a serious injury, we’ll be very pleased we’ve got Vaulks on.board.

What’s the status of your earlier link to a possible return for George Hirst?

Dunkley in to organise the defence at set pieces and counteract the aerial threat of Vadaine Oliver (20 goals in this league last season, most of them headers) and the long throws of their right wing back Jackson. Feels like the right move to me if Dean isn't quite ready to start