Originally Posted by
Derby2die4
Interesting that its not entirely obvious who is gonna leave.... usually it's quite obvious but this time it's anyone's guess!
Not even sure what formation we'll go with, I'd guess the 433 which we settled on but could easily go back 4231 which Rowett has used often in the past. May even shock us and go with a 442 or even a 343, it's fashionable and familiar too as Derby played it in Rowetts time as a player at the club.
keepers
Personally I'd Loan out Mitchell and have Roos on bench.
Defence
Surely selling Christie and Olson is on agenda? Unless we loan out Lowe ( surely not) Don't need 3 in each position! No concrete evidence of any defenders leaving though? Unless we go three centre backs and use the likes of Forsyth and wisdom. Keeping Christie and Olson as wing backs!? Doubt it though. 4 centre backs in squad seems about right but feel one may leave!? Could always have Rawson as 4th choice.
Midfield
Links with Whelan are Interesting, due to our numbers in there, 433 with Whelan and Thorne as deeper player, then Bryson, Butterfield, Johnson and one more would make better sense. Not including Hughes cause I'm sure he will leave. Then again we could sell maybe Butterfield aswel and go with two, one deeper lying and one more marauding. Suiting 343, 4231 and 442.
Attack
Im really unsure what will happen here, personally I think Bent, Ince and Camara, will definitely leave, we could also lose two of Russell, Weimann, Vydra and Blackman! depends what system we go with I guess. 433 are Russell, Weimann, Vydra and Blackman really gonna chip in? Who knows maybe? With Martin and Nugent vying for no.9 shirt. My thoughts are we'll lose two of said players and bring in two dangerous wide attackers. Plus that would even allow us to play two up top with Nugent and Martin which could be interesting! Would probably require us to sign another big man though.
I'm usually quite sure about what is in the pipeline but this time I'm completely guessing. Kind of a nice change though.
What do you guys reckon?...