Quote Originally Posted by champs95 View Post
We wont start with 3 at the back away from home on opening day playing a side who will come out and attack, certainly because they are at home, and also because they are playing in front of their home crowd withy their new manager.

4 at the back
Nyambe - Lenihan - Mulgrew - Williams
2 holding
Smallwood Evans
in front of them
RM - Bennett LM - Palmer
Dack
Graham
I was wondering if he might throw Palmer straight in too. I doubt it, because TM seems to be a great believer in players fully understanding his style and team-systems. On the other hand, this is not a signing like Harper or Hart. Palmer already has more Championship experience than most of our players!
Mowbray does seem quite intent on giving Samuel a chance to prove himself - possibly because it has been such a struggle to sign a new centre-forward. It would be excellent if he suddenly found form. A lot of fans have put him down, but I thought he was still good in spells last year, even when things weren't going his way. All through my football-watching life, I have seen strikers go through bad patches and then suddenly come to life. There aren't many Shearers in terms of consistency. As I've said before, Samuel would probably do best in an old-fashioned 4-4-2 with twin strikers, but with TM favouring roaming No.10s like Dack (and Palmer?), we are not going to see that set-up. This is an issue for Nuttall in the same way. If we do get another proven striker in, it will be interesting to see if the pattern changes. More likely is that the new player would be cover for Graham, to begin with, perhaps getting the final half-hour in each game.