Hearts and M'well Cup semi lines ups

[Feck_the_Huns]

Mixture of resting up players, giving players needed game time, and setting us up for the Cup semi. Time to use up all the players we have, with the focus being on the semi final

Hearts game

Lewis

Logan
O'Connor
Reynolds
Considine

Shinnie
Ball

GMS
McLean
Stewart

May

M'well Cup Semi

Lewis

Ball
Arnisson
McKenna
Considine

O'Connor
Chiddie (or if unfit, Christie)

GMS
Stewart
Christie/McGinn (or in unfit, Wright)

May

[Pacman1903]

As I said elsewhere.Drop the suspended players for Hearts. We cant win the league so play the team that will play the semi against Hearts. You cant just stick three players in to replace three of the most important players in the team on the day of the semi. Need a game to gel and maybe even spring up other ideas. Don't just play the three suspended players as that teaches us nothing. Arnason will be missing on Sat you would think so maybe that gives one of them a game

Be interesting to see what McAnus will do here

[Mr_Grieves]

Assuming we don't pick up any injuries the semi line-up should be:

Lewis
Ball Arnason McKenna Considine
AOC
McGinn Chidi Christie GMS
May

[Feck_the_Huns]

As I said elsewhere.Drop the suspended players for Hearts. We cant win the league so play the team that will play the semi against Hearts. You cant just stick three players in to replace three of the most important players in the team on the day of the semi. Need a game to gel and maybe even spring up other ideas. Don't just play the three suspended players as that teaches us nothing. Arnason will be missing on Sat you would think so maybe that gives one of them a game

Be interesting to see what McAnus will do here

See where you are coming from. But I disagree. McKenna and Christie will be massive for us in the semi-final, I'd give them a rest this weekend, but play the 3 players who will all miss out for the Cup Semi. The two games are entirely seperate in terms of importance, and intended personnel to be deployed, but the Hearts game is still huge in terms of the 2nd place finish

Surely the players are all professional enough to know how to line up alongside each other, in whichever formation DM employs? The whole focus next week on training will be on the intended line up for the semi-final

[Feck_the_Huns]

Assuming we don't pick up any injuries the semi line-up should be:

Lewis
Ball Arnason McKenna Considine
AOC
McGinn Chidi Christie GMS
May

Nae Stewart?

[Mr_Grieves]

Nae Stewart?

We could play McGinn wide left and Stewart wide right.

I thought GMS did well against St Johnstone, its good that we've got a few options.

[Pacman1903]

Surely the players are all professional enough to know how to line up alongside each other, in whichever formation DM employs?

You know as well as I do that is not the case all the time. How often have players looked lost

[afc1903mad]

Assuming we don't pick up any injuries the semi line-up should be:

Lewis
Ball Arnason McKenna Considine
AOC
McGinn Chidi Christie GMS
May

I wouldn’t drop Stewart for McGinn.
He’s played well the last two games.
McGinn was also off form just before going off with injury.
Better to have McGinn from the bench should we need to change it and because of his lack of game time recently.

[afc1903mad]

We could play McGinn wide left and Stewart wide right.

I thought GMS did well against St Johnstone, its good that we've got a few options.

He did ok against St Johnstone but was dropped from the Motherwell game because he is not physical enough.
Definately the semi and against the farts we need to stand up physically, so expect GMS to be on the bench.

[Feck_the_Huns]

I wouldn’t drop Stewart for McGinn.
He’s played well the last two games.
McGinn was also off form just before going off with injury.
Better to have McGinn from the bench should we need to change it and because of his lack of game time recently.

Agreed. I've been hugely critical of both May and Stewart this season but fair doos to the lads, in my opinion, they've both played their way into the semi-final side with their last two performances, but both could do with the Hearts game just to give them that additional 90 mins.

McGinn doesn't start the semi-final for me, unless Chiddie is out