Team and Formation

[Rainbowpie]

Because NA seems stuck on playing the same team with the same tactics and formation. I wondered what everyone else’s team and formation would be for Tuesday nights game?
I’d go with 4-1-3-2. Look to stop leaking goals and snatch 1 on the break

Schofield GK
Tootle RB
Barclay CB
Stubbs CB
Milsom LB
Rose DM
O’Brien CM
OSbourne CM
Doyle CM
Etete ST
Campbell ST

Bring in the youth, can’t do much worse

[BanjoPie]

I think most fans have accepted relegation as a done thing so why not

[DelroyFacey22]

Because NA seems stuck on playing the same team with the same tactics and formation. I wondered what everyone else’s team and formation would be for Tuesday nights game?
I’d go with 4-1-3-2. Look to stop leaking goals and snatch 1 on the break

Schofield GK
Tootle RB
Barclay CB
Stubbs CB
Milsom LB
Rose DM
O’Brien CM
OSbourne CM
Doyle CM
Etete ST
Campbell ST

Bring in the youth, can’t do much worse

Osbourne is a winger, Etete is on trial at Spurs, Campbell has just ended a long run without scoring and the two kids in the heart of our defence have shown that you can do worse, some of the defending recently has been diabolical... So I'd say no thanks to all.

Schofield

Tootle
Duffy
Stubbs
Milsom

Doyle
O'Brien
Rose

Enzio
Hemmings
CMS

Playing the kids at the back hasn't worked, as much as people like to moan about Duffy I think we miss him, he was fine last season with a competent goalkeeper behind him even if he does win freekicks, it worked and Barclay hasn't done enough to convince me he's anything special to be honest, lets not forget it was Duffy's form under Nolan that improved massively and kept us up the first time around.

[OP67]

I doubt Etete will be risked with his impending transfer.

[maddogslater]

Osbourne is a winger, Etete is on trial at Spurs, Campbell has just ended a long run without scoring and the two kids in the heart of our defence have shown that you can do worse, some of the defending recently has been diabolical... So I'd say no thanks to all.

Schofield

Tootle
Duffy
Stubbs
Milsom

Doyle
O'Brien
Rose

Enzio
Hemmings
CMS

Playing the kids at the back hasn't worked, as much as people like to moan about Duffy I think we miss him, he was fine last season with a competent goalkeeper behind him even if he does win freekicks, it worked and Barclay hasn't done enough to convince me he's anything special to be honest, lets not forget it was Duffy's form under Nolan that improved massively and kept us up the first time around.

Spot on with that team, time for Duff man.

[slack_pie]

Osbourne is a winger, Etete is on trial at Spurs, Campbell has just ended a long run without scoring and the two kids in the heart of our defence have shown that you can do worse, some of the defending recently has been diabolical... So I'd say no thanks to all.

Schofield

Tootle
Duffy
Stubbs
Milsom

Doyle
O'Brien
Rose

Enzio
Hemmings
CMS

Playing the kids at the back hasn't worked, as much as people like to moan about Duffy I think we miss him, he was fine last season with a competent goalkeeper behind him even if he does win freekicks, it worked and Barclay hasn't done enough to convince me he's anything special to be honest, lets not forget it was Duffy's form under Nolan that improved massively and kept us up the first time around.

Looks good to me.

[nw6pie]

Osbourne is a winger, Etete is on trial at Spurs, Campbell has just ended a long run without scoring and the two kids in the heart of our defence have shown that you can do worse, some of the defending recently has been diabolical... So I'd say no thanks to all.

Schofield

Tootle
Duffy
Stubbs
Milsom

Doyle
O'Brien
Rose

Enzio
Hemmings
CMS

Playing the kids at the back hasn't worked, as much as people like to moan about Duffy I think we miss him, he was fine last season with a competent goalkeeper behind him even if he does win freekicks, it worked and Barclay hasn't done enough to convince me he's anything special to be honest, lets not forget it was Duffy's form under Nolan that improved massively and kept us up the first time around.

I agree that Barclay has been a disappointment, but I’d much prefer Bird to Duffy. Doyle has been a huge disappointment in the last four games, too - I’d play Kellett over him (just because I’m clinging to the belief that there’s a decent footballer in there).

We have had zero goal threat in the last three games, but can’t see a clear solution to that problem. If we go 4-3-3 (ideally we’d go 4-4-3 and the ref wouldn’t notice), I’d play Osborne as one of the front three just due to his goals for the under-23s. CMS and Enzio have both been poor in the last few games, but who hasn’t? We haven’t been able to harness the pace of either of them or Gomis, and I’ve long since given up on Hemmings, so let’s just pick two names out of the hat.

[tied_up_in_notts]

I am long resigned to the fact that whatever combination of players we put out there, and whatever formation they are asked to play in, the end result will be that we can neither defend nor score goals.

[JoePass]

I am long resigned to the fact that whatever combination of players we put out there, and whatever formation they are asked to play in, the end result will be that we can neither defend nor score goals.

That was not the outcome against Lincoln, FGR and Mansfailed.

[Elite_Pie]

I am long resigned to the fact that whatever combination of players we put out there, and whatever formation they are asked to play in, the end result will be that we can neither defend nor score goals.

Me too. I still don't think this is the worst squad we've had, but they are doing their very best to prove me wrong.