Team For Sunday

[frogmiller]

What I think our best team will be and what I think Warney will go with are two completely different stories

I think the team will be the same minus Ihiekwe for Ajayi.

I'd like to see a 4-4-2 though, drop Palmer for Ball and I'd probably also drop Mattock for Purrington- not that I think Mattock had a poor performance but he is better going forward whereas Purrington is an all round solid defender, and considering how shaky we were at the back against Scunny, I think we need some more reinforcement at the back

I'd like to see Taylor feature somewhere too, he'd be a brilliant impact sub in the 70th min when everyone is tiring out from the heat and he comes on and runs circles around everyone. Where he gets his energy and speed from I have no idea

I think you're right Don about Purrington and Mattock but mattock is Newell seems to have more support. I would love Ball to play in the place of Palmer.

Can't remember when we had so many positive options.

[mikemiller]

I suspect that Warney will stick to 4-5-1. If so the midfielders/wingers need to link up with Smith more effectively, and if he gets some decent crosses he can head them in. I hope that we have been practising taking free kicks and corners during the week- very wasteful in last few games, and Scunny almost cashed in on us giving them possession back so easily. Also hoping that Newell is fit - took him a while to get going in previous game.

[Donmiller]

I think you're right Don about Purrington and Mattock but mattock is Newell seems to have more support. I would love Ball to play in the place of Palmer.

Can't remember when we had so many positive options.

True, that's got to be a big advantage for us too. We can swap any one of our starting 11 with any player off the bench and our team will be just as strong. I can't remember that ever being the case before us having such a strong bench. Takes the pressure off the team a bit too if someone is having an off day they can be subbed off with a player who is just as good in most cases. The only positions I don't think we have as strong a "back-up" player is GK and RB

[Ronners]

Personally I'd go 4-4-2 ,I was really impressed with Shrewsbury in both their games against Charlton, they were very compact and IMO controlled both those games even though they only won 1-0 in both games.

My team would be Rodak, Emmanuelle, Ajayi, Wood, Mattock , Ford, Towell, Vaulks, Newell, Smith, Ball.

I'd play Forde, simple because I think he works harder defensively and crosses the ball better, obviously not as quick as Taylor or Williams, but for me keeps us more solid down that right flank.

[bogsdollox]

Not sure who he will pick - nowt unusual there then ! Whatever the team is hes got to play two up front - Shrews are a good solid defensive unit and if we don't press them up the park it will be a constant stream of one way traffic.Ball &Smith up front ,perm any 4 from the MField and I would have usual back 4 except Ikky would be replaced by Semi.But who knows what Warne will do - he's probably staring at the tealeaves right now.

[Zilzal]

Once again Ronners we're thinking along the same lines.

Ball must play as support to Smith. The latter did much better in the second Scunny game but needs help in the wide open spaces of Wembley. Forde although not my favourite player should replace the not-as-fast-as-he-thinks-he-is Williams. This would allow Josh to make more overlaps and speed into the Shrews box. On the other side of the pitch I'd play Purrington instead of Mattock. Whalley is their most dangerous all round player and it's imperative he's snuffed out asap.

Towell gets a place but he needs to up his game. He's been quite sloppy recently as indeed have the team in general. Time after time we're giving the ball away with flicks to nobody in the hope we'll get lucky. We have to earn our luck by controlling the ball and utilizing the space Scunny were kind enough to give us, especially in the second leg.

Warne put his faith in Iekwe and was badly let down. The thought of Wood going off and leaving Ike and Semi alone together is not one to go to bed on. The Shrews have a well martialled defence and finished 9 points clear of us but with needless errors eradicated we're their equals on the day. Having said that, if it goes to pens we're in for a sad and grumpy journey home.

[Ronners]

Once again Ronners we're thinking along the same lines.

Ball must play as support to Smith. The latter did much better in the second Scunny game but needs help in the wide open spaces of Wembley. Forde although not my favourite player should replace the not-as-fast-as-he-thinks-he-is Williams. This would allow Josh to make more overlaps and speed into the Shrews box. On the other side of the pitch I'd play Purrington instead of Mattock. Whalley is their most dangerous all round player and it's imperative he's snuffed out asap.

Towell gets a place but he needs to up his game. He's been quite sloppy recently as indeed have the team in general. Time after time we're giving the ball away with flicks to nobody in the hope we'll get lucky. We have to earn our luck by controlling the ball and utilizing the space Scunny were kind enough to give us, especially in the second leg.

Warne put his faith in Iekwe and was badly let down. The thought of Wood going off and leaving Ike and Semi alone together is not one to go to bed on. The Shrews have a well martialled defence and finished 9 points clear of us but with needless errors eradicated we're their equals on the day. Having said that, if it goes to pens we're in for a sad and grumpy journey home.

Yeah zilzal we seem to be on a similar wavelength on what team we would like, ragingpup thinks we don't need ball at side of smith as the midfield get forward to help him, but certainly against s****horpe in the home leg, we left smith totally isolated IMO.

If we start with the same formation of 4-5-1 I fear we could leave smith isolated again and Shrewsbury would then pick us off. I personally think we have better players than shrewsbury, but they have a better team, if that makes sense?

Let's hope our big players all turn up on the day , because if they do we will go very close. We have scored twice every time we have been to Wembley so let's at least keep that going