Eustace starts, Hughes dropped.

[RamFromCornwall]

SMc has realised the squad needs more balance that is lost by the injury to Thorne. The eleven best players in the squad doesn't necessarily make the best team in the squad.

The team vs Fulham is as follows:

Grant
Christie, Keogh, Bucko, Forsyth
Eustace
Hendrick Bryson
Ward Russell
Martin

Bench: Roos, Dawkins, Naylor, Whitbread, Hughes, Best, Mascarell.

[RamFromCornwall]

Fulham team:

Joronen, Hoogland, Bodurov, Burgess, Kavanagh, Roberts, Parker, Stafylidis, R Williams, Woodrow, McCormack.

[RamsFan10]

Steve can't rate that Mascarrell much then?

[triz]

And the penny drops,3 matches too late.

[RamFromCornwall]

Steve can't rate that Mascarrell much then?

Or he's still getting acclimatised to English football. It'll be a big step for him playing most of his games in the Real Madrid B team in the Spanish second league, compared to an actual first team in the English second league.

When he's ready he will play. Remember Thorne arrived in January and didn't play until March.

[RamFromCornwall]

And the penny drops,3 matches too late.

To be fair if we weren't losing he didn't really need to change it, although our performances weren't really convincing and a loss was inevitable.

[sheeeeeeeeeep]

And the penny drops,3 matches too late.

You cant just go switching the team around when you are unbeaten, that is how you lose the confidence of your players. He has made changes at exactly the right time.

[swaledale]

And the penny drops,3 matches too late.

You cant just go switching the team around when you are unbeaten, that is how you lose the confidence of your players. He has made changes at exactly the right time.[/quote]

Exactly, you have to give players a run of games and see if they settle. McClaren does at least have the balls to change things early on in games.

[triz]

Some crazy logic here, Hughes has never and will never be a DCM. Our system depends on that ***** specialist position and Hughes was wasted there. Moving Hughes to his more natural position or to the benc would have done zero harm and a lot of good. Good game for Hughes and the boys today no?

[triz]

And the penny drops,3 matches too late.

To be fair if we weren't losing he didn't really need to change it, although our performances weren't really convincing and a loss was inevitable.[/quote]

Exactly we've been awful all season except today, it doesn't take a tactical genius to see why