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    Which of our current team

    would get into this one?

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    Botman instead of Peacock, Trippier for Watson? Bruno for Batty?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippity View Post
    would get into this one?

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    Botman instead of Peacock, Trippier for Watson? Bruno for Batty?
    I’d leave the centre backs although it’s a coin toss for Botman (still very young). Agree the other two and I’d have Pope in.

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    I love Pavel, but I do think that Pope is a top, top keeper. So that's a difficult one.

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    On current form Miggy to replace Lee.

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    Pope and Trippier in certainly for me.

    I think I'd lean Botman as well.

    I honestly can't call it for Bruno/Batty - Batty offered us a more combative mid than Bruno would, however Bruno and Beardsly in the middle - love that idea.

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    Pope, Botman, Tripper, Bruno, Miggy.

    I wouldnt go 442, so that would leave Les out and keep Batty or Lee...

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    For me, Miggy's hit a purple patch, no doubt, but I'd like to see him do it consistently for a longer period before i'd put him in ahead of our Entertainers midfield or attack.

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    All of the old mid field plus the old strikers along with the new back four plus Pope much as I respect the back five entertainers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jammy89 View Post
    Pope and Trippier in certainly for me.

    I think I'd lean Botman as well.

    I honestly can't call it for Bruno/Batty - Batty offered us a more combative mid than Bruno would, however Bruno and Beardsly in the middle - love that idea.
    I would put Bruno before Batty all day,Batty made defensive mistakes including when he lost the ball at Forest and Woan equalised when we were still in for a shout at the title.I preferred Lee Clarke to Batty who give us more going forward.One of the few mistakes Keegan made bringing in Batty for Clarke i.m.o.

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    in fairness, probably all of our current team would get into that squad. Standards of fitness and diet, tactics, phases of play etc are massively better than the early 90's , we are talking almost 30 years difference. Education , sports science have moved on dramatically.

    You could not drop David Batty into todays team and expect the same results he had in his time, our defensive midfielder is Bruno, this position does not just sit in front of the back 4, it now needs to tackle, pass, start the attacks, become the attack, score goals and be a playmaker.

    Like how many of that 1994 squad would get into the squad of 1964?, again probably all of them

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