When : Friday 31st January 2020, 7.45pm Where : Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ Capacity : 33,280 Away Stand : One side of the Grange Stand and the corner with the Ninian Stand What might I see in the area : Wales The double header is almost here. Two evening trips to the same place in the land of song in 4 days is not what most of us wanted but it’s what’s next on offer. Reading’s play off charge has now more or less collapsed after the Bristol disappointment and the problem is very plain, the team is sadly lacking any real threat going forward without Joao and to be honest I’ll be surprised if anyone… More →
Dilemma for Bowen. We can’t really go one up top with Baldock and Puscas not being able to play the role. We can’t really play 4-4-2 because that would mean Swift either not playing or out wide (have my doubts over his ability in a two) We can’t really play 5-3-2 because we don’t have the wingbacks and I’m not sure about McIntyre yet. I think, at a push I’d opt for 4-2-2-2 (or as NCS likes to claim as his formation :wink: ) Rafael Gunter Morrison Moore Blackett Pele Adam Swift Ejaria Meite Baldock Walker McIntyre Rino Aluko Boye/McCleary Olise Puscas Edit: if this doesn’t work, switch to the usual 4-1-4-1 with Meite and Ejaria out… More →
That’s not a bad shout but there certainly won’t be much width in that side. I don’t understand why we are looking at buying Laurent when we desperately need a winger.
Width comes from the fullbacks with Ejaria and Swift tucking in. Blackett is limited with Obita ahead of him because Obita doesn’t tuck in and we end up with two people wanting to do the same thing
Would actually go much the same as started against Bristol - maybe Adam in for Ejaria and Baldock or Meite for Puscas Not really the game to be mixing things up too much. Would then go for a 4-4-2 for the next game, assuming we don’t sign anyone of any note
Simon Hooper, what a bastard.
thanks
I think this is what he'll do. We're away from home so I highly doubt that we'll go two up top. Expect Baldock might come in instead of Puscas and Adam might feature. Wouldn't be adverse to seeing Aluko feature heavily either.
I actually wouldn’t be surprised to see him go to a back five to deal with Cardiff’s aerial threat So Gunter and Obita wing backs, Morrison, Moore and then McIntyre/Blackett CB’s, Pele, Swift and Ejaria in midfield and Puscas and Baldock up top Of course that still leaves Adam out and means we have the same powderpuff midfield trio I just don’t think we will see Baldock or Puscas as a lone striker again, it’s arguably failed four times in a row now
Eh? Pele? Powderpuff?
I meant Swift and Ejaria They don’t work in the same position. They did, for a few games at the start because of the unpredictability factor, but now teams have become accustomed to it, it’s not working. Too often, they end up wanting to take up the same space I feel bad for Rino in a way, he’s badly struggling for game time at the moment and with another coming in, he might even find his place on the bench a threat
A bit off topic but who else has been fairly happy with Olise's defensive contributions? He is playing slightly out of position but has done a decent job helping out his full back! I feel bad for Rinomhota too. He showed last season how good he can be at bringing the ball out from the back but I think his range of passing is keeping him out.
Days since This Championship game took place 2410 days ago in the 2019/2020 season. ID: 1337