3-5-2 anyone? (Safranko and Sow not available remember).

………………….Laidlaw...……………..
……Bouhenna…Connolly...Reynolds...…
Pawlett…Butcher..Harkes..Stanton..Nesbitt
…………….Clark...C.Smith……..

Subs - Siegrest, Fyvie, Seaman, Robson
        M.Smith, Gomis, McMullan

 

MockChop wrote:

works for me.

The group I go to games with, I’ve mentioned going 3 at the back til it got to the point I gave up. Ross County won’t expect it at all.

We’d need energy on the flanks for 90 minutes.

Was watching MotD2 tonight and Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink was one of the pundits.

He made a good point I felt about the problem with 4-2-3-1 doesn't always work for him. Because the 2 wide players in the 3 invariably try and cut inside all the time, particulary if they are having no joy on the wing.

Just play Pawlett and Nesbitt. They're both supposed to be wingers. Put 3 cm's and tell our wingers to stay wide. Be that whether they are getting forward OR defending from the front.

We need to start...

1) Winning the midfield battle
2) Playing with real width and stretching teams

We are so narrow and so slow/predictable.
 

Tek wrote:

   
………………….Laidlaw...……………..
……Bouhenna…Connolly...Reynolds...…
Pawlett…Butcher..Harkes..Stanton..Nesbitt
…………….Clark...C.Smith……..

Subs - Siegrest, Fyvie, Seaman, Robson
        M.Smith, Gomis, McMullan

 

Tek, that choice, I think, would get pumped again: Ross County would have freedom to get in crosses from both sides. To be brutally honest, I also think the three at the back would struggle. So bringing in Laidlaw for a debut hammering might not be best for the team.

Having said that, I reckon we have to find out if Laidlaw is an improvement on Seigrist at some point.

Nesbitt seems to want everything onto his right foot, and I might be tempted to give him a chance on the right, and stick Pawlett left to see if they can improve their 'winger qualities', which I've rarely witnessed with us. It's a frustration trying to pick an effective team looking at the unbalanced squad that has been assembled.

Laidlaw
​Seaman Watson Reynolds Robson
Nesbitt Harkes Butcher Pawlett
Clark McMullan
Subs Seigrist, Connolly, Fyvie, Stanton, C. Smith, M. Smith, Bouhenna


 

I'd play Smith with Clark up top. Pawlett and McMullan wide. The rest picks itself except maybe Booth in to give Robson a break.

Sow is apparently fit and available.

Arab87 wrote:

Laidlaw

Seaman Connolly Reynolds Robson

Pawlett Harkes Butcher Nesbitt

Clark P. Watson

 
Watson up front ...reminds me of the Raymundo masterstroke of sticking Durnan up front

Durnan and Watson can both score goals but don’t see either as starting strikers

dufc5 wrote:

Sow is apparently fit and available.

 What for? Jury duty?

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Finn Seemann wrote:

dufc5 wrote:

Sow is apparently fit and available.

...for making a piglet?
 

 Stop hamming it up.

bowers wrote:

dufc5 wrote:

Sow is apparently fit and available.

I doubt it very much and if he is and was to start i wouldnt imagine him lasting much more than half time.

 

Au contraire Bowers, 90 mins & 3 goals?
 

PatReilly wrote:

If he actually is fit, Osman Sow has to start, for me, in tonight's match.

Defo. I'll be well excited if he starts.
Great opportunity for him & easy pic for Robbie with Safranco being away.
IF he's ok.
 

Beharder wrote:

PatReilly wrote:

If he actually is fit, Osman Sow has to start, for me, in tonight's match.

He is unfit, Source Neilson in the Courier
 

 

That wasnt quoted. Arabzone interview says he is back running and did full training yesterday.

UTD TEAM: SIEGRIST, BOOTH(IN), MCMULLAN, CLARK, STANTON(IN), ROBSON, BUTCHER, REYNOLDS (C), WATSON(IN), PAWLETT(IN) AND CONNOLLY. SUBS: LAIDLAW, FYVIE, GOMIS, BOUHENNA, C SMITH AND HARKE