[spireitematt]

Lee isn't match fit or so the rumour mill has it. If its true god know why he's on the bench. If you drop Anyon after 1 game what does that do to his confidence? He couldn't do a deal about 2 of the goals but should have positioned himself better for the corner. If the players in front of him did a better job maybe he would feel more comfortable?
What I don't understand is why he made Evatt club captain. Ok he's been a great player for us over the years but both him and Hird are just too slow. GC has made a rod for his own back there.
Why not try
Mcginn. Wiseman, Maguire, Donohue
McCourt Hird Wier Reed
Ogrady or Ugwu
Dennis to start and bring on German last 20mins

At least that back line has some speed about it and McGinn and Donoghue we all know can attack down the wings and get a cross in. With that midfield there's plenty of cover.

I agree with that line up Dancing.

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Matt, I still worry about the vulnerability of Evatt and Hird without a tackler in front of them. As you say the friendlies suggested 3-5-2 and 4-3-3 on Saturday, so you are lining up an untried 4-4-2 too which suggests GC's getting to you nearly as much as he is to me. But I do think your team is interesting with German up front and O'Grady deeper.

I think this left back right back stuff is largely bollocks. I'm more than happy with a right-footed left back.

We have a collection of players I find almost impossible to coagulate into a convincing clot, but I'd have to seal the leaking artery of our defence to give the forwards a chance. But I still can't make any system I've heard of out of our players, so I've invented one.

LEE

BARRY
HIRD
MAGUIRE
MCGINN

EVATT

MITCHELL
DIMAIO
REED

DENNIS

O'GRADY

SUBS: GERMAN, UGWU, BREWSTER, SINNOTT, DONOHUE, WAKEFIELD, PARKIN, to be used tactically and positively to win games.

Amongst the players we lack within the random bunch of players we call a squad is a proper defensive midfield player and a proper attacking midfielder who might notch 10-15 in a season like Danny Whitaker did. We also can't field proper wingers if we want, yet we do have centre forwards for wingers to feed.........

Amongst the players we do have is a midfielder who gets tiredy, another who might be a bit of a Joey Barton and a keeper of dubious ability who if he plays will weaken the team and if he sits on the bench will block the development of a young keeper.

We've dealt ourselves a hand full of consonants and the only vowel is U.

I do think though that as O'Grady was always known as the workhorse of the Wednesday forward line there could be mileage in trying him deeper. After all he has spent 14 seasons up front, 8 clubs and 9 loans and never really returned many goals. Maybe he'd score just as many from deeper.

Have to mix it up a bit Devon because if you play the same formation every game sooner or later the teams are going to cotton on and suss you out. 4-4-2 is a good formation especially for the most physical teams.