Jim Smith 2,609 Posted July 24, 2022 Looking at who played yesterday and who is on the tour quite hard to see what sort of starting 11 we can put out today. Something like: Gunn ?? Tompkinson Sorensen Gianoulis Gibbs ????? Idah Rowe Onel Hugill Do we think any of them will be asked to start twice in 2 days? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
astro 423 Posted July 24, 2022 Zimmerman, Lees-melou and Tzolis might get a start…………oh! 😂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 4,615 Posted July 24, 2022 Riley, Shipley and Hills were all on the bench yesterday so are obviously there. Riley played right back against Dereham and the other two are both centre backs, so if they get 45 minutes each then Sorensen could play in midfield. That would be a very inexperienced back line, but there aren't many first team options. Also, do we think Sara is ready for 20 minutes, maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 5,007 Posted July 24, 2022 It will be more or less the same team as yesterday barring injuries. I heard on yesterday's match commentary thst Smith likes the players to cope with two 90 minute matches to end pre season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 10,761 Posted July 24, 2022 21 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said: It will be more or less the same team as yesterday barring injuries. I heard on yesterday's match commentary thst Smith likes the players to cope with two 90 minute matches to end pre season. No it won't be. He said he wants as much of the squad to deal with 90 minutes as possible. So expect majority of the starting 11 to be different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HazzaJet 267 Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: Riley, Shipley and Hills were all on the bench yesterday so are obviously there. Riley played right back against Dereham and the other two are both centre backs, so if they get 45 minutes each then Sorensen could play in midfield. That would be a very inexperienced back line, but there aren't many first team options. Also, do we think Sara is ready for 20 minutes, maybe? It will certainly be a very inexperienced squad. I seriously doubt Aarons, Omobamidele, McLean, Cantwell, or Sinani will feature as they all played the full 90 minutes yesterday, or Hanley as he got injured. Rowe, Gibbs and Tomkinson may get the full game as they were all unused subs yesterday, Riley will probably feature at right back and possibly even Tomkinson as he has also played there in some of the friendlies. Like you’ve said about Shipley and Hills, Kamara was also there so they may very well all feature. When Dowell got injured there was belief that he would be back for this game, although he wasn’t in yesterday’s squad. Sara may be ready to feature as a sub but if he is strongly in Smith’s plans for this season I doubt he will, as really it would taking too much of a gamble. I think Gunn and McGovern will feature in goal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,716 Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, HazzaJet said: I think Gunn and McGovern will feature in goal Is that our new plan for the season ? How will they do it without the ref noticing? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,682 Posted July 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said: Is that our new plan for the season ? How will they do it without the ref noticing? We should have tried all three keepers last season but surely ones enough for this campaign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 7,377 Posted July 24, 2022 Here we go. Very inexperienced back line and looks like a 4-4-2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiScot 1,684 Posted July 24, 2022 Rocky is starting for Hibs. Hopefully there are some chants about buying him infact could be this lineup is designed to be window shopping for Hibs. Who else do you want to buy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Smith 2,609 Posted July 24, 2022 I have to say the situation we have left ourselves in with the centre backs is not really good enough. We should not be selling Zimbo until Gibson and Byram are match fit again. They always seem to overload certain positions in the squad but leave us short at CB and CM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monty13 2,736 Posted July 24, 2022 A lot of the strength in depth we had at the start of the season seems to have melted away. The squad needed trimming, players like Placheta, Mumba and Tzolis needed games so it was inevitable. But RB, CB and CM look so fragile with a few injuries. Im assuming we must have at least 2-3 more additions to make. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RugbyCanary 106 Posted July 24, 2022 I think 442 looks a decent line up with the players we have this season..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serinus Canaria Domestica 57 Posted July 24, 2022 It looked awful at Cambridge…… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
