[Westbars Spireite]

Anyone brave enough to predict the side?

I reckon no one will get it right however many people have a go. My attempt;

Thompson

Sheckleford
Naylor
Grimes
Horton

Oldaker

Mandeville
Hobson
Dobra
Colclough

Pepple

Subs; Boot, Donacien, Berry, Drummond, Akinola, Palmer, Fleck.

Berry for Hobson if fully fit. If Aruajo fit, I'd play him instead of Naylor and swap Naylor for Oldaker.

[s42blue]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:

Anyone brave enough to predict the side?

I reckon no one will get it right however many people have a go. My attempt;

Thompson

Sheckleford
Naylor
Grimes
Horton

Oldaker

Mandeville
Hobson
Dobra
Colclough

Pepple

Subs; Boot, Donacien, Berry, Drummond, Akinola, Palmer, Fleck.

Berry for Hobson if fully fit. If Aruajo fit, I'd play him instead of Naylor and swap Naylor for Oldaker.

I reckon spot on. No embarrassment of riches anymore

[dim view]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:

Anyone brave enough to predict the side?

I reckon no one will get it right however many people have a go. My attempt;

Thompson

Sheckleford
Naylor
Grimes
Horton

Oldaker

Mandeville
Hobson
Dobra
Colclough

Pepple

Subs; Boot, Donacien, Berry, Drummond, Akinola, Palmer, Fleck.

Berry for Hobson if fully fit. If Aruajo fit, I'd play him instead of Naylor and swap Naylor for Oldaker.

I'm not Horton's greatest fan so I'd have him on the bench, with Shecks at LB and Donacien in at RB.

[Exharboroughspireite]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:

Anyone brave enough to predict the side?

I reckon no one will get it right however many people have a go. My attempt;

Thompson

Sheckleford
Naylor
Grimes
Horton

Oldaker

Mandeville
Hobson
Dobra
Colclough

Pepple

Subs; Boot, Donacien, Berry, Drummond, Akinola, Palmer, Fleck.

Berry for Hobson if fully fit. If Aruajo fit, I'd play him instead of Naylor and swap Naylor for Oldaker.

is banks still banned for this? if not I can see him playing in front of the back four. hobson on the right, mandy and dobra in the middle

[Westbars Spireite]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 10:38 AM, said:

I'm not Horton's greatest fan so I'd have him on the bench, with Shecks at LB and Donacien in at RB.

Has he even played there before?

Exharboroughspireite, on 17 January 2025 - 10:48 AM, said:

is banks still banned for this? if not I can see him playing in front of the back four. hobson on the right, mandy and dobra in the middle

He is, hence him not appearing in my 18.

[azul]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 10:38 AM, said:

I'm not Horton's greatest fan so I'd have him on the bench, with Shecks at LB and Donacien in at RB.

Just so glad you are not the manager.

Did you think Donacien looked u to speed and Shecks?

[JonB]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 10:54 AM, said:

Has he even played there before?

I have a vague recollection he may have filled in their after some subs in one game but i dont recall him behing picked to start their at any point. I cant see Cook doing it to be honest.

[BlueRodneyFern]

azul, on 17 January 2025 - 10:57 AM, said:

Just so glad you are not the manager.

Did you think Donacien looked u to speed and Shecks?

Shecks to start and Donacien will be on the bench as he is not match fit yet and a game arranged for him and others will help next week

[dim view]

azul, on 17 January 2025 - 10:57 AM, said:

Just so glad you are not the manager.

Did you think Donacien looked u to speed and Shecks?

So am I.
I thought Donacien's organisational skills were immediately obvious. One or two of his passes/clearances were charged down but his defensive speeds were ok. He needs game time.

What about Shecks?

[dim view]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 10:54 AM, said:

Has he even played there before?

Don't know.
Why do you suggest nobody will get the team right and yet reject my pathetic attempt at seeing into the future?

[azul]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 11:01 AM, said:

So am I.
I thought Donacien's organisational skills were immediately obvious. One or two of his passes/clearances were charged down but his defensive speeds were ok. He needs game time.

What about Shecks?

I thought Donacien looked tentative and I'm not surprised. I wonder how many 11v11 games he has had in 15 months or however long he's been out.

Shecks? I know you love a square peg in a round hole but doing it at Grimsby on top of selecting the above.

[hilly81]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 10:38 AM, said:

I'm not Horton's greatest fan so I'd have him on the bench, with Shecks at LB and Donacien in at RB.

So rather than playing someone you're not really a fan of (Who had a good game on Tuesday), you'd rather play someone out of position and someone who hasn't played for 12 months?

[dim view]

hilly81, on 17 January 2025 - 11:15 AM, said:

So rather than playing someone you're not really a fan of (Who had a good game on Tuesday), you'd rather play someone out of position and someone who hasn't played for 12 months?

I'm a clean sheet man.
Donacien is 6 foot 2 and needs game time. The defensive combo of Horton and Colclough isn't strong. Oldaker is small. If Horton wasn't fit how would you solve the problem?

[hilly81]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 11:25 AM, said:

I'm a clean sheet man.
Donacien is 6 foot 2 and needs game time. The defensive combo of Horton and Colclough isn't strong. Oldaker is small. If Horton wasn't fit how would you solve the problem?

But Horton is fit. If he wasn't, I would play Araujo there before Sheckleford.

We also kept a clean sheet on Tuesday with Horton in the side.

This post has been edited by hilly81: 17 January 2025 - 11:34 AM

[RN Blue]

Cookie in the presser said Paddy is back and the squad is getting stronger. Liam didn't press the issue but it sounded like Cookie said a couple more incoming over the next few days, whether he meant players coming back from injury or incoming wasn't clear but he did thank the Kirk's, so must be signings. McFazdean plus who?

[dim view]

hilly81, on 17 January 2025 - 11:28 AM, said:

But Horton is fit. If he wasn't, I would play Araujo there before Sheckleford.

We also kept a clean sheet on Tuesday with Horton in the side.

Araujo played like a fish outa watta when he played there.
You have a higher opinion of Horton than me. That's fine, Cook probably does too.

[Westbars Spireite]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 11:05 AM, said:

Don't know.
Why do you suggest nobody will get the team right and yet reject my pathetic attempt at seeing into the future?

I'm not rejecting it as such. It's just it's more like the sort of suggestion we would get from lindave. I don't recall seeing him play there or the possibility even discussed!

[Spireite93]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:

Anyone brave enough to predict the side?

I reckon no one will get it right however many people have a go. My attempt;

Thompson

Sheckleford
Naylor
Grimes
Horton

Oldaker

Mandeville
Hobson
Dobra
Colclough

Pepple

Subs; Boot, Donacien, Berry, Drummond, Akinola, Palmer, Fleck.

Berry for Hobson if fully fit. If Aruajo fit, I'd play him instead of Naylor and swap Naylor for Oldaker.

Yeah that's what I'd go with

[Osborne again]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 January 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:

Anyone brave enough to predict the side?

I reckon no one will get it right however many people have a go. My attempt;

Thompson

Sheckleford
Naylor
Grimes
Horton

Oldaker

Mandeville
Hobson
Dobra
Colclough

Pepple

Subs; Boot, Donacien, Berry, Drummond, Akinola, Palmer, Fleck.

Berry for Hobson if fully fit. If Aruajo fit, I'd play him instead of Naylor and swap Naylor for Oldaker.

I'd say that's a good call. Horton sometimes goes all aboriginal now and again in defence, but we have to trust him because Sheckleford will be our right back at Grimsby I'm pretty sure of that. Even that side and the bench ain't too bad, especially when you think of all the injuries we are carrying presently.

[Paul Fisher]

dim view, on 17 January 2025 - 11:01 AM, said:

So am I.
I thought Donacien's organisational skills were immediately obvious. One or two of his passes/clearances were charged down but his defensive speeds were ok. He needs game time.

What about Shecks?

Once, in the comprehensive FA Trophy win over Southport. Jeff King played right-back so Shecks (who was in need of some game time) occupied the left hand side.