[baldyblu]

All available no injuries.(yeah,I'm fantasising).it's the play-off final Wembley v Wrexham
What's your team in a 3-4-2-1?
I'm going

Loach

Williams
Gunning
Grimes

King
Manny
Weston
Miller

Khan
Clarke

Kabby

Subs(just as important)
Asante,carline,whittle d.rowe,kellerman

So,no place for kerr,maguire,mccourt,minter,hollis,Payne,
Croll,manderville

[Goku]

I'm doing mine with two strikers because I can't justify leaving a fully fit Asante out.

Loach
Williams-Gunning-Grimes
King-----------------------------------------Miller
Oyeleke-Khan
Clarke
Asante-Tshimanga

Subs: Minter, Carline, Whittle, Weston, Rowe

Grimes over Maguire due to Tozer's long throw. Weston unlucky to miss out. Would like to have a place for Mandeville on the bench but wouldn't want to see the same mistake made twice in consecutive seasons and have no sub keeper on the bench.

[jack bauer]

Goku, on 16 November 2021 - 07:40 AM, said:

I'm doing mine with two strikers because I can't justify leaving a fully fit Asante out.

Loach
Williams-Gunning-Grimes
King-----------------------------------------Miller
Oyeleke-Khan
Clarke
Asante-Tshimanga

Subs: Minter, Carline, Whittle, Weston, Rowe

Grimes over Maguire due to Tozer's long throw. Weston unlucky to miss out. Would like to have a place for Mandeville on the bench but wouldn't want to see the same mistake made twice in consecutive seasons and have no sub keeper on the bench.

good side.

to follow the OP idea, with everyone fully fit try doing your worst line up from what we have,whatever you put together it's still a very very good side which is total credit to JR for assembling a squad who are all capable.

This post has been edited by jack bauer: 16 November 2021 - 09:12 AM

[metallilad]

Carline is ahead of King everyday of the week for me.

[dim view]

baldyblu, on 16 November 2021 - 07:24 AM, said:

All available no injuries.(yeah,I'm fantasising).it's the play-off final Wembley v Wrexham
What's your team in a 3-4-2-1?

You might see your team before Christmas as I think Asante and Clarke return to full training on Monday.

I think I'd have Whittle in instead of Miller.

[Westbars Spireite]

Clarke should be the difference between us being a very good side in this division to an exceptional one.

[dim view]

Goku, on 16 November 2021 - 07:40 AM, said:

I'm doing mine with two strikers because I can't justify leaving a fully fit Asante out.

Loach
Williams-Gunning-Grimes
King-----------------------------------------Miller
Oyeleke-Khan
Clarke
Asante-Tshimanga

Subs: Minter, Carline, Whittle, Weston, Rowe

Grimes over Maguire due to Tozer's long throw. Weston unlucky to miss out. Would like to have a place for Mandeville on the bench but wouldn't want to see the same mistake made twice in consecutive seasons and have no sub keeper on the bench.

JR never leaves a fully fit Weston out.
Nitpicking here, but if Oyeleke has a weakness it's not going with runners, so him being in a 1 man defensive midfield would worry me.

[Norton Blue]

Your fantasies are not very exciting! Surely it would be winning this league by a country mile not cocking it up and playing Wrexham in a playoff?

[Westbars Spireite]

Norton Blue, on 16 November 2021 - 10:25 AM, said:

Your fantasies are not very exciting! Surely it would be winning this league by a country mile not cocking it up and playing Wrexham in a playoff?

He's fantasising about a clear bill of health, not a play-off final.

[Goku]

dim view, on 16 November 2021 - 10:00 AM, said:

JR never leaves a fully fit Weston out.
Nitpicking here, but if Oyeleke has a weakness it's not going with runners, so him being in a 1 man defensive midfield would worry me.

Indeed, but it's Goku's team, not Rowe's. There's definitely a strong argument to be made for Weston starting and he would provide defensive help as you say but I can't leave Clarke, Khan or Asante out of my team when they're all fit. It's a nice dilemma, our strength in depth is quite frankly outrageous and we will win the league because of it.

[jack bauer]

Goku, on 16 November 2021 - 10:35 AM, said:

Indeed, but it's Goku's team, not Rowe's. There's definitely a strong argument to be made for Weston starting and he would provide defensive help as you say but I can't leave Clarke, Khan or Asante out of my team when they're all fit. It's a nice dilemma, our strength in depth is quite frankly outrageous and we will win the league because of it.

exactly and arguments could be made for so many variations of line ups/bench possibilities, i even looked at the option of Dents on the bench for in the unlikely scenario that asante and tschimanga both had an off day and we needed a plan B.

[Search & Destroy]

This squads competes in L1 IMO

[Trigger]

Search and Destroy, on 16 November 2021 - 11:19 AM, said:

This squads competes in L1 IMO

Yeah, we win this league at a canter with those players back after Xmas. Wouldn't be shocked to see it strengthened either.

[Tora Tora Tora]

What a brilliant thread. Shows the strength in depth of which surely at any level town have not had before? What a team and what a manager

[dtp]

Norton Blue, on 16 November 2021 - 10:25 AM, said:

Your fantasies are not very exciting! Surely it would be winning this league by a country mile not cocking it up and playing Wrexham in a playoff?

I wouldn't even fantasise about Wrexham getting to the play-offs, either.

I fantasise about winning the league and then moving on to L2 whilst keeping the basis of our squad together.

[dim view]

Trigger, on 16 November 2021 - 11:25 AM, said:

Yeah, we win this league at a canter with those players back after Xmas. Wouldn't be shocked to see it strengthened either.

I was shocked to see Kerr replaced as I didn't think players better than him to the extent that he might be unsettled were around at NL level. Shows what I know as, having seen Williams, he's simply a better player.

There surely can't be many more out there though though that warrant such ruthlessness?

[dim view]

Search and Destroy, on 16 November 2021 - 11:19 AM, said:

This squads competes in L1 IMO

Big step up to L1.
I think it's not unkind to say that until the arrival of Williams there's a lack of real pace at the back, and that is big at L1 level. Nowt to worry about for at least 2 years though.

[fishini]

Playoffs? We are going to be champions

[Trigger]

dim view, on 16 November 2021 - 12:53 PM, said:

I was shocked to see Kerr replaced as I didn't think players better than him to the extent that he might be unsettled were around at NL level. Shows what I know as, having seen Williams, he's simply a better player.

There surely can't be many more out there though though that warrant such ruthlessness?

I just couldn't see us spending money on a player to not start him. Also, Kerr needed a rest as he looked vulnerable against Southend.

[h again]

dim view, on 16 November 2021 - 09:18 AM, said:

You might see your team before Christmas as I think Asante and Clarke return to full training on Monday.

I think I'd have Whittle in instead of Miller.

Horses for courses. Whittle has been excellent, but much more defensive tham Miller, whose defending is a bit iffy, to say the least.
Train Whittle to see where a quick and accurate cross would pay didvidends, and I'd agree with you. At the moment he tends to turn round and come back if in doubt.
Or train Miller to defend and keep calm under provocation would be another option.