well, if we are playing 4-4-2 with Waggy and Sam out wide then the central two should be Semedo and Bailey (if Dailly plays) with either Jonjo or Spring if Semedo plays CH. If he goes for Spring it'll only be because he might feels he needs a bit more experience than Jonjo can provide esp with a pretty makeshift back four.
I wasn't at the game (family commitments) - but based on everything I've seen or read, and seeing that we have ANOTHER two players suspended since the last game - if any of the 9 who were on the pitch for the most of the game are not playing tomorrow, I think Parky's making a BIG mistake ....
of course we don't know all the details, but it's coming up to January, and there was nothing I could fault him of the past few games, once the confidence is there he can run games from 0 to 90.
It would be absurd to sell Shelvey now, rather than in May. His value is going to go up and up. If we need to raise money we can sell McClown and Dickson. It is also not very clever for RM to highlight to fans that Norwich have to sell, if in fact he has already decided to sell our best player. (and I am not one to criticise Richard Murray, but this is something I would happily say to his face - IF our suppositions here turn out to be true)
But lets see and hear at Griffin Park - and then return to this afterwards.
I dont think based on he is not playing today that this means he is going! think some ppl are reading too much into it, clearly he is not going to be happy about not playing after a performance like that, second after the leyton orient performance for me!
Yes it is a shame he is not playing but im sure he will just get on with it like a good pro he is, if he did go i would not be happy at all but nor was i when parker left, murphy & reid, but we get on with it and will deal with it if it happens
PS. Tell Jonjo i love him too! not in a gay way tho :-)
PANIC PANIC!!!! Just because Jonjo has been left out today doesn't mean he's about to leave. It could simply be Parky wants to go back to 4-4-2 today. He's probably brought Sam back in down the right and may feel he wants a more orthadox wide man down the left, i.e. Wagstaff (another who seems to have impressed most people on Saturday). All of the other three midfeiders from Saturday impressed (Shelvey, Spring, Bailey) but, assuming Semedo is going back to centre half one of those three has to miss out. Parky may feel he wants that little bit of extra experience and defensive ability that Spring offers and would presumably want to have his captain on the pitch whenever possible. That's harsh on Jonjo but it's all part of being a professional footballer and it certainly doesn't have to mean Parky has some kind of personal vendetta against him - it would have been similarly harsh on Spring. Perhaps if this had been a home game Parky would have opted to include Jonjo in preference to Spring for his attacking abilities but, either way, I would imagine there's a very good chance he'll be involved from the bench, anyway, as the efforts from Saturday start to take their toll on the legs of players who've started both games.
[cite]Posted By: Cordoban Addick[/cite]Can't believe that anybody can get worked up about this. Clearly the reason for him not playing is purely a tactical one.
I would have thought so.
Nothing to do with his mature and heroic performance vs Swindon.
Parky evidently wanted to play with pace down both flanks to catch Brentford on the break.
well, I didn't pick up anything new today from "those in the know" and JonJo did get to play 40 plus minutes. The 4-4-2 with two wingers wasn't working.
Uncle, you were hinting at something last night, though...
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Uncle, you were hinting at something last night, though...
I wasn't hinting at anything last night anything last night. I reported he wasn't playing,i made it clear i didn't think it was right but thats my opinion. i was asked by fortune costa fish to tell him why he wasn't playing and i said i'm sorry i cant. The reason i couldn't was because i didn't know why. I only knew it wasn't because of fitness as i stated last night. Since i have said that its been said on nearly every thread that he's being sold. If someone says sam shouldn't be dropped does everyone think he's being sold???
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Yeah he must be lol. I must have got it all wrong ;-)
I third the concerns about Uncle's comments .... I don't think we can afford to lose jonjo in the TW .....
Bloody right. And I would bet a large house that Phil Parkinson agrees too.
if so please stop! its killing me!
of course we don't know all the details, but it's coming up to January, and there was nothing I could fault him of the past few games, once the confidence is there he can run games from 0 to 90.
oh dear...
To clarify for the mischievous I do not want Jonjo to go but I have read into uncle's remarks that he probably will.
the fact that he said in the programme that he wants to get promoted to the Championship with Charlton is another indicator he is on his way I reckon.
Only every 2 years, maybe it won't be this January...
04 Parker
06 Murphy
08 Reid
oh...
But lets see and hear at Griffin Park - and then return to this afterwards.
Yes it is a shame he is not playing but im sure he will just get on with it like a good pro he is, if he did go i would not be happy at all but nor was i when parker left, murphy & reid, but we get on with it and will deal with it if it happens
PS. Tell Jonjo i love him too! not in a gay way tho :-)
I would have thought so.
Nothing to do with his mature and heroic performance vs Swindon.
Parky evidently wanted to play with pace down both flanks to catch Brentford on the break.
Uncle, you were hinting at something last night, though...
I wasn't hinting at anything last night anything last night. I reported he wasn't playing,i made it clear i didn't think it was right but thats my opinion. i was asked by fortune costa fish to tell him why he wasn't playing and i said i'm sorry i cant. The reason i couldn't was because i didn't know why. I only knew it wasn't because of fitness as i stated last night. Since i have said that its been said on nearly every thread that he's being sold. If someone says sam shouldn't be dropped does everyone think he's being sold???