Because Lee Bowyer reads this forum and when he was injured Gilby transformed into a blend of Lampard, Gerrard and Scholes rolled into one. As soon as him and Maddison were back we would win 6-0 every week. Or something.
Would’ve thought that if we were going 3-5-2, he’d have Matthews down that right side with Gunter next to Pearce and Famewo. Not sure Gunter can play the wing back role quite as well as Matthews.
Most likely a 4-4-2 diamond IMO. Watson in front of the back four, JFC and Gilbey switching in and out of the 10 role.
To be honest, I'm slightly frustrated that one of either Morgan or Williams are not starting. Changing the midfield formation and personnel every game does not fill me with confidence that they will dominate the game.
I don't know enough about other teams in other leagues to know if this is common practice or not. Especially with the current fixture list.
Don’t like the posts writing off Gilbey by the way.
Why not... He only played two league games before getting injured, one of those he got an assist the second the whole team he was poor - This is his fifth game back after two months out so should already have a few goals and assists
Shinnie? No Albie No pace No width I think I'll save myself £10.....
Shinnie injured against MK. Albie most likely rotated out after a couple of games back to back.
Morgan is what, 21 or 22?
He's never going to be fitter in the rest of his life than he is now.
I just don't understand why he can't play 3 games in a week
It’s not just a one off week though - it’s five games every two weeks, there’s eight games this month alone. This season is condensed and there’s going to be a lot more rotation needed than you would see in a regular season.
Morgan has been our best player last few games. Unconvinced with that line up. Hope I’m wrong.
The beauty us fans have is the fact we can make suggestion after suggestion, if its ignored and we lose them we can give Bowyer pelters - If Bowyer goes what we've been calling for and will still lose then those making those demands will simply say he should have done differently
Who gets the blame if Barker starts as we've been calling for, and we lose 5-0 with him making the mistakes...?
Who'd be a Football Manager!! - Thankfully our demands dont have consequences
A rather stolid looking midfield, a bit short of creativity suggests Bowyer is going back to basics, trying to keep us solid first
Other than 2 games in October when he played just 45 minutes, Pratley has played the full 90 in every other league game, impressive fitness and a massive contrast to many other members of the squad
Workmanlike midfield but we've got two centre halves on the pitch instead of our usual zero so that's exciting. Pearce is quite a similar player to Inniss in terms of throwing himself in front of everything and getting very physical so he should be able to form a good partnership with Famewo. Not a lot of creativity in that side and it's a long time since I felt Williams would realistically come off the bench and change a game, so we'd better hope we can create something today through sheer force of effort. Always prefer Washington coming off the wing too but our options are a bit limited. We'll see, Charlton tend to disappoint when the starting line-up looks brilliant and surprise when it looks a bit dull so you never know
Bear in mind that Shrewsbury in recent experience have been a bit "agricultural". I think Pearce holds up to being strangled better than a lot of our players so fair enough he's in. if Shrewsbury try and play football we may be caught out, I suspect Bows knows they won't. At least I hope so. I'm surprised and frustrated Morgan is on the bench, but can't imagine JFC will last 90.
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Morgan: Started Ipswich | MK Dons, sub Shrewsbury
Gilbey: Sub Ipswich, started MK Dons | Shrewsbury
Most likely a 4-4-2 diamond IMO. Watson in front of the back four, JFC and Gilbey switching in and out of the 10 role.
He's never going to be fitter in the rest of his life than he is now.
I just don't understand why he can't play 3 games in a week
To be honest, I'm slightly frustrated that one of either Morgan or Williams are not starting. Changing the midfield formation and personnel every game does not fill me with confidence that they will dominate the game.
I don't know enough about other teams in other leagues to know if this is common practice or not. Especially with the current fixture list.
Who gets the blame if Barker starts as we've been calling for, and we lose 5-0 with him making the mistakes...?
Who'd be a Football Manager!! - Thankfully our demands dont have consequences
Other than 2 games in October when he played just 45 minutes, Pratley has played the full 90 in every other league game, impressive fitness and a massive contrast to many other members of the squad
Pratley in recent weeks hasnt just had to worry about doing that role but he's also had to concentrate playing out of position
I think he brings a lot to the side.
I'm surprised and frustrated Morgan is on the bench, but can't imagine JFC will last 90.