I think on Tuesday Anderson both played well enough to earn himself another start, but also he brings something to the midfield that we lack which is someone who can be strong on the ball, get stuck in, and has a bit of quality in the final third (sometimes this season he has looked like his only quality has been in the final third). By no means the finished product but might be the missing link in midfield until Camara is fully fit.
Which brings me to...is Camara fit enough for 60? Do you risk him given any points away to Bolton are basically a bonus and we then have a full week between games for him to get more fit? I'm inclined to think no.
My prediction: ...............Isted 10A REG Jones Thomas Edun ..............Dobbo ....Anderson......Bakinson ..........May.......Ladapo
I don't know what the prognosis on Ramsay is but given he came off on Tuesday find it hard to believe he will be available. I think TC drops out of the squad because of the attacking threat Chuks, Kanu, and Camara can provide.
No point in risking our recovering injured players in a game like this. If we are losing by a couple of goals by 60 minutes I would not evn bring Camara or Aneke on as subs. just try and keep the score down and save them for the winnable games.
If it is still 0-0 at 60 then maybe worth the risk.
Tough game that we will do well to get anything out of. But lets not go with this 'free hit' and 'I will take a defeat if we play better' bollocks.
Reading was deemed must win. Then Lincoln was deemed must win.
At some point you have to win! We have shown unfortunately that we cant be relied on to get results from any match - so cant wait for so called easier games.
We need a result. If we had performed vs Reading and Lincoln then the pressure would be off to an extent.
I always nap Bolton to beat Cafc home or away in recent years. I f Bolton are on their A game then it could get embarrassing but every game the cafc manager and players need to believe they can negate the opposition. Just looked at the table and Bolton are 30 points clear of Charlton with 2 games in hand !
If we get a point at Bolton it will rank as a miracle.
Was going to be sensible and go with my head. Know what though? I think we could get something here. Clean sheet and a couple of goals for Ladapo. Anyone fancy doing some of the special vitamins I am doing?
Think we need to try something a bit different so we can create a bit more, possibly more suited to the home game vs Pompey though.
Isted
Ramsay Jones Thomas Watson
Coventry Dobson Camara
May
Kanu Ladapo
that is a decent punt at naming a line up .. FOUR AT THE BACK, might be old hat, BUT it's the way for us in the future .. plus a forward trio but I'd have Aneke in from the start, he can be replaced by Kanu if/when he is injured or out of puff .. however on Saturday the first priority is to defend defend defend and, one more time DEFEND until the Bolton players are sick of it and are bruised and demoralised and we can nick a winner ..
I’m not writing off getting something from this game - I think we will pick up a few points in the next three games and then be ready for the big push once out the way - critical that chucks and camara stay fit and ladapo continues to get stronger
Whatever the result on Saturday, we will have to get behind the team and give them 100% support! This will feed into the players and with NJ, he will find a way to negotiate us to stay in this league!!!
Whatever the result on Saturday, we will have to get behind the team and give them 100% support! This will feed into the players and with NJ, he will find a way to negotiate us to stay in this league!!!
Agreed - as others have said, there’s no point booing now - we have the players we have now and I’m confident Jones will get the best out of them so we need to do our part now and stick with them in the moments when it’s not happening - the last half hour the other night has given me hope - first time for a while we looked like scoring
Was going to be sensible and go with my head. Know what though? I think we could get something here. Clean sheet and a couple of goals for Ladapo. Anyone fancy doing some of the special ketamines I am doing?
I think on Tuesday Anderson both played well enough to earn himself another start, but also he brings something to the midfield that we lack which is someone who can be strong on the ball, get stuck in, and has a bit of quality in the final third (sometimes this season he has looked like his only quality has been in the final third). By no means the finished product but might be the missing link in midfield until Camara is fully fit.
Which brings me to...is Camara fit enough for 60? Do you risk him given any points away to Bolton are basically a bonus and we then have a full week between games for him to get more fit? I'm inclined to think no.
My prediction: ...............Isted 10A REG Jones Thomas Edun ..............Dobbo ....Anderson......Bakinson ..........May.......Ladapo
I don't know what the prognosis on Ramsay is but given he came off on Tuesday find it hard to believe he will be available. I think TC drops out of the squad because of the attacking threat Chuks, Kanu, and Camara can provide.
No point in risking our recovering injured players in a game like this. If we are losing by a couple of goals by 60 minutes I would not evn bring Camara or Aneke on as subs. just try and keep the score down and save them for the winnable games.
If it is still 0-0 at 60 then maybe worth the risk.
With no game on Tuesday I think they're worth the risk at 2-0. Even though Bolton are tough, given our league position every point counts. Not starting them I get, but I feel like saying that the game is over at 2-0 in the 60th probably isn't the way to go. Especially given we know that Chuks can absolutely wreak havoc.
I also think that for Camara especially, getting more match fit by playing is probably helpful. We know it's always a gamble with Chuks.
The biggest concern is obviously with the defence. Having Watson and Edun starting is a concern. He may have been okay recently but I really am fed up with Thomas. He doesn’t ever look where he is passing the ball and just goofs it, 90% of the time to the opposition or out of play or into danger.
Would like to see Gillesphey come in and start and have Small on the bench as an option instead of Asiimwe.
I can’t see us having both Coventry and Louie Watson back in the squad, maybe one. It’s quite clear Jones likes the athleticism of Anderson, Camara, and Bakinson.
May starts, it’s that simple. Create a few chances for him and he’ll score. When was the last game where he had a couple of good chances?
Isted Watson REG Jones Gillesphey Edun Dobson Bakinson Anderson May Kanu
“Top-goalscorer Dion Charles (knee) is absent for Bolton, who are also without goalkeeper Nathan Baxter (wrist) and captain Ricardo Almeida Santos (calf).
George Thomason is suspended, while doubts remain over the fitness of Will Forrester (hamstring).”
With 14 games to go we will need a minimum of 5 wins to stay up. If we fail to win in our next three then that becomes 5 wins from our last eleven. Considering we haven't won in about 15 matches I honestly think we will go down.
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Reading was deemed must win. Then Lincoln was deemed must win.
At some point you have to win! We have shown unfortunately that we cant be relied on to get results from any match - so cant wait for so called easier games.
We need a result. If we had performed vs Reading and Lincoln then the pressure would be off to an extent.
I f Bolton are on their A game then it could get embarrassing but every game the cafc manager and players need to believe they can negate the opposition.
Just looked at the table and Bolton are 30 points clear of Charlton with 2 games in hand !
If we get a point at Bolton it will rank as a miracle.
Let it be.
This will feed into the players and with NJ, he will find a way to negotiate us to stay in this league!!!
I also think that for Camara especially, getting more match fit by playing is probably helpful. We know it's always a gamble with Chuks.
3 or more-nil is probably my cutoff.
...Think positive thoughts...🤦♂️
Would like to see Gillesphey come in and start and have Small on the bench as an option instead of Asiimwe.
I can’t see us having both Coventry and Louie Watson back in the squad, maybe one. It’s quite clear Jones likes the athleticism of Anderson, Camara, and Bakinson.
May starts, it’s that simple. Create a few chances for him and he’ll score. When was the last game where he had a couple of good chances?
Isted
Watson REG Jones Gillesphey Edun
Dobson
Bakinson Anderson
May Kanu
AMB, Thomas, Small, Coventry, Camara, Ladapo, Aneke
A huge, huge surprise 3 points return to SE7. The winner scored by Ladapo, this time a knock down from Aneke into his path following a cross.
1) Promising.
2) Joins Charlton.
3) Injured.
4) Charltonised.
5) Shit.
If we fail to win in our next three then that becomes 5 wins from our last eleven.
Considering we haven't won in about 15 matches I honestly think we will go down.
I am going 0-1 to Charlton.