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Now he has a run of games under his belt, I think the Nabster would walk into ANY Prem side.raytreacy69 said:What a Great selection headache to have.
For me there are certain players that pick themselves automatically
Bauer,Beilek,Williams and Taylor- all would walk into any championship team.
Nice problem for Bowyer to have
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Phillips
Bauer Pearce Sarr
Cullen
Aribo JFC Bielik
Williams
Taylor Grant
Subs: Maxwell, Solly, Fosu, Clarke, Lapslie, Page, Marshall
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That team would be way too narrow.Braziliance said:3412
Phillips
Bauer Pearce Sarr
Cullen
Aribo JFC Bielik
Williams
Taylor Grant
Subs: Maxwell, Solly, Fosu, Clarke, Lapslie, Page, Marshall1 -
If he is so great, why aren't we winning every match 4-0 as promised?happyvalley said:I'm surprised so many have left out Sarr, he has been superb lately.
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Sarr is a good player, but would you take out Pearce or Bauer for him? I wouldn't.happyvalley said:I'm surprised so many have left out Sarr, he has been superb lately.
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Probably not generally speaking. But if he carries on playing like he did recently then Pearce doesn't deserve to walk back into the team.cafcnick1992 said:
Sarr is a good player, but would you take out Pearce or Bauer for him? I wouldn't.happyvalley said:I'm surprised so many have left out Sarr, he has been superb lately.
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Phillips
Solly Bauer Sarr Page
Cullen
Bielik Aribo
Williams
Taylor Grant
Maxwell, Purrington, Pearce, JFC, Reeves, Fosu, Vetokele0 -
Philips
Solly, Bauer, Sarr, Page
Bielik
Cullen, Aribo
Williams
Grant, Taylor
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Slightly tangental but I’m intrigued to hear views on how many of those would cut it in the Championship if we did sneak up.0
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Well as they are nearly all out of contract at the end of the year or on loan, not that many.
If you are asking who can do a decent job in the championship I would say:
Phillips - I think so
Solly - think he’s still got half a season at LB
Bauer-yes
Sarr - yes
Page - no
Bielik - yes
Cullen - yes
Aribo - yes
Williams - yes
Grant - probably
Taylor - yes
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Including loaneesthai malaysia addick said:Slightly tangential but I’m intrigued to hear views on how many of those would cut it in the Championship if we did sneak up.
Goalkeepers: Maxwell
Defence: Solly | Bauer | Pearce | Sarr | Bielik ... (Question mark over Page | Purrington)
Midfield: Forster-Caskey | Cullen | Aribo | Williams ... (Question mark over Lapslie | Fosu | Dijksteel | Reeves)
Strikers: Taylor | Grant
Pratley I think is too old for that level now
Morgan would benefit a loan deal to League One yet will be good enough for the Championship one day
Edit: Of course when I raise question marks about Lasplie | Dijksteel etc. they're again both players that'll maybe struggle to begin with, I dont think a loan deal will be beneficial to them by going back to League One yet will have decent games in the Championship but will lack consistency at times1 -
Would love to be proved wrong but not sure Solly of today would be like the last time Solly was playing regular champ football.ForeverAddickted said:
Including loaneesthai malaysia addick said:Slightly tangential but I’m intrigued to hear views on how many of those would cut it in the Championship if we did sneak up.
Goalkeepers: Maxwell
Defence: Solly | Bauer | Pearce | Sarr | Bielik ... (Question mark over Page | Purrington)
Midfield: Forster-Caskey | Cullen | Aribo | Williams ... (Question mark over Lapslie | Fosu | Dijksteel | Reeves)
Strikers: Taylor | Grant
Pratley I think is too old for that level now
Morgan would benefit a loan deal to League One yet will be good enough for the Championship one day
Edit: Of course when I raise question marks about Lasplie | Dijksteel etc. they're again both players that'll maybe struggle to begin with, I dont think a loan deal will be beneficial to them by going back to League One yet will have decent games in the Championship but will lack consistency at times
I have a feeling we would be looking for two full backs5 -
Not really, it's a starting formation for possession, if the other team exploits your flanks push Sarr to Left back and Bielik to right back until you win the ball back. We don't have very good modern day full backs, we have 3 good centre backs, I've gone for the best formation with what we have. By your logic you could also just say 'team is too wide, the other team are gonna run through the middle'cafcfan1990 said:
That team would be way too narrow.Braziliance said:3412
Phillips
Bauer Pearce Sarr
Cullen
Aribo JFC Bielik
Williams
Taylor Grant
Subs: Maxwell, Solly, Fosu, Clarke, Lapslie, Page, Marshall
As for who will cut it in the championship when we get promoted. Aribo, Bauer, Naby, Pearce, JFC, Taylor, Grant, Williams and Fosu on his day. Question marks for everyone else, haven't included loans
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Not sure that JFC has enough mobility/defensive quality to cut it the Championship.Braziliance said:
Not really, it's a starting formation for possession, if the other team exploits your flanks push Sarr to Left back and Bielik to right back until you win the ball back. We don't have very good modern day full backs, we have 3 good centre backs, I've gone for the best formation with what we have. By your logic you could also just say 'team is too wide, the other team are gonna run through the middle'cafcfan1990 said:
That team would be way too narrow.Braziliance said:3412
Phillips
Bauer Pearce Sarr
Cullen
Aribo JFC Bielik
Williams
Taylor Grant
Subs: Maxwell, Solly, Fosu, Clarke, Lapslie, Page, Marshall
As for who will cut it in the championship when we get promoted. Aribo, Bauer, Naby, Pearce, JFC, Taylor, Grant, Williams and Fosu on his day. Question marks for everyone else, haven't included loans0 -
No evidence Sarr can play at a higher levelAlwaysneil said:Well as they are nearly all out of contract at the end of the year or on loan, not that many.
If you are asking who can do a decent job in the championship I would say:
Phillips - I think so
Solly - think he’s still got half a season at LB
Bauer-yes
Sarr - yes
Page - no
Bielik - yes
Cullen - yes
Aribo - yes
Williams - yes
Grant - probably
Taylor - yes1 -
Based on last three or four games I reckon there is. Let’s see if he can keep it up (I think he can).wmcf123 said:
No evidence Sarr can play at a higher levelAlwaysneil said:Well as they are nearly all out of contract at the end of the year or on loan, not that many.
If you are asking who can do a decent job in the championship I would say:
Phillips - I think so
Solly - think he’s still got half a season at LB
Bauer-yes
Sarr - yes
Page - no
Bielik - yes
Cullen - yes
Aribo - yes
Williams - yes
Grant - probably
Taylor - yes
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No evidence that over half of those players mentioned can play at a higher level, why specifically pick on Sarr?wmcf123 said:
No evidence Sarr can play at a higher levelAlwaysneil said:Well as they are nearly all out of contract at the end of the year or on loan, not that many.
If you are asking who can do a decent job in the championship I would say:
Phillips - I think so
Solly - think he’s still got half a season at LB
Bauer-yes
Sarr - yes
Page - no
Bielik - yes
Cullen - yes
Aribo - yes
Williams - yes
Grant - probably
Taylor - yes
When I look at centre backs in The Championship, some of them are shocking. At least Sarr can play, can pass and has proven recently how good of a defender he really can be. He's still very young for a centre back, he's tall and strong too. He has the attributes to be a very good player.
Would be great if people left the original performances of Sarr in the past as I really feel that blurs the opinion of him. It was a long time ago where he was very young coming to a new country having to learn a new language, making new friends and team mates, playing in an extremely competitive league where all around him he had the same with players being signed from abroad. We also had the constant changes in manager, and managers who did not grasp the league, all added to this. I would have been amazed if he had settled in and put in good performances, because everything was pointing otherwise and it turned out that way.
Now he is in a settled environment in terms of footballing staff, in a team that works hard for one another and clearly has an excellent thriving culture, he has a close friend here in London with him in Lacazette, he's matured and things seem much better for him now to put in these performances. It goes to show how many factors come into play regarding a players performance on the pitch.8 -
Sarr will play in either the Premiership or Ligue 1 within three years of now6
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If we had signed Sarr this summer he’d be seen as a classy young(ish) defender with a lot of potential.
Far better fourth choice than Doherty, who we had in the title winning season.
I wouldn’t write him off doing well in the Championship. When he was last there he lacked first team experience, had never played in England, was playing in a poor squad and we changed manager three times.2 - Sponsored links:
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I’m really excited for the rest of the season about the best side potentially when all are fit since the 11-12 season. I’d just be a little more circumspect about who could play in the championship. We have a number of exciting kids (Lapslie, Morgan) who may one day but certainly aren’t ready yet/next year, a few more who have been tearing up trees for us this year but whose age and past record incline me to think that if they had been destined for a higher level they would have done it successfully by now (Taylor, Pearce, Reeves), a few who I think may be excelling at just about their level in League 1 (Page when fit and possible Naby) and some for whom I think a higher ship has sailed (Solly, Marshall) All of that said, we have a few who are clearly at least one level above already (Bielik, Cullen, Williams - see the common thread?) and some who I think will make it when they step up (Bauer, Aribo). I’d put Taylor in that camp too as I think he is maturing very late in his career a la Yann so deserves a shot at a championship hey day But we have a few really good players at this level who if I’m any judge just lack an element or two to really make it big ( Grant has great pace but I’m not sure will ever be the real deal confidence wise, Page is made of glass, Reeves looks like he’s the real deal then Williams turns up and pees on his chips, Fosu has all the tricks in the book but hasn’t developed the nous to go with them). All in all, I’m really enjoying this lot and maybe the step up is less than I think.
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I still think Reeves and Williams can play together in our team. You'd think it was too lightweight, but imagine our last starting XI with Reeves instead of Morgan. Charlton City Of Culture 20193
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You see the thing is, we are 28 games into the season and I still don't think that Bowyer has managed to put out our strongest side yet, so to still be within a chance of top two is a real credit to the group of players we have.
It's interesting to see the amount of different line ups that people feel is our best eleven, and it's a really tough call to be honest with you.
I would love Naby in the starting eleven and feel he adds so much to our team both defending and attacking but Pearce is the captain so if he is fit, Bows is always going to go with him, even if that's not 100% the best decision. You also have the decision of who plays at the base if we play a diamond? Cullen is a brilliant midfielder where sitting at the base suits him so well, but by doing that you most likely leave out Bielik. Now we have Williams, naturally Fosu would drop out due to the sheer class that Williams has, but we know how good Fosu can be when he turns it on, one of the most dangerous in the league. We also haven't seen Maxwell play for us yet, so on that basis, even if he is better than Phillips, he can't be part of the best eleven. I will also include Forster-Caskey because if everyone was fit, he would 100% be in the side.
All in all, here is my go at it...Phillips
Solly Bauer Pearce Page
Cullen
Forster-Caskey Aribo
Williams
Taylor Grant
Maxwell, Sarr, Purrington, Bielik, Reeves, Fosu, Vetokele
That is extremely harsh on players like Clarke, Pratley, Marshall, Dijksteel, and Lapslie who aren't even included in the squad. It's also very harsh on Sarr, Bielik, Fosu, but also Reeves because I really like him and think he's a good player for us. Just goes to show how we have a very good group of players who should give us a great chance of promotion this season.1 -
Home Games/ Games vs weaker oppo
Phillips
Solly Bauer Pearce Page
Bielik
Williams Aribo
Fosu
Grant Taylor
Away Games/Harder Oppo
Phillips
Solly Bauer Pearce Page
Cullen
JFC Aribo
Williams
Grant Taylor0 -
AmosPhillips
Solly Bauer PearceDa SilvaPage
Bielik
JFC Aribo
Fosu
Grant Taylor
Scrap that, misread. Current....0 -
Amazing how Fosu doesn't get a look in in most peoples 11. Just shows how much Bow has improved the squad this year in midfield. Seems he's struggled with injuries/form/the change of formation though. JFC would definitely make my team, he's a cultured player, such a shame this season was a write off for him.1
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This, all day longcafcfan1990 said:Copied from my comment on match thread
My personal team:
Maxwell
Solly Bauer Pearce Page
Bielik
Cullen Aribo
Williams
Taylor Grant
Subs:
Phillips
Dijksteel, Sarr
Reeves, Clarke
Fosu, Igor0 -
Looking at the Championship table, Blackburn are 14th, while Wigan are 19th, and both were near the 100 point mark last season. That suggests it's quite a big jump from L1 to the Championship now, with all the money being spent3
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Maxwell
Solly
BFG
Pearce
Page
Bielik
Cullen
Aribo
Williams
Grant
Taylor
Maxwell In just on the basis he’s a proven championship player.1 -
Maxwell
Solly
Bauer
Pearce
Purrlington
Belix
Aribo
Cullen
Williams
Taylor
Grant0
