Your Starting XI for Derby
So, looks like we've had all of our incomings pre-curtain raiser on Saturday, who are we all having in our starting XI & may aswell fill out a bench while we're there;
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Coventry
Knibbs
Grant
Campbell
Godden
Bench; Mannion, Mesik, Burke, Sichenje, Doc, Ouma, Carey, Alli, Leaburn
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Mannion
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Coventry
Carey
Grant
Campbell
Godden
Bench; Kaminsky, Mesik, Burke, Sichenje, Doc, Ouma, Alli, Leaburn, Knibbs
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Kaminski
McNamara Jones Koumetio Mesik
Coventry Chalobah
Campbell Carey Grant
Godden
Mannion, Sichenje, Bell, Docherty, Ouma, Mwamba, Knibbs, Alli, Leaburn
Think it will be close to this but could see Bell starting over Mesik. If Apter or Mbick is fit then I’d have them on the bench instead of a midfielder2 -
This would be my team too, maybe Knibbs over Carey but hard after the latter scored. Agree that NJ will go with Bell over MesíkNabySarr said:Kaminski
McNamara Jones Koumetio Mesik
Coventry Chalobah
Campbell Carey Grant
Godden
Mannion, Sichenje, Bell, Docherty, Ouma, Mwamba, Knibbs, Alli, Leaburn
Think it will be close to this but could see Bell starting over Mesik. If Apter or Mbick is fit then I’d have them on the bench instead of a midfielder0 -
Surely the options will be dictated as much by how Derby line up and what the strategy is. NJ would consider those things wouldn't he?0
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Did Carey bang your wife too?YannTheMann said:So, looks like we've had all of our incomings pre-curtain raiser on Saturday, who are we all having in our starting XI & may aswell fill out a bench while we're there;
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Coventry
Knibbs
Grant
Campbell
Godden
Bench; Mannion, Mesik, Burke, Sichenje, Doc, Ouma, Alli, Leaburn, Mbick
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swords_alive said:Surely the options will be dictated as much by how Derby line up and what the strategy is. NJ would consider those things wouldn't he?
This was their team on Saturday. Looking at this I’m a lot more confident tbh. Thought Derby would step on this year and push for play offs but their takeover seems to have fallen through and they don’t look that strong here.Matt Clarke went off injured which is a huge bonus. I’d say he’s one of the best centre backs in the championship. Agyemang is out injured long term too so that’s 2 of the best players in the league missing
My concern would be CBT up against McNamara 1v1. If we had Ramsay fit I’d have no worries but hopefully McNamara is good enough 1v1 to keep him quiet. If not then maybe Sichenje will have to come on2 -
Kaminski
McNamara Jones Koumetio Mesík
Chalobah Coventry
Campbell Carey Grant
Godden
Mannion, Sichenje, Bell, Docherty, Ouma, Knibbs, Alli, Apter, Leaburn
Amazingly means no places in the squad at all for Burke, Costello, Mbick and Mwamba, and that's with Kelman, Ramsay and Edwards all out injured too.
Definitely room for outgoings based on that
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I would start mesic over bell but we know NJ won’t do that. Bell has looked poor this preseason. Has struggled positionally with attackers getting behind him in dangerous positions. He is just more suited in a back 30
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SantaClaus said:
Did Carey bang your wife too?YannTheMann said:So, looks like we've had all of our incomings pre-curtain raiser on Saturday, who are we all having in our starting XI & may aswell fill out a bench while we're there;
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Coventry
Knibbs
Grant
Campbell
Godden
Bench; Mannion, Mesik, Burke, Sichenje, Doc, Ouma, Alli, Leaburn, Mbick
No despite the repeat requests, just thought Knibbs looked tidy in pre-season and would like to see him given a start1 -
Fair enough about starting Knibbs, I just think it's a bit harsh to drop from the bench too.YannTheMann said:SantaClaus said:
Did Carey bang your wife too?YannTheMann said:So, looks like we've had all of our incomings pre-curtain raiser on Saturday, who are we all having in our starting XI & may aswell fill out a bench while we're there;
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Coventry
Knibbs
Grant
Campbell
Godden
Bench; Mannion, Mesik, Burke, Sichenje, Doc, Ouma, Alli, Leaburn, Mbick
No despite the repeat requests, just thought Knibbs looked tidy in pre-season and would like to see him given a start0 -
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Yeah I've edited that since, clearly had a brain fart when thinking about the bench!SantaClaus said:
Fair enough about starting Knibbs, I just think it's a bit harsh to drop from the bench too.YannTheMann said:SantaClaus said:
Did Carey bang your wife too?YannTheMann said:So, looks like we've had all of our incomings pre-curtain raiser on Saturday, who are we all having in our starting XI & may aswell fill out a bench while we're there;
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Coventry
Knibbs
Grant
Campbell
Godden
Bench; Mannion, Mesik, Burke, Sichenje, Doc, Ouma, Alli, Leaburn, Mbick
No despite the repeat requests, just thought Knibbs looked tidy in pre-season and would like to see him given a start1 -
————-Kaminski————-—-
McNamara—Jones- Koumetio-Bell
———Chalobah—Coventry——
Campbell——Carey——-Grant—-
——————Godden——————
Subs: Mannion, Sichenje, Mesik, Burke, Ouma, Doc, Leaburn, Knibbs, Alli
I still think there’s a lot of questions over our squad but we’ll see I guess.
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Kaminski
McNamara Jones Koumetio Mesík
Chalobah Coventry
Campbell Knibbs Grant
Godden
Mannion, Sichenje, Bell, Docherty, Ouma, Mwamba, Carey, Alli, Leaburn0 -
Ouma unlikely to start unless he has been training with us for a while2
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Kaminski
McNamara Jones Koumetio Bell
Chalobah Coventry
Grant Carey Campbell
Godden
Mannion
Sichenje
Mesik
Docherty
Knibbs
Alli
Mwamba
Fullah
Leaburn
Grant and TC to swap wings every so often unless it’s working really well.
Can’t see Ouma being there so soon, same with Mbick after his injury.
It’ll be interesting to see if Apter makes the bench, if so he’ll be there ahead of Fullah.
I expect JRC to be there ahead of Mwamba or Fullah, unless a move is being worked on, but I’d rather they get more minutes if it makes sense to bring them on. They could be very good for us, JRC will likely never be more than a squad player.
I hope we don’t waste a spot by including Burke, Sichenje and Mesik, we don’t need all three there.0 -
Is Jones worse in a back four compared to being the main man in a back three?1
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I do think we will see a different team v Derby to West Ham the following week.
Derby (4231)
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Mesik (but think he will pick Bell)
Cov
Chalobah
Campbell
Carey
Grant
Godden (Leaburn to come on around 60 mins)
SUBS: Mannion, Sichenje, Bell, Doc, Mwamba, Apter, Alli, Knibbs, Leaburn
West Ham (3412)
Kaminski
McNamara
Sichenje
Jones
Koumetio
Mesik
Chalobah
Coventry
Carey
Grant
Godden
SUBS: Mannion, Burke, Bell, Doc, Mwamba, Campbell, Alli, Knibbs, Leaburn1 -
Agree we might see this, but I think Docherty will start against West Ham. Those kind of games are where he is best when we will mostly be without the ball. He was one of our best players in most of the games against the top sides last seasonDamoNorthStand said:I do think we will see a different team v Derby to West Ham the following week.
Derby (4231)
Kaminski
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Mesik (but think he will pick Bell)
Cov
Chalobah
Campbell
Carey
Grant
Godden (Leaburn to come on around 60 mins)
SUBS: Mannion, Sichenje, Bell, Doc, Mwamba, Apter, Alli, Knibbs, Leaburn
West Ham (3412)
Kaminski
McNamara
Sichenje
Jones
Koumetio
Mesik
Chalobah
Coventry
Carey
Grant
Godden
SUBS: Mannion, Burke, Bell, Doc, Mwamba, Campbell, Alli, Knibbs, Leaburn0 -
Kaminski (reluctantly)
Sichenje (because Ramsay inj.)
Jones
Koumetio
McNamara
Coventry (assume Ouma not ready)
Chalobah
Mesik
Leaburn
Grant
Campbell0 -
Be very surprised if it is anything other than this.

Is it enough to beat Derby? I am not so sure, but I would take an opening day draw.1 -
Unchanged from Cheltenham with the exception of Kaminski coming in for Mannion.0
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Think kaminski starts if fit and not moving on, and would like Mesik over Bell at left back, the rest the same,need to sort out who plays better on the right wing also . And Coventry needs to up his game or he will find himself getting benched pretty quickly.Braziliance said:Be very surprised if it is anything other than this.
Is it enough to beat Derby? I am not so sure, but I would take an opening day draw.0 -
I think is pretty solid for a second season in the champ -
Could we spend more - sure if we can get people off the books -
I have a good feeling.
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I would be much happier if Kelman was fit to rotate with Godden but apart from that I think the team looks good 👍3
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A goalie- flip a coin
McNamara
Jones
Koumetio
Bell
Chalobah
Mwamba (I know it will be Coventry)
Carey
Grant,
Godden,
Campbell.
subs: goalie, Sichenje, Mesik, JRC, Coventry, Alli, Knibbs, Leaburn, Kanu/Apter0 -
hey, I predicted this on the bold predictions thread and got lol'd!sam3110 said:1














