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John Robertson
At least we’ll know who’s injured when we do register them.
I think if Batshuayi comes in Surridge is off out on loan.So assuming Bade, Aurier and Batshuayi go through:
GK: Henderson, Hennessey, Smith
DF: Williams*, Toffolo, Richards, Lodi, Worrall, McKenna, Niakhate, Cook, Biancone, Mbe Soh*, Boly, Bade, Aurier
MF: Yates, Mangala, Freuler, O'Brien, Kouyate, Colback, Cafu
FW: Lingard, Gibbs-White, Johnson*, Awoniyi, Dennis, Surridge, Taylor, Batshuayi
* = players who don't need to be registered in the 25 man squad.
That's a squad of 31 although 3 don't need to be registered. So Taylor seems an obvious choice to leave out so that's 27. Probably Cafu so that's 26. So then who's the last one? Surridge getting loaned out? Colback? Niakhate or Richards left out due to injury? What do we reckon?
So assuming Bade, Aurier and Batshuayi go through:
GK: Henderson, Hennessey, Smith
DF: Williams*, Toffolo, Richards, Lodi, Worrall, McKenna, Niakhate, Cook, Biancone, Mbe Soh*, Boly, Bade, Aurier
MF: Yates, Mangala, Freuler, O'Brien, Kouyate, Colback, Cafu
FW: Lingard, Gibbs-White, Johnson*, Awoniyi, Dennis, Surridge, Taylor, Batshuayi
* = players who don't need to be registered in the 25 man squad.
That's a squad of 31 although 3 don't need to be registered. So Taylor seems an obvious choice to leave out so that's 27. Probably Cafu so that's 26. So then who's the last one? Surridge getting loaned out? Colback? Niakhate or Richards left out due to injury? What do we reckon?
I wouldn't register Smith.Smith and use an under 21? Anyone with their finger on the pulse of the academy know if any of our young keepers could push Smith?
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Shelvey is the next in line, so presumably it'd be him.Smith and use an under 21? Anyone with their finger on the pulse of the academy know if any of our young keepers could push Smith?
I wouldn't register Smith.
Let's be fair it's rare we will need to use a 2nd choice keeper let alone a 3rd and it frees up outfield options.
Any games against Man Utd being the obvious exception.I wouldn't register Smith.
Let's be fair it's rare we will need to use a 2nd choice keeper let alone a 3rd and it frees up outfield options.
MGW, he needs to sharpen up on them for sure though based on what we've seen so farI'm concerned about our set pieces. They've been garbage so far and we don’t appear to have signed someone who can deliver a good ball.
So looking at that we need to lose two for the 25 man? Suppose it depends on how long Richards (and Niakhate?) are out given the world cup break, but Taylor is an obvious one and Colback is likely to be more used than Cafu, so is guess Cafu and Taylor left out/moved on somewhere where the window is still open?So at the close if the transfer window, Squad looks like this. (Aurier not confirmed though yet).
GK: Henderson, Hennessey, Smith
DF: Williams*, Toffolo, Richards, Lodi, Worrall, McKenna, Niakhate, Cook, Biancone, Mbe Soh*, Boly, Bade, Aurier
MF: Yates, Mangala, Freuler, O'Brien, Kouyate, Colback, Cafu
FW: Lingard, Gibbs-White, Johnson*, Awoniyi, Dennis, Surridge, Taylor
* = players who don't need to be registered in the 25 man squad.
I was hoping to find Taylor had bagged a couple against Huddersfield during his Brum loan last year, alerting Corberan to his talents first hand. Sadly he injured himself in the warm up.Would Oly benefit from Taylor and/or Cafu? Feels to me like they'd both do well out there.
Should Aurier not come and Neco gets injured I would suggest the best thing to do would be to move to a back 4We're only looking light at one position really - RWB, if Aurier doesn't happen. An injury to Williams and presumably Biancone is next up, but that limits our attacking threat down that side.
Interesting read. I almost feel bad for not being a subsciber...For folk with The Athletic, this is a hell of an article from Daniel Taylor about our window: https://theathletic.com/3558295/2022/09/02/nottingham-forest-transfer-window/
It's an option, certainly - but it then limits Coopers ability to change up formations during a match - something he has shown he will do many times in the past.Should Aurier not come and Neco gets injured I would suggest the best thing to do would be to move to a back 4
No.Would Oly benefit from Taylor and/or Cafu? Feels to me like they'd both do well out there.
Agree but we also can’t blindly stick to a system with inappropriate players.It's an option, certainly - but it then limits Coopers ability to change up formations during a match - something he has shown he will do many times in the past.
For a pound a month it's worth it. That will barely get you a mars bar these days.Interesting read. I almost feel bad for not being a subsciber...