We have kept all our star players and added 1. We have Seri, Robinson and BDR back and most fit apart from Tete who I am led to believe will not be out for too long. Silva has the luxury of 2 very good players in each position, our defence which is considered our weakest area including goalkeeper is made up of full internationals apart from Tosin who one could argue is the best of the lot. We have youth, energy and a great coach. Maybe lack on field leadership but talent should overcome that. What is our best midfield 2 from Seri, TC, Chalobah, Reed and Onomah?
I will have a go first.
—————————Rodak——————————
Williams———Tosin——Ream———Robinson
———————-Seri——Reed————————
Wilson—————Carvalho—————Kebano
—————————-Mitro——————————
Bench
Gass
TC
Chalobah
Tete
Muniz
BDR
Cav
That is some bench for the Championship!
Agree with this although Tete/Williams is fairly close Tete is better defensively though. I would also say TC over Seri on current form
Mine would be on current form;
—————————Rodak——————————
Tete————Tosin——Ream———Robinson
——————Cairney——Reed————————
Wilson—————Carvalho—————Kebano
—————————-Mitro——————————
Quote from: Maidstone Lee on February 01, 2022, 09:36:38 AM
Mine would be on current form;
—————————Rodak——————————
Tete————Tosin——Ream———Robinson
——————Cairney——Reed————————
Wilson—————Carvalho—————Kebano
—————————-Mitro——————————
Completely agree with this although Marcus needs a couple of clean sheets or Silva would be justified in changing things. And if Tete is still injured there is the question of RB. I guess it would be the new boy, Williams although I would have been happy to have given our own youth a chance given that Tete's injury doesn't seem to be too long term.
With everyone back and fit the manager will have some lovely selection headaches!
Rodak
Tete, Tosin, Ream, Robinson
Reed, Cairney
Wilson, Carvalho, Kebano
Mitrovic
Gazzaniga, Williams, Mawson, Chalobah, Seri, BDR, Muniz
The only question I have is between Seri and Reed, TC must be a starter with his ability to control midfield and his distribution. Think the competition for his place has made him more aggressive on the pitch this season.
Quote from: Classic94 on February 01, 2022, 11:45:17 AM
Rodak
Tete, Tosin, Ream, Robinson
Reed, Cairney
Wilson, Carvalho, Kebano
Mitrovic
Gazzaniga, Williams, Mawson, Chalobah, Seri, BDR, Muniz
Agreed.
TC has done really well since coming back so, for me, Seri now has to fight to win that spot back from him.
Here is my team....no sorry that's the players that DONT make the starting 11, wow!
Muniz
Cavaleiro Reid Knockaert
Chalobah Seri
Bryan Mawson Hector Williams
Gazza
Fabri
Kongolo
Larkeche
Onomah
Francois
Pajaziti
Stansfield
Quote from: We Are Premier League on February 01, 2022, 11:55:25 AM
Here is my team....no sorry that's the players that DONT make the starting 11, wow!
Muniz
Cavaleiro Reid Knockaert
Chalobah Seri
Bryan Mawson Hector Williams
Gazza
Fabri
Kongolo
Larkeche
Onomah
Francois
Pajaziti
Stansfield
That team would finish top half in the Championship fairly comfortably. Great squad depth!
Quote from: We Are Premier League on February 01, 2022, 11:55:25 AM
Here is my team....no sorry that's the players that DONT make the starting 11, wow!
Muniz
Cavaleiro Reid Knockaert
Chalobah Seri
Bryan Mawson Hector Williams
Gazza
Fabri
Kongolo
Larkeche
Onomah
Francois
Pajaziti
Stansfield
That's pretty impressive!
I really don't know if a fit Tete or Williams get into the best 11, what I do know is that if either are not giving everything they will be out. This is also true for nearly every position. Where I think Williams may get the nod is his link up with Wilson. What is for sure is that Silva will see them all in training and be able to say nobody's place is safe (maybe Mitro apart) and demand 100%. Not sure about rotation but for sure that will be needed to some extent. Seri for TC or the other way round which is my preference on say 60 mins keeps the player fresh and does not weaken the team. Same to lesser extent with Reed and Chalobah.
I think we missed certain players especially Robinson and Tete v Blackpool. Fullbacks are so important to team structure and attacking play these day, Williams looks very quick and I can imagine him on the right and Robinson on the left giving opposition teams a really tough time.
Quote from: We Are Premier League on February 01, 2022, 11:55:25 AM
Here is my team....no sorry that's the players that DONT make the starting 11, wow!
Muniz
Cavaleiro Reid Knockaert
Chalobah Seri
Bryan Mawson Hector Williams
Gazza
Fabri
Kongolo
Larkeche
Onomah
Francois
Pajaziti
Stansfield
Yes, we have cover for every position but frankly I think that the real cover for Kebano, Carvalho and Wilson has to be BDR and BDR alone. If we have to bring either Knock. or Cav. into the starting line up then our attack loses bite and we are struggling badly for goals. These two have had plenty of opportunities and while they put in a hardworking shift they have on may occasions demonstrated their shortcomings in attack.
I really don't like being critical of any player but I do see the cover in these attacking positions as being our achilles heel.
Rodak
Tete Tosin Mawson Robinson
Chalobah Cairney
Wilson Stansfield Kebano
Mitro
Ream and Reed don't deserve a start at the moment for me, our defence has been poor recently. And I don't think Fab should start purely cos of everything's that's happened, make sure he's up for it then get him back in. Would love Stansfield to get a go behind Mitro.
For me as I haven't seen Williams yet fully fit I would say
Rodak
Tete Tosin Kongolo Robinson
Reed Cairney
Wilson Carvalho Kebano
Mitro
Subs - Gazzaniga Williams Ream Seri Chalobah BDR Muniz
Fully fit Kongolo would be in our best team not sure we will ever see it which is a shame so Ream for Kongolo & Hector on the bench
Quote from: PaulJ123 on February 01, 2022, 02:43:48 PM
Rodak
Tete Tosin Mawson Robinson
Chalobah Cairney
Wilson Stansfield Kebano
Mitro
Ream and Reed don't deserve a start at the moment for me, our defence has been poor recently. And I don't think Fab should start purely cos of everything's that's happened, make sure he's up for it then get him back in. Would love Stansfield to get a go behind Mitro.
I am so pleased that we have eight good players for the back four positions that should see us comfortably through the remaining 18 critical promotion chasing games. Most unlikely that we will see anything of Kongolo and we had best wipe him from our minds. Even if he is physically fit he must be so out of touch now that it would be a huge risk playing him, even for a short time as a sub.
i cant really comment until ive seen all the possible combinations of 2 from 3 of seri reed and cairney. without cairney we lose a lot of creativity but we have enough players in the side to make up for that surely?
Rodak
Williams Tosin Robinson
Seri Reed Cairney
Wilson Carvalho Kebano
Mitrovic
Quote from: We Are Premier League on February 01, 2022, 11:55:25 AM
Here is my team....no sorry that's the players that DONT make the starting 11, wow!
Muniz
Cavaleiro Reid Knockaert
Chalobah Seri
Bryan Mawson Hector Williams
Gazza
Fabri
Kongolo
Larkeche
Onomah
Francois
Pajaziti
Stansfield
I honestly think we have massively underrated Hector, he was our best player when we first joined and key to our promotion, he didn't get much of a chance in the PL and was playing with some poor players.
Also I think Muniz could probably get 20 goals a season in the championship.
That team could probably scrape play off places.