Line up

[Humbled]

Stockdale; Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Riise; Karagounis, Parker; Dejagah, Ruiz, Taarabt; Bent.

[Drake44444]

Stronger lineup than I expected

[Northern Cottager]

Strong side that. Burton fans are excited to see Riise for so e reason. Bent and Taarabt should tear them apart.

[Zu-Meister]

good to see dejagahs back, hope hes fully fit and not rushed back.

[Brown@FFC]

Same formation. I wouldn't expect a great game. When will he realise that we need a different formation.

[ffc73]

Interesting (and for me anyway) disappointing that Karagounis has been preferred to Boateng

[Big Martin Jol]

I was expecting a much more youth orientated line-up, but they're nowhere to be seen. It's a bit of shame to call on so many key players because we probably won't have a lower profile/less (theoretically) difficult game this season - plus we're away at Newcastle in four days time.

Oh well, we should at least win the match. That would be an improvement on last year's League Cup run!

[Deanothefulhamfan]

Riise..... oh yipeeeee, I am so glad Martin Jol has given him a second chance, he was such an inspiration last season add to that he publicly said he wanted to LEAVE a couple of weeks ago.... what a fantastic manager he is...... also no youngsters against a league two side,  you really have no faith in our youth set up despite it being the best in the country how very predicatable.... Im going to bed frustrated and dissapointed, what an absolute joker......

[ffc73]

Youth are not ready.  The u21s drew pre-season at Dartford.  Why would they win at Burton who are 1 step higher?

More importantly, Parker, Dejagah, Ruiz, Tarabat and Bent all need game time.

My view is that Boateng does too which is why I would have started him in place of the Greek

Briggs also should have started in front of Riise but that, again, tells us that Jol does not rate Briggs and we have whole threads debating the left back issue

[Oakeshott]

He has probably named an experienced side as he knows he cannot afford to lose this game.

[Fulham76]

Stockdale; Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Riise; Karagounis, Parker; Dejagah, Ruiz, Taarabt; Bent.

Decent line up & good to see Bent & Parker out there again. Jol has missed a perfect opportunity to experiment with Berbatov & Bent together though.

[Brown@FFC]

Riise..... oh yipeeeee, I am so glad Martin Jol has given him a second chance, he was such an inspiration last season add to that he publicly said he wanted to LEAVE a couple of weeks ago.... what a fantastic manager he is...... also no youngsters against a league two side,  you really have no faith in our youth set up despite it being the best in the country how very predicatable.... Im going to bed frustrated and dissapointed, what an absolute joker......

Hallelujah. Someone that talks sense.

[bmasar]

Same formation. I wouldn't expect a great game. When will he realise that we need a different formation.

It's not about formation, it's about who plays where in said formation. With Bent in place of Berba let's see how it goes first, eh? Or are you saying we should never, ever, ever use a 4-2-3-1 (or 4-5-1 if you prefer) no matter the players? Cuz that's silly.

[Jeroen]

I was expecting a much more youth orientated line-up, but they're nowhere to be seen. It's a bit of shame to call on so many key players because we probably won't have a lower profile/less (theoretically) difficult game this season - plus we're away at Newcastle in four days time.

Oh well, we should at least win the match. That would be an improvement on last year's League Cup run!

A pity to miss youngsters in the line-up but Jol prob wants to use this game to give Parker & bent game time and make sure the team gets settled soon! Does makes sense!

More worrying is that amoborieta is still missing......

[Northern Cottager]

Op, want to rename this thread as an official match thread? Sure there's a few streams and the official site have commentary! :)

[Enter the Frei]

A 4231 is pretty much a mixture between a 4411 and a 451.

A 4411 is basically a fancy 442 and a 451 is basically a slightly more defensive 433.

Formations are irrelevant it's the personnel in each position that make the difference to how a team plays.

[Deanothefulhamfan]

FFC you say our under 21's drew against dartford.... im not asking for the whole development team, just 1 or two.... We have the best youth set up in the country and this is the perfect opportinity for them to be in and around the first team.

As for Riise I cant even begin to explain about that situation...  If Briggs cannot be trust against Burton then get rid of him tomorrow. I hate the fact Riise wanted to leave our club and starts over someone who has shown loyalty and commitement, it is not a question of abillity ( even though briggs is much better then a poor poor riise) sorry Im venting as I am so outraged.... dont mean to take it out on fellow posters. I need to just go to bed

[Me-ate-Live, innit??]

Riise..... oh yipeeeee, I am so glad Martin Jol has given him a second chance, he was such an inspiration last season add to that he publicly said he wanted to LEAVE a couple of weeks ago.... what a fantastic manager he is......

Jol is making sure he earns his (reported) £68000.00  a week  ....innit !!! :022:

[kiwiwaka]

There is absolutely no way Riise is on £68,000. Breaking our past record of £50,000 for a left back? Not. A. Chance. I'd have liked to see Briggs today, but could be fitness who knows. Not sure what Mesca has done wrong to not get in the 18 though, but glad Dejagah is back.

[Brown@FFC]

Same formation. I wouldn't expect a great game. When will he realise that we need a different formation.

It's not about formation, it's about who plays where in said formation. With Bent in place of Berba let's see how it goes first, eh? Or are you saying we should never, ever, ever use a 4-2-3-1 (or 4-5-1 if you prefer) no matter the players? Cuz that's silly.

Jols formation is the 4-4-1-1, which looks like the 4-2-3-1, but is more defensive. I just want to see 2 out and out forwards up top, and I suppose this is the closest we will get with Taarabt and Bent. When Berba and Bent begin pairing up, we should start using the 2 up top.