Ghost of Clough Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Roos Bogle Davies Clarke Lowe Bird Rooney Waghorn Knight Lawrence Marriott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Tough match. Both teams are on the up and will want to continue their form. Hopefully the win at Palace has shaken off the away form problems. Right now I'd take a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 26 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Roos Bogle Davies Clarke Lowe Bird Rooney Waghorn Knight Lawrence Marriott Think you're the first to put Lawrence in the starting lineup, someone didnt even have him on the bench. Think Cocu likes him and agree that he will keep his place in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, G STAR RAM said: Think you're the first to put Lawrence in the starting lineup, someone didnt even have him on the bench. Think Cocu likes him and agree that he will keep his place in the team. Probably will happen but I do feel that he needs to win a place in the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, G STAR RAM said: Think you're the first to put Lawrence in the starting lineup, someone didnt even have him on the bench. Think Cocu likes him and agree that he will keep his place in the team. I forgot about Holmes ? I'd put him in for Waghorn or Lawrence (probably the latter tbh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, G STAR RAM said: Think you're the first to put Lawrence in the starting lineup, someone didnt even have him on the bench. Think Cocu likes him and agree that he will keep his place in the team. Maybe, just maybe Rooney will sort him out on the pitch and he can become more of a team player. So far Wayne hasn't been backward at coming forward and giving out the verbals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, BathRam72 said: Maybe, just maybe Rooney will sort him out on the pitch and he can become more of a team player. So far Wayne hasn't been backward at coming forward and giving out the verbals. I'm holding out hope for this. Admittedly, I'm not as anti-Lawrence as some, but he is frustrating as he clearly has more ability than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 As well as we’ve done to win the two home games plus the cup game, this is the real challenge to see if we’ve turned a corner. Its not really the fact that Boro are on good form, it’s about just how bad we are away from home. If we can put in a performance and get a result then maybe we can start thinking we might have a chance of rapidly climbing this table. Another sub-par performance that sees us lose by 2 or 3 goals will undo the positivity built up so far over the past 7 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, BathRam72 said: Maybe, just maybe Rooney will sort him out on the pitch and he can become more of a team player. So far Wayne hasn't been backward at coming forward and giving out the verbals. Thought yesterday was one the first games where Lawrence actually more sensible passes, didn't try and take on the whole team and take ridiculous shots. I thought he had a quietly impressive game tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 For this match I would play: ……………………………………...Roos...………………………………... Wisdom...………….Davies...………….Clarke...…………...Lowe ………………...Hudds……………………..Rooney...……………… ……….Holmes...…………Lawrence...……………….Knight ……………………………….Marriott...……………………………... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 52 minutes ago, rynny said: Thought yesterday was one the first games where Lawrence actually more sensible passes, didn't try and take on the whole team and take ridiculous shots. I thought he had a quietly impressive game tbh. Exactly my point on Rooney sorting him out on the pitch. If Lawrence reverts to type, Rooney will soon let him know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 This is the first time in ages I’m finding it difficult to pick a team because lots of players are in form. Harsh on a couple of players, particularly Bird and Bogle. Hamer Wisdom Davies Clarke Lowe Huddlestone Knight Rooney Holmes Marriott Waghorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Can't see Boro giving us the same space as Palace did so would start with : Hamer Wisdom Davies Clarke Lowe Bird Knight Rooney Holmes Waghorn Marriott It gives us more defensive stability by playing Bird and Wisdom but there's still some attacking threat. Good bench with Huddlestone, Martin and Bogle to come on if things aren't going as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Not sure if we're allowed to drop Lawrence but my team would be Hamer Wisdom Lowe Davies Clarke Huddlestone Rooney Holmes Knight Marriott Martin 4-2-2-2 with Rooney and Huddlestone holding and Knight and Holmes sitting behind the front two. The latter are both capable of pressing the opposition full backs and supporting our own. Marriott needs someone who can pass and having Rooney, Huddlestone and Martin provides the best passers we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said: I forgot about Holmes ? I'd put him in for Waghorn or Lawrence (probably the latter tbh) Ok why are so many people dropping Waghorn out of the team ? he has scored in his last 3 league games and hit the post in his few minutes against Palace Lawrence and Holmes haven’t had shots worthy of note in probably their last 6 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Sparkle said: Ok why are so many people dropping Waghorn out of the team ? he has scored in his last 3 league games and hit the post in his few minutes against Palace Lawrence and Holmes haven’t had shots worthy of note in probably their last 6 games *in 2 of his last 3 games* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sparkle said: Ok why are so many people dropping Waghorn out of the team ? he has scored in his last 3 league games and hit the post in his few minutes against Palace Lawrence and Holmes haven’t had shots worthy of note in probably their last 6 games He has done well in terms of scoring recently but should have had more. I appreciate that neither Martin nor Marriott have been prolific but I think long term they offer the team more. Waghorn's first touch is poor and if we plan to play the quick football which makes us successful we need players who can control and pass at speed. Just a different opinion and stats back your view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: He has done well in terms of scoring recently but should have had more. I appreciate that neither Martin nor Marriott have been prolific but I think long term they offer the team more. Waghorn's first touch is poor and if we plan to play the quick football which makes us successful we need players who can control and pass at speed. Just a different opinion and stats back your view. He should have. Has to score in the first minute vs Charlton, and he really made a meal of that chance against Palace to just name two. Think he works well for the team, but he needs to improve his touch and his finishing. It's at the point where he's one of the last people I'd want a 1 on 1 to fall to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 30 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: He has done well in terms of scoring recently but should have had more. I appreciate that neither Martin nor Marriott have been prolific but I think long term they offer the team more. Waghorn's first touch is poor and if we plan to play the quick football which makes us successful we need players who can control and pass at speed. Just a different opinion and stats back your view. Not much to chose between Waghorn Marriott and Martin apart from different styles but Waghorn is actually on a decent run of actual goal scoring whilst Martin has a higher shot to goal ratio than all of them whilst Marriott looks like he should always score but doesn’t much - personally I would play Martin with Marriott and have Waghorn wide right if they were all fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 42 minutes ago, Srg said: he really made a meal of that chance against Palace to just name two. Not the one that hit the post, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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