TomBustler1884 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I've gone for players still playing. GK - Carson CB - Tomori LW - Wilson RW - Ibe Those 4 would be enough imo. Carson Bogle Tomori Te Wierik Lowe Bielik Bird Ibe Sibley Wilson Marriott Subs Roos Wisdom Forsyth Shinnie Rooney Knight Waghorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Of players still playing...having Keogh and Wilson would see us comfortably in the play offs. Keoghs consistency would have helped Clarke, Bogle and Wisdom. After that it’s tough when you consider what we need. To be honest a really sensible attacking player who knew when to stay wide and make space for others. Maybe a Jamie Ward, potentially Johnny Russell? Then how about Hughes being able to play 10 yards further up the pitch with Bird and Rooney being holding DMs? Or even Hendrick? I’ll leave out Ward so it’s still players who can still play champ football so... Keogh Wilson Russell Hughes Hendrick EDIT: I was originally going way radical here but decided to hold back and have realised I’ve gone much more conservative than I intended. My two radical choices were Ben Davies and Patrick Bamford and I’m willing to stand by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, TuffLuff said: My two radical choices were Ben Davies and Patrick Bamford and I’m willing to stand by them. Good one ? A late attempt at humorous forum post of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Good one ? A late attempt at humorous forum post of the season? Well...kinda. I wasn’t being overly serious but both have some logic. Davies-more that we need a wide player with his attributes and who isn’t going to be in the team week in/week out. When you have Holmes, Knight, Lawrence, Waghorn, Flo and Whittaker all taking up wide roles, and then adding Wilson into the mix plus our attacking full backs my point would have been more that we’d need someone who wasn’t quite so all out attack. I went with Russell originally, but I couldn’t think of anyone aside Davies who fit the bill more. Which shows you a direct problem we’ve had for the better part of five years, we play strikers as wingers! Bamford has two promotions in the same time we have none. Don’t like the bloke but if you want an ex striker, who’s still playing, surely he has to make the mix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipley Ram Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Five players seems a bit greedy so I'll go for just the three. Poom to sort out our keeping, I've gone for Poom over Shilton and Bolton as he's better with the ball ( I can't remember them scoring scoring against us) Colin Todd to sort out our defence, it's a close call between Roy(who is my favorite), Igor, or Mark Wright but I just have this feeliing that Toddy would be a Cocu type of player. Ted McMinn to make us a bit more unpredicable and help crack those well organised defences, and win some free kicks. I'm not picking the wonderful Charlie George, as Sibley is going to be better. Or Dave Langan to get Boggle to up his game, that would be greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Poom Stimac Idiakez Vydra Sturridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, TuffLuff said: Well...kinda. I wasn’t being overly serious but both have some logic. Davies-more that we need a wide player with his attributes and who isn’t going to be in the team week in/week out. When you have Holmes, Knight, Lawrence, Waghorn, Flo and Whittaker all taking up wide roles, and then adding Wilson into the mix plus our attacking full backs my point would have been more that we’d need someone who wasn’t quite so all out attack. I went with Russell originally, but I couldn’t think of anyone aside Davies who fit the bill more. Which shows you a direct problem we’ve had for the better part of five years, we play strikers as wingers! Bamford has two promotions in the same time we have none. Don’t like the bloke but if you want an ex striker, who’s still playing, surely he has to make the mix? Ben Davies was a decent crosser of the ball but he was hardly a pacey, flying winger. I know you were thinking of wingers who weren't all out attack but I think that's what we do need - see a suggestion below. Bamford scored one or two spectacular goals for us but he misses chance after chance for the Dirties. I think they would have been promoted last season had they had a more accomplished finisher. I couldn't understand why they didn't play the lad they had on loan from Arsenal - he looks the real deal. --- Going back a little further than Ben Davies and those, a really creative winger, good dribbling, reasonable pace and a good cross, that nobody has mentioned would be Nigel Callaghan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Seen lots of suggestions for Stimac and people saying he was a great centre back. If memory serves me correctly, he played as a sweeper in a back 5, rather than a centre back in 4. His leadership and ball playing ability would obviously suit but not sure he would fit into a back 4 which appears to be Cocus favoured system. Would definitely have Mark Wright ahead of Stimac. Think my 5 would be:- Poom Wright Thorne Baiano Saunders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Boulton Roy Mac Colin Todd Alan Hinton Kevin Hector In fact any combination of the players from my years on the PopSide (Mackey, Lee, Gemmill, Nish, Hennessey, George and many others) at their peak would not only take us up as champs but top the Premiership too! Especially if managed by Cloughie and Taylor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Bloomer (even as a statue...and just his head), Hector, McFarland, Shilton, Davison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1961ram Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Its heartbreaking leaving out players like Hector, Hinton, Lee, Nish, Mackay and Rioch to name but a few but we only have 5 so we have to deal with the spine of the team first so Shilton Mcfarland Gemmill Charlie George One left now so it had to be Todd I think Gemmill and Sibley in midfield would be quite a handful, pity I cant add Rioch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1961ram Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 20 hours ago, whiteroseram said: To be honest if you added Grant/Poom, Stimic and Bloomer to this side I think it get's promoted. If we want 2 more to make sure, Gemmill and....who's our best ever left back? David Nish of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1961ram Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 25/07/2020 at 17:23, TexasRam said: Hamer, Claude Davis, Bob Malcom, Nick Pickering, Michael Beck Surely you cant omit Bjorn Otto Bragstad or Stern John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 13 hours ago, Shipley Ram said: Five players seems a bit greedy so I'll go for just the three. Poom to sort out our keeping, I've gone for Poom over Shilton and Bolton as he's better with the ball ( I can't remember them scoring scoring against us) Colin Todd to sort out our defence, it's a close call between Roy(who is my favorite), Igor, or Mark Wright but I just have this feeliing that Toddy would be a Cocu type of player. Ted McMinn to make us a bit more unpredicable and help crack those well organised defences, and win some free kicks. I'm not picking the wonderful Charlie George, as Sibley is going to be better. Or Dave Langan to get Boggle to up his game, that would be greedy. wow , going to have some player on our hands if Sibley proves to be better than Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 47 minutes ago, 1961ram said: Surely you cant omit Bjorn Otto Bragstad or Stern John Unfortunately I could only pick 5 from the gargantuan amount of dross we’ve had over the years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesaRam Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I am surprised that only 4 people have picked Gorgeous George . It might be that his injuries are still too high in our memories, but in his prime he was England class, and was capable of being England captain. But life, and football can be a cruel friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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