by SCIAG »
17 Apr 2020 17:01
Snowflake Royal SCIAG Surprised nobody's included Long - surely wouldn't get in for 05-07 but a contender for that playoff season.
Gonna play 4-2-3-1 for Gylfi.
Shaka
Gunter, Pearce, Dariusz, Armstrong
Leigertwood, Norwood
Kebe, Sigurdsson, McAnuff
Fozzy
Subs: Al-Habsi, Mariappa, S. Kelly, Swift, Beerens, Gilkes, Long
Lots of pace and skill. Not really anyone to get on the end of the crosses from the silky wing legends tho.
Kebe wasn’t much of a crosser (decent cross on him, but it wasn’t usually his first option) and McAnuff was good at coming inside to link play. I guess you’re right that that’s a string that Long had but Fozzy didn’t but I was trying to balance the team between eras. Although looking at it, I’ve chosen seven players from McDermott’s first spell so obviously I didn’t do a good job!
Don’t fancy Quinn as a lone striker but he’d have to get the nod in a two. But if you play with two then you have to put Gylfi out wide, or use 3-4-1-2.
Screw it, 3-4-1-2:
Shaka; Dariusz, Mariappa, Bikey; Kebe, Norwood, Parky, Gilkes; Gylfi; J. Quinn, Fozzy
Subs: Al-Habsi, Moore, McAnuff, Legs, Tshibola, Swift, Long
Leaving out Pearce because I think you need more mobility in a back three than a back four. Not much between Gilkes and McAnuff. Legs should be ahead of Parky really. Kermorgant plays if Quinn is unavailable.
Guess the left field pick there is Tish - decided I wanted a genuine CM from since our last relegation, and Tish was ultimately a better player than Kelly or Williams or Stephen Quinn despite limited game time. Nearly went with Baker before I remembered I’d deliberately overlooked Miazga and Upson because they were only loanees.