Best starting 11 when all fit?

[Basingstoke Royal]

It would be a nice problem for adkins to have but who would you start if everyone is fit in the current squad?

Federici

Gunter Hector Pearce Obita

Williams karacan kuhl

Mcleary Cox

Pog

[JordCot]

Feds
Gunter Hector Pearce Obita
Guthrie Karacan
Blackman Cox McCleary
Pog

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

in the way i imagine adkins wants to play our best starting 11 would be:

feds
gunter, hector, pearce, obita
guthrie, karacan
mackie, taylor, mccleary,
pog

[SCIAG]

I would pick (not necessarily the "best" XI):

-------------Federici-------------
Gunter--Hector--Pearce--Obita
----------------Kuhl---------------
-------Guthrie------Williams-----
Blackman---------------McCleary
-----------Pogrebnyak------------

Subs: McCarthy, Cooper, Kelly/Cummings, Karacan, Mackie, HRK, Cox

It's hard to leave out Karacan from the XI, and Mackie and McCarthy would both be in a genuinely "best" XI. Strong argument for an attacking midfielder (Cox is the "best" but I'd most like to see Tanner) but I think that side provides enough support to Pog.

[Royal Ginger]

-------------------Either*-----------------
Gunter---Hector---Pearce---Obita
------------Guthrie---Williams---------
McCleary--------------------Blackman
--------------------Cox--------------------
--------------Pogrebnyak---------------

Subs: Other Keeper, Cummings, Ferdinand, Karacan, Kuhl, Mackie, Tanner

*Keepers to be rotated dependent on the opposition and their style.

Blackman's done a lot to repair the damage he'd done with a season and a half of poor football in pre-season. With everyone fit and if we're about to sign Norwood we'd almost have too many quality midfielders which suggests to me that at least one of them has a more chronic injury then we've as yet been lead to believe. The injury migrating up and down Guthrie's leg is quite worrying.

[marlowuk]

At least we're all agreed about the back four!

[Royal Ginger]

And the striker.

[yappy]

Right now I would say:

-------------Federici-------------
Gunter--Hector--Pearce--Obita
----------------Karacan---------------
-------Guthrie------Williams-------
McCleary-----------------------HRK
-------------Pogrebnyak------------

Haven't seen enough of Cox and Mackie yet to decide whether they should be included.

[Platypuss]

Right now I would say:

-------------Federici-------------
Gunter--Hector--Pearce--Obita
----------------Karacan---------------
-------Guthrie------Williams-------
McCleary-----------------------HRK
-------------Pogrebnyak------------

Haven't seen enough of Cox and Mackie yet to decide whether they should be included.

But surely you've seen enough of HRK?

[sandman]

Federici

Gunter
Ferdinand
Pearce
Obita

Mccleary
Karacan
Kuhl
Williams
Mackie

Pog

[Elm Park Kid]

--------------Federici-----------

Gunter--Pearce---Ferdinand---Obita

--------------Hector------------------

-------Guthrie-------Williams-------

McCleary -----------------------HRK

--------------Cox---------------------

If we buy a decent DM at some point then i'd have Hector at CB instead of Pearce.

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

in the way i imagine adkins wants to play our best starting 11 would be:

feds
gunter, hector, pearce, obita
guthrie, karacan
mackie, taylor, mccleary,
pog

Taylor wouldn't be anywhere near my preferred starting eleven. Swap him for Williams/Norwood/Kuhl/Guthrie

[biscuitroyal]

Federici
Gunter, Ferdinand, Pearce, Obita
Karacan, Guthrie, Williams
McCleary, Pogrebnyak, HRK

[JakeTheRoyal]

Blackman over HRK anyday. Blackman up front would solve our lack of pace up there too

[melonhead]

Feds
Gunter Pearce AF Obita
Williams, Karacan, Kuhl
mackie pog/cox Mcleary

[Pepe the Horseman]

McCarthy

Gunts
Pearce
Hector
Obita

Williams
Karacan
Guthrie/Norwood

Mackie/Cox
Pog
McCleary

[St. Brynjar]

------------------------McCarthy-----------------------

Gunter---------Pearce--------Hector----------Obita

---------Williams-------Karacan-------Guthrie------

---------Mackie-------Pogrebnyak----McCleary-----

Subs: Feds, Kelly, Ferdinand, Cox, Blackman, Kuhl, Drenthe

[Loyal royal 247]

Feds

Gunter Pearce Ferdinand obita

Williams Karacan Guthrie

Mcleary pog mackie




Subs: kuhl McCarthy cox Norwood hector Blackman tanner cooper akpan.

[TBM]

McCarthy

Gunter
Ferdinand
Pearce
Obita

McCleary
Karacan
Guthrie
Williams
Mackie

Pog

[Elmer Park]

If we had a crucial one off game I would favour experience and go for
Federici
Gunter Pearce Ferdinand Obita
McCleary Williams Karacan Mackie
Cox
Pog

I didn't consider Norwood.

Chose Ferdinand purely on his experience. Harsh on Hector but I'd like to see more of him in away games when the going gets tougher. He has a great chance on Saturday to make me change my mind.

Thought Kuhl was excellent yesterday but cannot pick him above Jem and Danny based on that and again he has yet to have the chance to show whether he can perform away from home.

Cox hasn't impressed me yet but if we're going to play a system with a deeper lying attacker then again I've gone for his experience.

I hope in a month or so if I repeat the exercise I will be choosing Hector, Kuhl and Tanner.