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He has imho been superb at full back and all credit to JR for seeing his potential at playing there.

But here is my issue.......09 has a mental amount of energy, easily as much as Honeyman........09 however is clearly a much better footballer than Honeyman.

We are now in a position when we need to go hell for leather and create and score goals in our last 2 games

Given we have little to lose by trying something different then surely we have to give 09 an opportunity to show what he can do in his natural role in that attacking midfield.

But then who do we not play? If we are gonna play 5 in midfield which I suggest is our best formation then we probs need to go something like

Mclaughlin

Matthews
Flanagan
Ozturk
Oviedo (Hume)


McGeady
Cattermole
Leadbitter
McGuire
09

Wyke


In a

4-2-3-1 formation

Catts and Leadbitter sitting

McGeady, O9 and McGuire in a 3 behind Wyke

The three are fluid and interchangable and would cause absolute havoc playing off Wyke.
 
He has imho been superb at full back and all credit to JR for seeing his potential at playing there.

But here is my issue.......09 has a mental amount of energy, easily as much as Honeyman........09 however is clearly a much better footballer than Honeyman.

We are now in a position when we need to go hell for leather and create and score goals in our last 2 games

Given we have little to lose by trying something different then surely we have to give 09 an opportunity to show what he can do in his natural role in that attacking midfield.

But then who do we not play? If we are gonna play 5 in midfield which I suggest is our best formation then we probs need to go something like

Mclaughlin

Matthews
Flanagan
Ozturk
Oviedo (Hume)


McGeady
Cattermole
Leadbitter
McGuire
09

Wyke


In a

4-2-3-1 formation

Catts and Leadbitter sitting

McGeady, O9 and McGuire in a 3 behind Wyke

The three are fluid and interchangable and would cause absolute havoc playing off Wyke.
I'd play him in the ten role without a doubt given what we have available. He's offers pace and energy that none of our other midfielders can match and looks very good in the air with a decent eye for goal. He would start to bring some kind of balance to the midfield which we've lacked all season. If he'd played there all season I bet he'd have scored a good few goals. Just a shame he didn't perform in that first game of the season.
 
I'd play him in the ten role without a doubt given what we have available. He's offers pace and energy that none of our other midfielders can match and looks very good in the air with a decent eye for goal. He would start to bring some kind of balance to the midfield which we've lacked all season. If he'd played there all season I bet he'd have scored a good few goals. Just a shame he didn't perform in that first game of the season.

I would play McGuire in the 10 role, probs play O9 in a Gerrard kinda role.
 
He has imho been superb at full back and all credit to JR for seeing his potential at playing there.

But here is my issue.......09 has a mental amount of energy, easily as much as Honeyman........09 however is clearly a much better footballer than Honeyman.

We are now in a position when we need to go hell for leather and create and score goals in our last 2 games

Given we have little to lose by trying something different then surely we have to give 09 an opportunity to show what he can do in his natural role in that attacking midfield.

But then who do we not play? If we are gonna play 5 in midfield which I suggest is our best formation then we probs need to go something like

Mclaughlin

Matthews
Flanagan
Ozturk
Oviedo (Hume)


McGeady
Cattermole
Leadbitter
McGuire
09

Wyke


In a

4-2-3-1 formation

Catts and Leadbitter sitting

McGeady, O9 and McGuire in a 3 behind Wyke

The three are fluid and interchangable and would cause absolute havoc playing off Wyke.

I’d play Honeyman up front

McLaughlin

Matthews
Flanagan
Ozturk
Oviedo

Cattermole

McGeady
Maguire
O’Nien

Wyke
Headless chicken

At least that way when he runs about all over the place defenders will be forced to follow him. Instead of pointing and laughing
 
Definitely wouldn’t be playing McGeady now. I know there’s an outside chance we might win 6-0 twice and miraculously go up but he needs wrapping up in a coffin padded with cotton wool until the Play-Offs now

6-0 twice? The maths is we need to win 2 games by 6 clear goals in total. Pompey draw one of their final 2 home games and Barnsley to lose by any score.

I'd play a very attacking line up and that would include McGeady 100%.

Maguire is a cert. for the number 10 role IMO.

Maybe put Honeyman on for the last 20 minutes when players tire.
 
Based on what? :confused:

You don't half talk some nonsense like.



I know, no idea what the OP is talking about

been solid a right back = clearly a better footballer

hows that work like?

Based on watching them for more than 40 games this season.......Seriously, chuck a poll up and see how many people think Honeyman is a better footballer than 09......Look through my posting history shit head, I am a big Honeyman fan but he is nowhere near as good a footballer as 09, just a fact.....Imagine GH being asked to adapt and play at full back, how do you think that would play out?

As for guessing, clearly you never saw him in that position for his former club where he was outstanding in that position, hence why we bought him.
 
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He has imho been superb at full back and all credit to JR for seeing his potential at playing there.

But here is my issue.......09 has a mental amount of energy, easily as much as Honeyman........09 however is clearly a much better footballer than Honeyman.

We are now in a position when we need to go hell for leather and create and score goals in our last 2 games

Given we have little to lose by trying something different then surely we have to give 09 an opportunity to show what he can do in his natural role in that attacking midfield.

But then who do we not play? If we are gonna play 5 in midfield which I suggest is our best formation then we probs need to go something like

Mclaughlin

Matthews
Flanagan
Ozturk
Oviedo (Hume)


McGeady
Cattermole
Leadbitter
McGuire
09

Wyke


In a

4-2-3-1 formation

Catts and Leadbitter sitting

McGeady, O9 and McGuire in a 3 behind Wyke

The three are fluid and interchangable and would cause absolute havoc playing off Wyke.
Baffling you are leaving power out the team just as he's getting early season form back. Cattermole and leadbitter would basically mean going with 7 defensive players and 4 very attacking players. No balance at all. Also O9 hasn't played in that position all season. Now is not the time for trying new things out.
 
Baffling you are leaving power out the team just as he's getting early season form back. Cattermole and leadbitter would basically mean going with 7 defensive players and 4 very attacking players. No balance at all. Also O9 hasn't played in that position all season. Now is not the time for trying new things out.

09 has played there all his career, its what he does and why we signed him.

Leadbitter is not a defensive midfielder but controls and distributes the ball well from deep.

Matthews and Oviedo or Hume are not defensive full backs, all 3 are better going forward than defending.

It is a massively balanced side.
 
Playing in the hole you have to have great peripheral vision to make an impact. McGeady is probably our only player who can do this, but he is very effective wide. Maguire ain't too bad at it. Honeyman is not a creator.

The shout for O9 is understandable, but at right full back you generally have no one behind you and no one to your right. Everything is front of you and you've got time and space. Its been impressive that he has shown he can learn quickly in terms of positional sense when the ball is on the other side of the pitch , and when to bomb on and go forwards.

However, to start playing in the hole and to hit the ground running, might be not as easy as having a player with endless energy in that role. I'm not against it, but I'm sure Ross has looked at him in training. Most of O9's cameo's in midfield were not taht impressive at first, then he came on and ran around a lot in the latter stages, closing down the opponent. He may develop his ability and composure, but I'm not sure if now is the time for him go central.

Early season I spoke to Gareth Ainsworth in Blackpool before Wycombe played Fleetwod. His take on O9 was that he had a great attitude, very energetic, but he was a rat in midfield and lacked composure to be a play maker. He did seem quite anxious on the ball at times, when he played that role. Like Honeyman, he may be more suited to a deeper role, but we have Cattermole, Power and McGeoch. Honeyman did a great job in the last 20 mins at Doncaster away, when Cattermole went off. Prior to that, he just ran around like a headless chicken off the front, without hardly getting a kick.
 
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