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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.
When Barnsley win their last game, it'll be for fuck all.
 
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.
Play a very attacking line up and keep 2 clean sheets?
Your plan is Alice in Wonderland meets Hans Christian Anderson and when it turns into Halloween XX how do we get the players up for the play offs?
How many games away from home have we won by 3 clear goals and how many times have Fleetwood and Southend lost at home by 3 clear goals? That is before asking Barnsley to lose a game at Bristol Rovers, who have nothing on the game.
 
Superb rightback ? Anytime he has come up agaisnt a competent left winger he has been ripped apart. He looks the business when we play bottom half teams at home when we attack. He is positionally awful TBH. Get him in the middle

He'll get less time in the middle than he does at right back and he's struggled against players who close him down quickly. I just don't see this wonderful player others have been at right back. Playing him in the number ten role he would really really struggle.
 
09 has struggled to get a game in midfield. It's unlikely that this will change, whether we go up, or not. I really like the lad and think he's made a pretty decent fist of playing RB. I think that his future with us is as a RB, where I think he'll continue to improve, the more he plays there.
 
He played alright there vs City 23s then hasn't played there at all since.

I think it's worth a go but also think he's more protected out wide as his touch isn't very good & he needs more time on the ball. I'd literally try anyone that isn't Honeyman though
 
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He couldn't be worse than honeyman mind

Folk on here have said that about dozens of players over the years and on numerous occasions they have been proven to be completely wrong. Camp to replace Steele was a prime example, Jones to replace Bardsley another and we've had many many more like that so of course O'Nien could be worse and he very well probably will be due to the fact he isn't as good at controlling a ball and isn't as good when players close him down and put him under pressure
 
Folk on here have said that about dozens of players over the years and on numerous occasions they have been proven to be completely wrong. Camp to replace Steele was a prime example, Jones to replace Bardsley another and we've had many many more like that so of course O'Nien could be worse and he very well probably will be due to the fact he isn't as good at controlling a ball and isn't as good when players close him down and put him under pressure
Tbh i think he controls a ball well. He is often our driving force pushing forward and has had long balls pumped at him to the right where he's been marked and done well.
He plays with some urgency, which we need. We're a bit too slow.

Most had never seen camp or Jones too.
We've all seen luke and all seen honeyman
 
If you put O'Nien in the number ten role he'll struggle more than Honeyman does.
Sorry like but I simply refuse to believe that.

Folk on here have said that about dozens of players over the years and on numerous occasions they have been proven to be completely wrong. Camp to replace Steele was a prime example, Jones to replace Bardsley another and we've had many many more like that so of course O'Nien could be worse and he very well probably will be due to the fact he isn't as good at controlling a ball and isn't as good when players close him down and put him under pressure
He is like. Honeyman is poor at both of those.
 
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I think he is given Honeyman is pretty shit


But we know Honeyman isn't good enough. It's very evident on a very regular basis.
I'd give O'Nien a chance to play there. He simply can not be any less effective in that position


How is he a better player? The performances we're seeing regularly certainly doesn't back that up.

Piffle.

People are just biased towards 09 and against Honeyman because 09 wasn't here last season and Honeyman was.

Honeyman has been playing very well recently but every week folks still slag him off and refuse to give him credit where it's due.

09 has a great attitude but he's very raw still. Runs like Watmore with his head down, can't take on a player, always has a howler in him and occasionally when he gets frustrated he looks like he's trying to get himself sent off.

I really like the kid but he's still got a way to go before he's as good as Honeyman.
 
Piffle.

People are just biased towards 09 and against Honeyman because 09 wasn't here last season and Honeyman was.

Honeyman has been playing very well recently but every week folks still slag him off and refuse to give him credit where it's due.

09 has a great attitude but he's very raw still. Runs like Watmore with his head down, can't take on a player, always has a howler in him and occasionally when he gets frustrated he looks like he's trying to get himself sent off.

I really like the kid but he's still got a way to go before he's as good as Honeyman.
:lol: complete and utter nonsense.

Oh and a double  :lol::lol: at the last sentence
 
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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.


I was thinking exactly that. Our problems this season have started from defending up top and closing down, forcing errors because we've got no pace up front or in the hole. He'd at least sort that out and help to keep us off our f***ing 18 yard line
 
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O'Nien should have been played further forward weeks ago. Not necessarily in the number 10 role but in a midfield position as his strengths are his energy and ability to arrive late from midfield. If you look at his Wycombe highlights, most of his goals come from arriving on/from the edge of the box, and technically he's decent.

Honeyman hasn't been offering enough and even going back to games such as Walsall, Barnsley and Shrewsbury before Christmas, O'Nien was making an impact off the bench in his natural position. It is only stubbornness from Ross that has seen Honeyman retain his place, and O'Nien not moved.
 
George doesn't deserve his place on current form. I'd normally say it's a bit late in the day to try this experiment but I don't see what we have to lose. It's O'Nien's position and he was very good there for Wycombe by all accounts. Played well the one time I've seen him in the Check a trade also.
 
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