Bournemouth - Nottingham Forest

[wassy04]

My preferred X1 - assuming no players returning from injury:

Samba

Darikwa
Mbe Soh
McKenna
Ribeiro

Colback
Arter

Knockaert
Lolley
Ameobi

Taylor

Does not say a lot for the other right backs thats you would prefer a player that hasnt played for years and there's no evidence that he's even fit.

Full back definitely seems to be our weak spot this season. I would start Ioannou though

[ThePromisedLand]

Depends what ‘fit’ means.
Fit enough to play internationals.

[ThePromisedLand]

Let’s not use our injured players as an excuse.
They have King, Billing & Smith - all regulars - out.

[PsychoStanleyStone]

view this game as a nothing to lose and overload the top end and apply a chaos theory alamo strategy at the back

do crazy things like have 3 players on the half way line when they get a corner

aim to overload areas of the pitch high up

give strict instuctions that not everyone frantically retreats when we lose possession and anticipate due to pre planned defensive clearances target specific coordinates

score some effing goals

as you can see, i am no expert, but just generally feel that our focus is predominantly defensive

let's go offensive, take a gamble, basically do what lowly teams have done to us

central defenders making overlapping runs down the wing, something like that

do somethings radically differant

lose 1 nil or 6 nil don't matter

get a couple of early goals reset to default and get similar game we have seen week in week out for a long time

[stirred]

view this game as a nothing to lose and overload the top end and apply a chaos theory alamo strategy at the back

do crazy things like have 3 players on the half way line when they get a corner

aim to overload areas of the pitch high up

give strict instuctions that not everyone frantically retreats when we lose possession and anticipate due to pre planned defensive clearances target specific coordinates

score some effing goals

as you can see, i am no expert, but just generally feel that our focus is predominantly defensive

let's go offensive, take a gamble, basically do what lowly teams have done to us

central defenders making overlapping runs down the wing, something like that

do somethings radically differant

lose 1 nil or 6 nil don't matter

get a couple of early goals reset to default and get similar game we have seen week in week out for a long time

A Fulham away type performance is what we need! I watched a chunk of Bournemouth vs Reading at the weekend and Bournemouth didn't look great at the back, were threatened by Reading on the break. The Sabri approach with a low block and breaking quickly might have been our best approach. But as Alf has pointed out we don't have some of the players that kept us firm defensively (Cash, Worrall/Daws, Watson), and we don't seem to be trying to replicate the style under Hughton.

Can't help but think if we just try to approach the game as we have recent matches we'll get beaten. Brooks can find space behind the midfield and punish us, Danjuma got inside his fullback to score one at the weekend and generally looked a threat. I've rarely seen a fullback so inept at tracking his wingers runs as Jenkinson, but Christie is little improvement so far. And then there's Solanke to worry about.

We might be able to outnumber them in midfield and stop their supply, or sit deep and play 3 forwards (one with pace...) and hit them quickly, but approaching it like we have against recent sides seems to be playing into their hands, so I think you may have a point in there somewhere PSS.

[ThePromisedLand]

No Will Swan in today’s U23 squad.
Possible inclusion in Bournemouth squad?

[stirred]

No Will Swan in today’s U23 squad.
Possible inclusion in Bournemouth squad?

And no Mighten

[Alf]

Please just don't get battered.

Even though a defeat would be crap, it's a tough game & wouldn't necc signal a relegation fight.

However, a drubbing would raise some real cause for concerns.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Please just don't get battered.

Even though a defeat would be crap, it's a tough game & wouldn't necc signal a relegation fight.

However, a drubbing would raise some real cause for concerns.

Christ Alf we are playing Bournemouth not Barcelona.

We have nothing to fear. We are a better team than how form and league position suggests.

[ThePromisedLand]

Just hope the league position reflects that sooner rather than later.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

You and me both TPL. I have a sneaky feeling that these up and coming fixtures will bring the best out of us.

[stirred]

Please just don't get battered.

Even though a defeat would be crap, it's a tough game & wouldn't necc signal a relegation fight.

However, a drubbing would raise some real cause for concerns.

Christ Alf we are playing Bournemouth not Barcelona.

We have nothing to fear. We are a better team than how form and league position suggests.

Despite me clearly being unhappy with Hughton I agree with a lot of what Alf says. (I don't like the idea of giving Hughton time when he is not doing what I want, and the idea of him shaping the squad in his image when that image is of 'cautious' football). But back to the Bournemouth match, I think we need to make a concession to the opposition in this one and change the approach, else we run a fair chance of conceding 3 or 4 which could affect us into the next matches.