| Cumbrians to be outfoxed by Super U's at the JSCS 18:22 - Feb 11 with 1798 views | durham_exile |
After the last-minute heroics at Field Mill on Tuesday night the Super U’s embark upon the next set of 6 games, 5 of which are at home.
Brown, Dunne and Huzzey that famous firm of solicitors must start to transform the JSCS into a fortress. Buoyed by the news that the home game against FGR has now been moved to Monday 21 March with a 7:45pm kick off in order to accommodate the Sky Sports TV cameras LIVE we simply have to start winning home matches.
There will be no better chance than tomorrow against Keith Millen’s Carlisle United who arrive on the back of four straight defeats. The Cumbrians will however be looking to spring a surprise and if Brennan Dickenson is fit, he is likely to play against his old club. They also have the dangerous Omari Patrick in their squad.
Frankly it is time that we put a team to the sword and I think that tomorrow gives us every opportunity to win handsomely 4-0 and launch the start of another unbeaten run.
League Table:
Bottom five places:
COL U 29 30
Walsall 29 29
Carlisle 29 27
Oldham 28 25
Scunny 30 22
WB’s squad seems to be growing like Topsy and there are now 32 players to choose from. Even with enforced changes we could have secured a draw on Tuesday after the last three hectic minutes when we played as we should have played for the other 96 minutes.
I have banged on enough about WB reverting to type with some shocking selections and an inability to get Corie Andrews onto the pitch until the 82nd minute, suffice to say he has every opportunity to get the selection right for tomorrow against the Cumbrians.
Shamal George, John Akinde, Cole Skuse, Noah Chilvers and Emyr Huws are all likely to be available for selection.
Tom Dallison, Luke Hannant and Ryan Clampin will be unavailable.
This then is WB’s headache. Will he be brave enough to play two strikers? Does he play four at the back and does he play four in the midfield or instead use two midfield and two wide players.
Plenty of options.
First off does Shamal George come back in for the excellent Sam Hornby who has not let the team down. I say yes Shamal George will be back between the sticks.
Then what about the back four.
Junior Tchamadeu and Myles Kenlock at full back and then which pairing — Eastman and Chambers or Smith and Chambers.
I think WB will go for Smith and Chambers.
Midfield is the problem we have — Wiredu, Skuse, Chilvers, Judge and Huws vying for two or three places and then either Edwards, Wright, or Andrews for the other place as a wide player.
Then up front it must be John Akinde back from COVID to partner Freddie Sears. If WB reckons that Big John should take it easy after his COVID problem then Corie Andrews must start instead.
Getting the formation and the playing personnel right is essential. This fear to play two strikers and an ultra-defensive set up is hardly ideal when we are looking for valuable points.
This is how we finished the game on Tuesday from minute 82 until minute 99.
Three at the back, Tchamadeu and Kenlock pushed forward as wing backs. And Sears, Andrews and Edwards up front and it almost bore fruit. But it should not have taken a second goal conceded to start the fight back.
Hornby
Eastman Chambers Smith
Tchamadeu Wiredu Kenlock
Judge
Sears Andrews Edwards
Given that we need to win and given that we need the three points and given that some players will be available for selection following injury, suspension or COVID let us go with the following starting XI against Carlisle United.
Formation, 4, 2, 2, 2
Shamal George
Junior Tchamadeu, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Myles Kenlock
Brendan Wiredu, Cole Skuse
Alan Judge, Owura Edwards
John Akinde, Freddie Sears
Sadly, I cannot include all the players that I would like to see in the Starting XI because we would need a Rugby Union 15 to do so but this is where the skill of delivering the three substitutes from and at the right time comes in from the Manager.
Subs:
Hornby, Eastman, Chilvers, Huws, Andrews, Kennedy, MWH
The three subs to be used would be Chilvers, Huws and Andrews at varying times. Preferably though we start with and keep two strikers. There is no excuse for a lone striker when we need to win and win well.
When Dallison is fit he would come in for Smith but otherwise that is WB’s likely XI for tomorrow which screams victory.
The weather in Colchester will be 7 degrees Celsius with sunny intervals and a moderate breeze and dry under foot.
Big John Akinde to pick up a brace, Sears to score and another Alan Judge corker to make it four.
Squad: 32 players
29 Shamal George
23 Sam Hornby
1 Dean Gerken
44 Ted Collins
2 MWH
4 Luke Chambers
5 Tommy Smith
15 Tom Dallison
18 Tom Eastman
22 Junior Tchamadeu
27 Cameron Coxe
40 Frankie Terry
17 Myles Kenlock
3 Ryan Clampin
47 Camron Gbadebo
6 Brendan Wiredu
7 Luke Hannant
8 Cole Skuse
21 Gene Kennedy
14 Noah Chilvers
10 Alan Judge
28 Emyr Huws
37 Chay Cooper
41 Sam Cornish
39 Ryan Lowe
12 Owura Edwards
11 Freddie Sears
16 Corie Andrews
19 Armando Dobra
34 Samson Tovide
24 John Akinde
46 Tyreik Wright
Remaining fixtures:
Carlisle H
Northampton A
Hartlepool H
Oldham H
Orient H
PV H
Scunny A
Bristol Rovers A
FGR H
Tranmere H
Harrogate A
Stevenage H
Exeter A
Bradford H
Newport A
Walsall H
Hartlepool A
Can we still secure 70 points? Of course, we can but only one or at the most two defeats can be allowed. A tall order but possible. 17 games left and 40 points to be gathered.
Enjoy the game tomorrow.
Get behind the team to the same degree that the faithful do away from home.
Up the U’s
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| Cumbrians to be outfoxed by Super U's at the JSCS on 18:47 - Feb 12 with 459 views | bwildered |
Having got back into a game which we were behind in, did not apply Tisdale time to see the game out.
Unfortunately two sides cancelled each other out, showed the standard required to be at the depts of L2. |  |
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