Boyyou Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 MM has suggested he is wary about overdoing it with Sachdev, Conlon and Dallas cos they haven't had much game time in recent weeks. I suspect that if Hogan is missing he will go with McGahey and have Sutton as cover for CB and, if needs must, RWB. Reckon Dallas will be on bench and get 20/30 minutes in place of Fondop or Norwood, depending on how things are going. May see more of Hammond or Ward as sub for Conlon, again if things are going okay. We then have a clear week of training to maybe look at working on system change, although I am mindful of the case for "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it" Certainly have plenty of options now, which can only be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukers1 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 25 minutes ago, TheBigDog said: Doubt it - Conlon may be given the armband if McGahey doesn’t play but Hogan is captain and will be when he returns from any suspension. McGahey has been stripped of the vice captaincy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 39 minutes ago, Boyyou said: MM has suggested he is wary about overdoing it with Sachdev, Conlon and Dallas cos they haven't had much game time in recent weeks. I suspect that if Hogan is missing he will go with McGahey and have Sutton as cover for CB and, if needs must, RWB. Reckon Dallas will be on bench and get 20/30 minutes in place of Fondop or Norwood, depending on how things are going. May see more of Hammond or Ward as sub for Conlon, again if things are going okay. We then have a clear week of training to maybe look at working on system change, although I am mindful of the case for "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it" Certainly have plenty of options now, which can only be good. Exactly. It makes a refreshing change to have the ability in the squad to play different formations or players and still feel confident of winning the game. You're probably right about it being too soon to make big changes, and could just be Sutton/McGahey in for Hogan with Dallas coming onto the bench. I'd rather he goes for Sutton as a reward for what he's done in an unfamiliar position so far this season, but at this point I think Mellon will pick who he thinks will give us the best chance of winning rather than thinking of a player's future development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I'd not be averse to seeing a change to 4-3-3. We need to find a different way to play to break down sides at the bottom of the division at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Is anyone else having imposter syndrome being 5th and looking up. . . I keep thinking the bubble will burst results wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukers1 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 15 minutes ago, League one forever said: Is anyone else having imposter syndrome being 5th and looking up. . . I keep thinking the bubble will burst results wise I was just thinking that this morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 16 minutes ago, League one forever said: Is anyone else having imposter syndrome being 5th and looking up. . . I keep thinking the bubble will burst results wise Nope. It's the Vauxhall Conference... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsEddie Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 4 hours ago, daniel said: I read elsewhere he was on 9 bookings, so 1 more and it’s a 2 match ban. Same for Norwood! FotMob has him on 8 bookings? https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/players/14052/liam-hogan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 5 minutes ago, Lee Sinnott said: Nope. It's the Vauxhall Conference... I wouldn’t expect anything less from you paddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsEddie Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, yarddog73 said: McGahey won't wear the armband again after his Christmasgate antics - and rightly so. My bet is Conlon will have the armband once Hogan gives it up. I don't have a problem with Hogan as captain, he leads by example and has been there and done it. Hogan passed the armband to Raglan after he went off against Hendon as Conlon and Norwood came on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, nzlatic said: Exactly. It makes a refreshing change to have the ability in the squad to play different formations or players and still feel confident of winning the game. You're probably right about it being too soon to make big changes, and could just be Sutton/McGahey in for Hogan with Dallas coming onto the bench. I'd rather he goes for Sutton as a reward for what he's done in an unfamiliar position so far this season, but at this point I think Mellon will pick who he thinks will give us the best chance of winning rather than thinking of a player's future development. My guess he will select McGahey again. For this game why not go 442 or 433 and attack a team who must be low on confidence and will have done a lot of travelling this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Wonder what has happened at Woking. Have been a fixture in and around the play offs for years but plummeting downwards apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) 1 hour ago, League one forever said: Is anyone else having imposter syndrome being 5th and looking up. . . I keep thinking the bubble will burst results wise It'll go Pete Tong at some point - it's Latics. But I am struggling to think of factors that would result in us not at least making the play-offs from here. Big squad, good manager, no night at the dogs planned...what am I missing that's going to catch us out? Edited January 25 by JoeP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 12 minutes ago, JoeP said: It'll go Pete Tong at some point - it's Latics. But I am struggling to think of factors that would result in us not at least making the play-offs from here. Big squad, good manager, no night at the dogs planned...what am I missing that's going to catch us out? Well we managed to ride videogate, at some point we are going to have to stop being pessimistic, the wheel has turned its our time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy55555 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, disjointed said: Well we managed to ride videogate, at some point we are going to have to stop being pessimistic, the wheel has turned its our time. We're all very damaged aren't we? Not really surprising. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Down Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, disjointed said: Well we managed to ride videogate, at some point we are going to have to stop being pessimistic, the wheel has turned its our time. I too feel that after a generation of snakes, we are finally on the lower rungs of a decent ladder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 11 minutes ago, disjointed said: Well we managed to ride videogate, at some point we are going to have to stop being pessimistic, the wheel has turned its our time. I'll start to think that when we win the play-off final at Wembley with a last-minute volley...at THAT end! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 18 minutes ago, dannyboy55555 said: We're all very damaged aren't we? Not really surprising. Yeah, it's our default setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemel latic Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, JoeP said: It'll go Pete Tong at some point - it's Latics. But I am struggling to think of factors that would result in us not at least making the play-offs from here. Big squad, good manager, no night at the dogs planned...what am I missing that's going to catch us out? Even with the big squad injuries to the wrong players (Norwood, Conlon already, Kitching, Sheron (Yes! Sheron)) would hurt. But let's keep our fingers crossed and enjoy the ride! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKing521 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 It's not rocket science. The last time Hogan was suspended, he picked McGahey, and if my memory serves me correctly, McGahey stepped in at CB at Woking. He played pretty well, I seem to recall as well. I still maintain the belief that he's a fairly decent CB, and him being panned for his appearances in midfield is slightly harsh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 8 minutes ago, GKing521 said: It's not rocket science. The last time Hogan was suspended, he picked McGahey, and if my memory serves me correctly, McGahey stepped in at CB at Woking. He played pretty well, I seem to recall as well. I still maintain the belief that he's a fairly decent CB, and him being panned for his appearances in midfield is slightly harsh I agree, a midfielder McGahey is not. I'm sure MM will play his best side taking into account the opposition. It might be a good time to try 4 3 3 as we look to have a decent hard working midfield 3 of Conlon, Lundstram and Sheron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Dave_Og said: Wonder what has happened at Woking. Have been a fixture in and around the play offs for years but plummeting downwards apparently Asked a Woking fan I know: Firstly, a fixture in and around the playoffs is very generous! Last year was our first top 10 finish for seven years which also included a relegation! But there's no hiding how disappointing this season has been. We ran out of steam in the last third of last season but it seemed like those issues were addressed in the summer. We've had horrendous injuries, but that's partly explained by the fact we deliberately seemed to recruit injury prone players who other teams didn't want to take a risk on. But there's no real explanation for how or why things fell apart so quickly. There's a new manager in and I'd hope we've got enough about us not to go down. But there's not a lot of optimism around the club atm. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Hemel latic said: Even with the big squad injuries to the wrong players (Norwood, Conlon already, Kitching, Sheron (Yes! Sheron)) would hurt. But let's keep our fingers crossed and enjoy the ride! I think Hammond will provide competition for Sherons place, I know that was only a small cameo on Tuesday but he showed awareness and decent mobility when he came on, if he can pass a football he may well come straight in. We've not bought him to sit on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whittles left foot Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, yarddog73 said: I think Hammond will provide competition for Sherons place, I know that was only a small cameo on Tuesday but he showed awareness and decent mobility when he came on, if he can pass a football he may well come straight in. We've not bought him to sit on the bench. I would take him over Lundstram-Sheron was nigh on MOM on Tuesday and chips in with goals. Something Lundstram has not looked like doing so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightDN123 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 13 minutes ago, yarddog73 said: I think Hammond will provide competition for Sherons place, I know that was only a small cameo on Tuesday but he showed awareness and decent mobility when he came on, if he can pass a football he may well come straight in. We've not bought him to sit on the bench. This is no criticism because the conditions were awful and it was only a short cameo. But I thought he looked lost when he came on to be honest. But he did go into Sheron’s position and Sheron dropped into Conlon’s, which suggests he may replace him at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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