Good stuff Dave. I think McCormack needs a player alongside him who can link up with him and play football. Becchio does not fit the bill and I think it would be criminal to drop Keogh for Becchio.
Sent from my iPad On 11 Sep 2011, at 11:35, DAVID NATTAN <david.nat...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Some questions for Dave > > 1) Who would you start with up front against Bristol City ? > > 2) and if your answer to question 1 doesn't answer it where would you play > Macca? > > > Good question Rich and I am not sure , is the real answer. From what Grayson > said Becchio is a long way from starting a game and so the easy answer is > Keogh and McCormack.They have done nothing wrong, although the fact that > Keogh has not scored nor looked like scoring (and has a poor scoring record) > is a bit of a concern , especially now Max has gone. > > If (when) Becchio is fit then I think that he will replace Keogh and play > alongisde McCormack and notwithstanding the fact that I am not a huge Becchio > fan, I think I would agree with that. Of course that means dropping Keogh who > has formed a decent partnership with McC, and also means leaving Forsell out > of the team , even though his header for the winner and a couple of other > touches showed he still has class. > > > > I assume your second question is more of a 'can McCormack play, other than up > fornt?' For me whilst he has got something to offer playing deeper, I think > that his record shows that he is a goal scorer ( I have always viewed Becchio > as more of a second /support striker, one who does the hard work and takes > the weight off the other forwards , as he did for Beckford and hopefully will > do for McCormack) so to me McCormack has to play up front alongside the > proverbial 'big man' in a 4 4 2 > > If we do play McCormack either in 'the hole' or as an actual midfield player > in the centre or out wide,.then who does he replace ? Nunez, Howson or > Clayton if he plays in the hole / centre mid or Sam/ Nunez if he plays out > wide. Also unless we are going to go back to 4 5 1 then we would have 2 from > Becchio, Keogh and Forsell up front - a definite invitation to go route one / > long ball all the time. > > To me it all shows the total lack of balance in the squad - we have a number > of players all vying for the same spot and then other positions where we are > really struggling. > > Supposedly Ian Miller in his post match interview ( we have gone down the > scum route, sending out assistants to talk to BBC) said that Pugh was nailed > on to come here - whether to replace White at left back or Max on the left > wing time will tell. He also hinted that there may be at least one other > signing pre Bristol > > As for Clayton lets just hope he is fit for next week - looking forward to > seeing him directly against Kilkenny. Mind you Kilkenny will probably play > out of his skin against us - he did for Oldham and then had his best game > ever for us , his first one v Northampton when he was brilliant and we > thought we had got a great signing. > > Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
