Heck has got to get it right tonight - a defeat and the season is over, even a draw is not a great deal of help , so really we need to set ourselves up with the best chance of winning Some of the team, Pontus, De Bock, Forshaw, Lassogga pretty much pick themselves (as does Hernandez probably)- but there are options / decisions for the majority of places First up dare he stick with Weidwald or does he dare pick the equally inept / mistake prone Longeran ? Or does he go full-on gamble and throw BPF into such a high pressure away game ? Right back - does he stick with Anita who did Ok but is out of position (assuming he still is a midfielder who has never played there for us) , risk another non right back in Dallas or bring in the now not suspended Berardi
Centre back - who to play alongside Pontus - stick with the disppointing Pennington or bring back the accident-waiting-to-happen Cooper Midfield - do we go 4 4 2 or back to the 4 2 3 1 of Monk and TC - whichever way he goes who goes alongside the impressive Forshaw and how does he make Hernandez be most useful. Does Alioski, Dallas, Sacko or Roofe deserve a place out wide? Can Vieirra be relied on to have a decent game, in which case he is our best midfielder, or will he have one of his off games when he is dreadful. Have O'Kane or Phillips done enough to warrant a start. How does he bring Saiz our best player back into the team Up top - Lassogga has to start but does he go it alone or alongside Ekuban or Roofe / Saiz So lots of choices - only Heck will know who he views as his best team and then he needs to consider who is fully match fit (can Saiz for example last 90 minutes after 6 games out) who is carrying a knock or who is "tired" after Sundays game For what its worth I expect the team to look something like this - with us going 4 4 2Wiedwald (albeit he has dropped hints about Longeran)Berardi Pontus Pennington De BockDallas Forshaw O'Kane HernandezLassogga Saiz But I would not be surprised if he starts with Ekuban and has Saiz on the bench, or indeed pretty much any other formation or personnel It is a win or bust game - a good result and we can then expect to beat Brentford on Saturday and then look to get at least 2 points from Boro away and Wolves at home before 3 easier looking games with Reading (a) Sheff Wed and Bolton (h) - Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
