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Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:31 am
by Mala591
4-4-1-1 with Brownhill playing narrow right midfield and Brady playing narrow left midfield (i.e. pack the midfield out).
McNeil to be given creative free roaming role behind Rodriguez or Wood.

Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Taylor
Brownhill Westwood Cork Brady
McNeil
Rodriguez or Wood

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:42 am
by Newcastleclaret93
Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Pieters (Taylor if fit)
Brady Cork Westwood McNeil
Wood Jay Rod

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:46 am
by superdimitri
Pope
Bardsley Tarkowski Mee Taylor
Westwood
Gudmundsson Brownhill McNeil Brady
Barnes

Of course it will never happen. Will be the same as always :)

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:49 am
by Raggus
Pope
Lowton tarky mee Taylor (pieters)
Brady Brownhill Cork westy mcneil
Jay rod

Brownhill and westy slightly more licence than cork who sits and mops/dictates play. Jay up top on his own as I think he's our best technically gifted striker and has a good long range shot, with support from the 2 wide and Brownhill/westy.

Edit was Cork auto corrected to work :lol:

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:58 am
by huw.Y.WattfromWare
Pope...BP-F...Norris
Lowton..Bardsley..Long..Tarkowski..Mee..Pieters..Taylor
Wood

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:01 am
by bobinho
huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:58 am
Pope...BP-F...Norris
Lowton..Bardsley..Long..Tarkowski..Mee..Pieters..Taylor
Wood
Wood? :o ;) :lol:

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:01 am
by MACCA
Can see him changing it today, it's a free hit and if it doesnt work he can revert back to custom settings.

Wasnt it City away where he changed it, played Vydra up top on his own then after a battering said something along the lines of people are questioning why certain players haven't played, well they did today..
( I maybe dreaming or mixing up 2 games )

However

Pope
Lowton Tarky Mee Peiters
Brady Brownhill Westwood McNeil
Wood Vydra

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:10 am
by superdimitri
MACCA wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:01 am
Can see him changing it today
I initially thought it was today too but it's actually tomorrow.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:24 am
by huw.Y.WattfromWare
bobinho wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:01 am
Wood?
It appears he is undroppable!

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:28 am
by claretonthecoast1882
Vydra

Vydra Vydra Vydra Vydra

Vydra Vydra

Vydra Vydra Vydra

Vydra

Make the players ratings thread fun to read


Pope

Bardsley Tarks Mee Pieters

Brady Cork Westwood McNeil

Wood Jay

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:36 am
by Steve1956
Beresford,Pope,Heaton,Pearce,Hart,Walker,Jenson
Lowton Tarkowski Mee Taylor


Sit back and try and catch them on the break

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:04 am
by Down_Rover
Steve1956 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:36 am
Beresford,Pope,Heaton,Pearce,Hart,Walker,Jenson
Lowton Tarkowski Mee Taylor


Sit back and try and catch them on the break
Hart? That's defeatist

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:56 am
by jojomk1
Pope
Lowton--Tarks--Mee--Pieters
Brownhill--Cork--Stephens--Westwood--McNeil
Wood

We have to nullify Mane and Brady won't be as good as Brownhill to deal with that

Brownhill and McNeil also have enough pace to get up and support Wood

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:21 pm
by Vino blanco
Pope
Bardsley Tarkowski Mee Taylor
Brownhill Cork Westwood McNeill
Wood Rodriguez

with instructions to pass the ball forward at pace into space for others to run on to, get the ball towards the goal line and cross immediately.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:28 pm
by Claret
Pope Pope Pope Pope Pope
Pope Pope Pope Pope
Mee Tarkowski

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:31 pm
by nyclaret
Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Taylor
Cork Westwood
Brady Brownhill McNeil
Jay Rod

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:42 pm
by DomBFC1882
These are the most pointless threads on UTC as we are extremely predictable most weeks

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:52 pm
by Raggus
But it doesn't matter if we are predictable in line up or not, the question is: what is YOUR line up and formation, not what you think Sean will PICK, What would You pick. I find it a good thread and 1 to see different views and ideas

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:12 pm
by MT03ALG
Pope
Lawton Tarkowski Mee Pieters
Brady Brownhill Westwood Taylor
McNeil
Wood or McNeil or Barnes or Vydra !!

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
DomBFC1882 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:42 pm
These are the most pointless threads on UTC as we are extremely predictable most weeks

If you had to name the 20 premier league sides starting 11 of a weekend would you not be able to get most right ?

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:20 pm
by claretdj
Vydra n Jayrod up front 100%. Barnes n Wood need dropping, they have been shocking the last couple of months.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:22 pm
by Slurpy
Pope
Lowton -- Tarky -- Mee -- Taylor
Westwood -- Brownhill
Guðmundsson -- McNeil-- Brady
Jayrod

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:46 pm
by CFS
Pope

Lowton Tarks mee Pieters Taylor

Westwood brownhill

Brady jrod McNeil

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:32 pm
by Belgianclaret
I hope our new players Bus and (double) Decker are available for selection 😜

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:46 pm
by kentonclaret
Sandbags on the bench :P

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:50 pm
by Spijed
Newcastle got a 0-0 draw and they are rubbish at the moment.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:54 pm
by SonofPog
Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Taylor
Brownhill Westwood McNeil
Vydra Wood JRod

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:07 pm
by boatshed bill
Pope,
Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor (if fit) or Pieters
Brady, Brownhill Cork, Westwood, McNeil
Pace.

That's what we need up front

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:31 pm
by Vegas Claret
Pope
Lowton Bardsley Mee Long Dunne Tarkowski Taylor Pieters
Westwood Cork

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:01 pm
by Boss Hogg
5-5-0

We are not effective at all up front and we might just lose 1-0 instead of 4-0.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:41 pm
by Nonayforever
It will never happen but ;-

Pope
Bardsley Tarks Mee Pieters
Brady Westwood Cork Brownhill McNeil
Vydra.

Wood on the bench as super sub

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:26 pm
by Colburn_Claret
Pope
Bardsley Tarks Mee Taylor(hopefully)
Brady Westwood Brownhill McNeil
Rodriguez Vydra

Bardsley puts a better ball in than Lowts, and occasionally has a good shot from distance.
Liverpool would be more threatened by the pace of Vyds, and the spinning of Jay Rod, than lumping balls to Wood and Ash (it's a horses for courses thing).
I'd be tempted to go 5 in the middle and play Cork for one of the strikers, but if you concede early with that formation you've got nowhere left to go.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:34 pm
by IanMcL
Pope

Pope Tarkowski Mee Pope
Pope Brownhill Westwood Cork
Vydra Pope

You can't have enough Pope's against Liverpool!

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:35 pm
by IanMcL
Seriously, if all goes well, a possible 3 points with our big lads and their makeshift centrebacks.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:30 pm
by tiger76
IanMcL wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:35 pm
Seriously, if all goes well, a possible 3 points with our big lads and their makeshift centrebacks.
Joel Matip will likely make his comeback tomorrow, so they won't be quite as weakened in that area alas.

Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Pieters
Brownhill Westwood cork JBG
Dwight
Jay

Dwight & Jay are our most technical players, so we need to try and get them into the game as much as possible, and play the ball on the deck FGS.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:38 pm
by Safron
tiger76 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:30 pm
Joel Matip will likely make his comeback tomorrow, so they won't be quite as weakened in that area alas.

Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Pieters
Brownhill Westwood cork JBG
Dwight
Jay

Dwight & Jay are our most technical players, so we need to try and get them into the game as much as possible, and play the ball on the deck FGS.
Quite an optimistic team selection but a good one. But something has to change in regards to how SD sets up against the so called big boys, so why not start tomorrow 👍

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:41 pm
by Funkydrummer
As B4 I'm afraid.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:50 pm
by tiger76
Safron wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:38 pm
Quite an optimistic team selection but a good one. But something has to change in regards to how SD sets up against the so called big boys, so why not start tomorrow 👍
I agree whatever we try against the big boys we'll probably lose anyway, so why not at least have a go, and you never know if we can put them under enough pressure we might just get a result, goodness if Brighton, Fulham, Newcastle & West brom can draw with Liverpool then why can't we.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:28 pm
by Wile E Coyote
pope

the other ten on this line , slightly in front of him.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:54 pm
by basil6345789
No Virgil, so batter them.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:45 am
by CFS
tiger76 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:30 pm
Joel Matip will likely make his comeback tomorrow, so they won't be quite as weakened in that area alas.

Pope
Lowton Tarks Mee Pieters
Brownhill Westwood cork JBG
Dwight
Jay

Dwight & Jay are our most technical players, so we need to try and get them into the game as much as possible, and play the ball on the deck FGS.
Our recent history has shown that launching the ball has led to our goals and points at anfield also playing on the deck is not easy for the best of teams at that ground.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:06 am
by tim_noone
Charlie Austin....a pallet of accy bricks...couple of bags of sand n cement. Chris Wood on the mixer.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:15 am
by Dark Cloud
Almost certainly SD will give Vydra a start alongside Wood, he'll barely get a kick for 65 minutes because we only have 13% possession of the ball and then SD will say, the lad had his chance, looked out of his depth and Barnes is back next week. (After we've lost 3-0)

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:18 am
by claretonthecoast1882
Dark Cloud wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:15 am
Almost certainly SD will give Vydra a start alongside Wood, he'll barely get a kick for 65 minutes because we only have 13% possession of the ball and then SD will say, the lad had his chance, looked out of his depth and Barnes is back next week. (After we've lost 3-0)
The way his cheerleaders go on though, if Vydra starts tonight we win don't we ?

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:19 am
by box_of_frogs
Don’t know whether to be optimistic and think we’ll make some changes, or accept the inevitable crap hoofball up to Wood and Barnes.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:20 am
by box_of_frogs
claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:18 am
The way his cheerleaders go on though, if Vydra starts tonight we win don't we ?
No, but we might have a better chance of scoring.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:22 am
by claretonthecoast1882
box_of_frogs wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:20 am
No, but we might have a better chance of scoring.

Only might ? Thought that would be definite on here

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:30 am
by Newcastleclaret93
claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:22 am
Only might ? Thought that would be definite on here
Come on, surely you can see that the current two are just not working. Right now I would argue that any of our other strikers (possibly including some of youngsters) would offer us more going forward.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:42 am
by IWOODLOVETT
The manager will go with the same preferred lineup with two barge poles up front and ironically this is probably the best game for these tactics. Liverpool have their injury problems in central defence and are playing various makeshift combinations. I think that they definitely have a weakness in the air and that we have a chance to exploit whatever pairing they put out.

So (fingers crossed) if our defence can do their usual efficient job I think that we can scramble something from tonight’s game.

Re: Your team and formation vs Liverpool

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:16 am
by Dark Cloud
claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:18 am
The way his cheerleaders go on though, if Vydra starts tonight we win don't we ?
I was being more than a little tongue in cheek and let's be honest it doesn't matter who gets picked, we aren't coming away with owt! (I know we have done on a couple of occasions recently, but we're not the team we were even 12 months ago and I was probably being generous suggesting we'd get 13% possession!) Which is why I suggested Dyche might throw the shirt to Vydra as a fop to all those who say he hasn't had very many chances (and that includes Vydra himself!)
I'm honestly not sure where I personally stand on Vydra. He's definitely different to any other option we have up front and I feel his pace and his movement and his first touch are much better than anyone else and for his "minutes on the field" he seems to get a lot of chances and half chances, but he does seem to miss more than his share too.