EFL Championship : Bolton V West Ham away, Tuesday 8th Sept @ 8pm (UK Time)

jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
edited September 6 in Match Threads
So after a decent win, 3 goals and a clean sheet we're off to The Toughsheet Community Stadium ( what a name! ) on Tuesday evening, the games are coming thick and fast now....

Will Pablo be seen, did Taty pick up a knock, will the game come to soon for some, all these questions we'll have to wait & see....

Hopefully the clean sheet will do the defence, including Mads some confidence, will Scarles keep his place, I think for now, yes, but again NES always seems to surprise us in some way....

Ref appointed -

Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Woodward, Richard
Assistant Referee: Lehane, Jacob
Fourth Official: Yates, Ollie

It's live on Sky Sports Football and fortunately for me, in South Africa, it's live on ESPN, so no scrambling for a stream....

We're all in this together whether we sometimes see things differently or have different views, it's always a big.........
COYI from Cape Town.......
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Comments

  • LukerzLukerz
    edited September 6
    Hermansen
    Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Adama
    Engels - Musaka
    Bowen - Austbø - Solomon
    Piroe

    Nuno seems to be rotating full-backs & it looks like Pablo & Taty are doubts. He may bring in Orford & go 4-3-3 or you could play Kanté off of Piroe.
  • alderzalderz
    Lukerz said:

    Hermansen
    Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Adama
    Engels - Musaka
    Bowen - Austbø - Solomon
    Piroe

    Nuno seems to be rotating full-backs & it looks like Pablo & Taty are doubts. He may bring in Orford & go 4-3-3 or you could play Kanté off of Piroe.

    IMO, Solomon was pretty ineffective yesterday running into blind traffic, often not making the overlapping run for Scarles which would have been far more dangerous. I also thought Adama looked rusty (being generous). I think 3 of his first 4 touches were errors to give the ball away, so I'd probably integrate him slowly.

    Hermansen - KWP Mavropanos Kilman Scarles - Orford Engels - Bowen Mukasa Austbo - Piroe

    If either of Pablo or Taty are fit then I'd want them in the side.
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    It's a pity the Caribou Cup isn't next up. Then Nuno could give the new lads and young lads a game, without any jeopardy. As it is, resting the big lads may be dangerous, and playing the big lads may wear them out.🤔
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    That is why we need strength in depth in the squad so rotating players in certain positions doesn't majorly affect the overall team performance.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Kuching is there not jeopardy in going out of the cup
  • alderzalderz
    I don't think now is the time to worry about resting and rotating. We have four games (including a cup game that we're unlikely to give much of a hoot about) until a 3 week international break where most of our players will get a decent rest.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited 9:06AM
    alderz, It's a good thing we aren't playing Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao Cup then! =)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Where are we lacking in depth Fortune?
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited 9:35AM
    alderz said:

    Lukerz said:

    Hermansen
    Walker-Peters - Mavropanos - Kilman - Adama
    Engels - Musaka
    Bowen - Austbø - Solomon
    Piroe

    Nuno seems to be rotating full-backs & it looks like Pablo & Taty are doubts. He may bring in Orford & go 4-3-3 or you could play Kanté off of Piroe.

    IMO, Solomon was pretty ineffective yesterday running into blind traffic, often not making the overlapping run for Scarles which would have been far more dangerous. I also thought Adama looked rusty (being generous). I think 3 of his first 4 touches were errors to give the ball away, so I'd probably integrate him slowly.

    Hermansen - KWP Mavropanos Kilman Scarles - Orford Engels - Bowen Mukasa Austbo - Piroe

    If either of Pablo or Taty are fit then I'd want them in the side.
    I'd personally stick with Solomon, along with Mukasa IMO he's been one of the most creative players this season so far....

    Also if Adama/Boiro looked rusty, that sounds like he needs some game time perhaps.....

    He has experience in a big European league and an away night game at Bolton might just be the introduction he needs.....or not !
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @IronHerb, My message didn't say "needed" as an indication we are lacking, it said need as we have to be able to cover certain positions over the long season ahead to enable us to rotate players and in case of injuries and suspensions. Did we get all the players we could have in the last window probably not, but we just have to get on with it now until January.
  • alderzalderz
    jay_in_cpt said:

    Also if Adama/Boiro looked rusty, that sounds like he needs some game time perhaps.....

    He has experience in a big European league and an away night game at Bolton might just be the introduction he needs.....or not !

    When I said "rusty" I was trying to find a nicer and more patient way of saying that I thought he looked useless! I'm sure with time he'll come good, but there was nothing in his performance that made me think he should displace Scarles, who - I thought - had a good game excluding one or two brainfart moments. I'd like to see Boiro get the last half hour, and then maybe eventually replace Scarles a game or two down the line.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    We’ve never won at their stadium in 11 visits
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    edited 11:00AM
    thornburyiron said:

    We’ve never won at their stadium in 11 visits

    But it was never called the Toughsheet Community Stadium though !!! That name, if you say it quickly it half sounds like something else you might say to someone..........
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