Should the reserves be our first team?

[JR]

The reserves won 3-0 last night. Playing for them was:

Hamer
Kishanishivilli
Marek
Davies
Henry
Robson-Kanu
Bignall

These guys are either quality players or promising players with good recent form. I think all 7 should be in the match day squad at the very least.

[Ian Royal]

Big changes = big bad

Only Khizanishvili should be considered a possible starter on saturday out of them. And that's coming from someone who really really likes Davies as a player.

[Plymouth_Royal]

LOL. God no. The team QPR had out were awful and there were one or 2 players who were coming back from injury that barely played for their first team. Only HRK, Khizinashvilli and matejovsky should be in the first team squad IMO.

[Terminal Boardom]

I thought they already were

[Jeffers217]

We are now at a point where you could pick an eleven out of what we've got and the only players that would be key are Gylfi, Mills and McAnuff

[Terminal Boardom]

We are now at a point where you could pick an eleven out of what we've got and the only players that would be key are Gylfi, Mills and McAnuff

+1

[RobRoyal]

We are now at a point where you could pick an eleven out of what we've got and the only players that would be key are Gylfi, Mills and McAnuff

I'd add Betrand and Griffin now but would basically agree that beyond those positions no-one is staking a great claim to first-team football week-in-week-out. For me the thing that's going to keep us up (if...) is continuity. I don't really care which is the best central midfield partnership choosing from Karacan, Gunnarson, Howard, Cisse, Khizanishvili and Matejovsky - I think the important thing is for BM to make a judgement and stick with it. Chopping and changing every second week is what kills effective teamwork and understanding. The same could go for our strike partnership. And for that reason, though I'm not convinced Ingi is currently a better option than Khizanishvili at the back, I'd like to see us stick with Ingi and Mills together for a while.

[Stolp]

No

[Comfortably Numb]

The reserves won 3-0 last night. Playing for them was:

Hamer
Kishanishivilli
Marek
Davies
Henry
Robson-Kanu
Bignall

These guys are either quality players or promising players with good recent form. I think all 7 should be in the match day squad at the very least.

to be honest, they're doesn't appear to be much difference in terms of quality. is that a god or bad thing tho

[Terminal Boardom]

The reserves won 3-0 last night. Playing for them was:

Hamer
Kishanishivilli
Marek
Davies
Henry
Robson-Kanu
Bignall

These guys are either quality players or promising players with good recent form. I think all 7 should be in the match day squad at the very least.

to be honest, they're doesn't appear to be much difference in terms of quality. is that a god or bad thing tho

And therein lies the problem. In the halcyon days we were blessed to have Harper and Sidwell. None of the other CMs would get a sniff if those two were still playing for us. I think the CM is as poor as I have seen for many years and it is so bad that even Andy Hughes would be a certain starter for us if he was here. It really is that bad

[brendywendy]

hughes did a good job.
and id rather have a young and improving sigurdsson than a harper of todays quality
id also rather have a young and imporving karacan.


but thats just because i enjoy seeing these two players coming through
but i agree all our optionjs are way below the level of those two playing together at their young and imperious best

[Ian Royal]

We are now at a point where you could pick an eleven out of what we've got and the only players that would be key are Gylfi, Mills and McAnuff

I'd add Betrand and Griffin now but would basically agree that beyond those positions no-one is staking a great claim to first-team football week-in-week-out. For me the thing that's going to keep us up (if...) is continuity. I don't really care which is the best central midfield partnership choosing from Karacan, Gunnarson, Howard, Cisse, Khizanishvili and Matejovsky - I think the important thing is for BM to make a judgement and stick with it. Chopping and changing every second week is what kills effective teamwork and understanding. The same could go for our strike partnership. And for that reason, though I'm not convinced Ingi is currently a better option than Khizanishvili at the back, I'd like to see us stick with Ingi and Mills together for a while.

I thoroughly agree with that. Which is one reason why I don't think Gunnarsson can be first choice in there, because I don't think he CAN play regularly to a high enough standard. I also wouldn;t play Cisse because he can't play to a high enough standard. I think Marek is a luxury we can il afford in our current situation.

So I'd change the acceptable players to make a regular midfield partnership out of two of:
Karacan, Tabb, Howard and maybe one of Davies, Matejovsky & Khizanishvili.

Cisse and Gunnarsson make excellent bench options.