Team for Wimbledon

[NickDRFC]

What would you go with? I’d go:

Dahlberg
Knoyle Anderson Williams Rowe
Close Smith Gardner
Barlow Bogle Cukur

Jones, Seaman, Horton, Greaves, John, Williams, Ravenhill

Bench is grim but the starting XI isn’t too bad.

[DearneValleyRover]

Agree with that although Bostock might be fit enough for the bench

[NickDRFC]

Agree with that although Bostock might be fit enough for the bench

I’d forgotten about him, if fit he should definitely be on the bench. Harrison too if he’s available.

[scawsby steve]

What would you go with? I’d go:

Dahlberg
Knoyle Anderson Williams Rowe
Close Smith Gardner
Barlow Bogle Cukur

Jones, Seaman, Horton, Greaves, John, Williams, Ravenhill

Bench is grim but the starting XI isn’t too bad.

I agree, Nick, but the forward line looks a bit grim as well. If Harrison's signed, I'd start him.

I don't think he'll have signed yet though; I think RW might still be looking at loanee forwards.

[adamtherover]

What would you go with? I’d go:

Dahlberg
Knoyle Anderson Williams Rowe
Close Smith Gardner
Barlow Bogle Cukur

Jones, Seaman, Horton, Greaves, John, Williams, Ravenhill

Bench is grim but the starting XI isn’t too bad.

if bogle is the senior front man,  than sadly, first 11 is looking grim as well  :--(

[Chris Black come back]

Omar managed 4 in 34 games in League One last season. His first goal came on 28 November. Hope he is quicker off the mark this season otherwise we are in big trouble given Fej is out for months and the giant Turkish lad has played precisely zero minutes of senior football.

[Chris Black come back]

What would you go with? I’d go:

Dahlberg
Knoyle Anderson Williams Rowe
Close Smith Gardner
Barlow Bogle Cukur

Jones, Seaman, Horton, Greaves, John, Williams, Ravenhill

Bench is grim but the starting XI isn’t too bad.

That seems about right. I know he doesn’t want to do this, but as Bostock and Close have played very little football in the last few weeks, the safety first option would be to put Rowe into midfield and John at left back.

[Campsall rover]

What would you go with? I’d go:

Dahlberg
Knoyle Anderson Williams Rowe
Close Smith Gardner
Barlow Bogle Cukur

Jones, Seaman, Horton, Greaves, John, Williams, Ravenhill

Bench is grim but the starting XI isn’t too bad.

That seems about right. I know he doesn’t want to do this, but as Bostock and Close have played very little football in the last few weeks, the safety first option would be to put Rowe into midfield and John at left back.

What is wrong with Horton CBcb. He IS a left back and a decent one. CJ is a centre back.
Let’s get the pegs in the right holes this season and I have confidence that RW will be doing just that.

[GazLaz]

How he shapes the midfield is the question. None of them are natural holding players. He may play two sitting, for the life of me I wouldn’t know which two he would choose. Close played in a two at Pompey but is far better moving forward. Gardner couldn’t even get in the Wigan side last year when they were awful for most of it. And Smith is someone you want controlling play in the opponents half. Interesting conundrum.

[EasyforDennis]

How he shapes the midfield is the question. None of them are natural holding players. He may play two sitting, for the life of me I wouldn’t know which two he would choose. Close played in a two at Pompey but is far better moving forward. Gardner couldn’t even get in the Wigan side last year when they were awful for most of it. And Smith is someone you want controlling play in the opponents half. Interesting conundrum.

Gardner played 36 games for Wigan last season in league1!!

[Chris Black come back]

That’s true, although he only started 20 league games, while he came off bench 16 times and presume was stuck on bench for another half dozen games.

[Alan Southstand]

With what we have, a change to 4-4-2 may be the answer?

Dahlberg

Knoyle. Williams. Anderson.  Rowe

Barlow. Smith.  Close.  Gardner

Bogle.  Cukur

[Chris Black come back]

Is that the slowest team we have put out in the modern age?

[danumdon]

Is that the slowest team we have put out in the modern age?

You may well be right about that but does it matter if you are not expecting to play teams on the break all the time?

Like someone else said, Taylor and Hiwulu to come back plus a decent loanee youngster may well add pace out wide and hopefully down the middle so we can ration the usage of a CF with little pace and movement.

[Bessie Red]

What would you go with? I’d go:

Dahlberg
Knoyle Anderson Williams Rowe
Close Smith Gardner
Barlow Bogle Cukur

Jones, Seaman, Horton, Greaves, John, Williams, Ravenhill

Bench is grim but the starting XI isn’t too bad.

I'd swap Seaman for Knoyle Hasani for Ravenhill and Bostock for Ed Williams  if he's fit

[Rovers91]

If they are fit enough to play I would go.

               Dahlberg
Knoyle Williams Anderson Rowe
  Smith  Bostock  Close
Gardner    Cukur    Barlow

Subs
Jones, John, Seaman, Horton, Bogle, Greaves, Williams

We are screwed if we need to make a sub to give us a spark or get back into the game if we are chasing which I dont think we will be anyway.

[drfchound]

Agreed that we don’t have much beyond a first eleven.
I also agree that Bogle has struggled to make an impact but I fear for what the crowd might do to him (and the team) if they get on his back early doors.

[Campsall rover]

Agreed that we don%u2019t have much beyond a first eleven.
I also agree that Bogle has struggled to make an impact but I fear for what the crowd might do to him (and the team) if they get on his back early doors.

What we want to see from Bogle is a proper shift. Fans just want players to look as though they are seriously bothered and are going to give their all for the team. If he does that if nothing else then the fans will get behind him.
But yes we need to give him the opportunity and it would be criminal for the fans to get on his back if he misses a chance early on or miss places a pass etc etc. That will not do his confidence any good nor will it help the team.

We need to get behind the team from the off and make some serious positive noise.

[drfchound]

When Bogle came in today a few people near me were taking the piss and catcalling him before he even kicked the ball.
I actually thought he did ok in his cameo appearance.
A couple of times he held the ball up well under difficult circumstances and made some good runs.
I can’t recall anyone getting a ball into the box for him to attack though.

[GazLaz]

When Bogle came in today a few people near me were taking the piss and catcalling him before he even kicked the ball.
I actually thought he did ok in his cameo appearance.
A couple of times he held the ball up well under difficult circumstances and made some good runs.
I can’t recall anyone getting a ball into the box for him to attack though.

I’m his biggest critic but it would be unfair to single him out for criticism today.

[RoversAlias]

Bogle did okay, he put himself about, played some neat touches and good passes and also had a half decent chance that was blocked, going on target. I think there was only once he was too easily shrugged off the ball and that was a common occurrence across the team.

[5minstogo]

I thought Cukur and Bogle both did well, the problem was getting players up to support them.