Ballard in NI squad.

A back line of Thorniley and Husband coming up for three games.
 
It’s either a rusty Gretarson or Thorniley, not a great choice in my opinion. We’ve just seen how poorly CJ’s reintroduction was.

Think this also means we’d be mad to go back in for Ballard when his loan runs out ether permanently or another loan. He’s just not available for selection enough.
 
Turton and Husband can play RCB and LCB quite adequately. Not ideal and potentially leaves us exposed against target men and taller opposition but it goes to show their importance to the team.
 
Don't know why but I'm sure Posh had a game postponed because of int duty earlier this season (although could've been who they were playing).
 
Why cant they just play them midweek like they used to and have your players available for the weekend!
Too many qualifying games now, the smallest nations should have to qualify to go into the groups with the higher seeded nations, that would reduce the international fixtures.
Losing Ballard will be a major issue for us.
 
Husband and Thorniley or Grettarson. Not a big issue as long as those three are available
 
gjr69 said:
Why cant they just play them midweek like they used to and have your players available for the weekend!
Too many qualifying games now, the smallest nations should have to qualify to go into the groups with the higher seeded nations, that would reduce the international fixtures.
Losing Ballard will be a major issue for us.
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Because they lump or the qualifiers together England for example have 3 games in seven days.

Totally agree with your other points should be a Lge1 and 2 with promotion and relegation from it and just group's of 4 with 6 qualifiers each not 10.
 
Great.. that's all we need our first choice CB combination Ekpiteta and Ballard unavailable at a crucial stage not to mention Stewart and Madine.
With Gretarsson unlikely to be match fit and Thorniley predominantly left sided I'd be tempted to go with Turton and Husband as the CB's as mentioned in an above post, with Gabriel and Garbutt as the full backs.
 
poolseasider said:
Because they lump or the qualifiers together England for example have 3 games in seven days.

Totally agree with your other points should be a Lge1 and 2 with promotion and relegation from it and just group's of 4 with 6 qualifiers each not 10.
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San Marino, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Malta I could go on, never qualify from a group for a tournament.
If these nations all played each other to get in the groups with the bigger nations they could actually achieve something and it would keep the fixtures down for the top nations.
 
Athers said:
Husband and Thorniley or Grettarson. Not a big issue as long as those three are available
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I hope you're right!!
Grettarson been out for a while, Thorniley is erratic but we are lucky to have Husband who can do a good job in the middle.
Fact is if that's all we have then we just have to get on with it but it's far from ideal.
 
tango94 said:
Great.. that's all we need our first choice CB combination Ekpiteta and Ballard unavailable at a crucial stage not to mention Stewart and Madine.
With Gretarsson unlikely to be match fit and Thorniley predominantly left sided I'd be tempted to go with Turton and Husband as the CB's as mentioned in an above post, with Gabriel and Garbutt as the full backs.
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There is no choice.

Play 2 lefties at CB and we'll get dicked.
 
fcblackpool said:
There is no choice.

Play 2 lefties at CB and we'll get dicked.
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Why exactly?

Teams often play with two right footers at centre back and yet it’s never mentioned. What’s the difference with lefties? Clark Robertson and Curtis Tilt weren’t a bad partnership...
 
alginate said:
Why exactly?

Teams often play with two right footers at centre back and yet it’s never mentioned. What’s the difference with lefties? Clark Robertson and Curtis Tilt weren’t a bad partnership...
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Because they aren't out and out CB's in terms of Husband..

Playing on the wrong foot is much harder for a leftie.
 
fcblackpool said:
Because they aren't out and out CB's in terms of Husband..

Playing on the wrong foot is much harder for a leftie.
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Is it? I often hear this trotted out but it seems to be a bit of a myth. Why is it harder playing on the ‘wrong foot’ for a leftie than it is for a right footed player?
 
Surely it depends on the player, for what it’s worth I think husband has been excellent at CB lately.
 
tango94 said:
Great.. that's all we need our first choice CB combination Ekpiteta and Ballard unavailable at a crucial stage not to mention Stewart and Madine.
With Gretarsson unlikely to be match fit and Thorniley predominantly left sided I'd be tempted to go with Turton and Husband as the CB's as mentioned in an above post, with Gabriel and Garbutt as the full backs.
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That’s absolutely wild but I like it
 
Alf said:
That’s absolutely wild but I like it
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Unlikely away from home, but tinkerman is capable of anything. A tough game whichever way you look at it, even with a first choice eleven. It's not a happy hunting ground but it needs to be today. 🤞 for at least a draw, but difficult not to fear the worst.
 
alginate said:
Is it? I often hear this trotted out but it seems to be a bit of a myth. Why is it harder playing on the ‘wrong foot’ for a leftie than it is for a right footed player?
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I'm a bit confused by this too. Is it because the left footer is more likely to face players who carry the ball with the right foot than vice versa?

That's the only reason I can think of.
 
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