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Well if you could copy out 11 Lampards and put them into one team then it might be possible to repeat that again - or he might pick up an injury before reaching 164 consecutive games.
However, most players and teams aren't made up of Lampards. Some teams have Gerrards and Leivas in them, and those type of teams tend to pick up injuries, right?!
How about you play your best XI against Swindon town in a Capital One Cup game on Wednesday and 4 players get injured. The match is won by 8-0, but for the next upcoming PL game on Saturday, against Man City you will have to work with players like Downing and Henderson instead of the very best. Would that be good tactics in your book? 11 lampards is nearly a bakers dozen andyou know who ate all the pies
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Back on topic, joecool, which option did you vote for? I know you've been all too keen to call Pepe a 'clown' so I figured you would have been all too eager to stick the knife in, yet your comment of "play your best team" was a bit ambiguous. Do you think Jones should keep his place or step aside to let Pepe back in (presuming he's fit for the derby game)?
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I think Brad Jones should be given a chance. I've thought so since last season, but today definitely reaffirmed that thought. Did he make mistakes today? Yes, definitely...but none of those mistakes were big enough to cost us a goal. Reading's awful finishing definitely helped Jones, but still. Reading's earlier chance, I forget which Reading player took the shot, that was a 50/50...if Reina would have been in goal I honestly believe it would have gone in. Just keep in mind how unforgiving of a position he plays, so any mistake he makes seems a lot bigger because of the importance of his position.
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Well if you could copy out 11 Lampards and put them into one team then it might be possible to repeat that again - or he might pick up an injury before reaching 164 consecutive games.
However, most players and teams aren't made up of Lampards. Some teams have Gerrards and Leivas in them, and those type of teams tend to pick up injuries, right?!
How about you play your best XI against Swindon town in a Capital One Cup game on Wednesday and 4 players get injured. The match is won by 8-0, but for the next upcoming PL game on Saturday, against Man City you will have to work with players like Downing and Henderson instead of the very best. Would that be good tactics in your book? but what you have just said, is'nt that what has happend in football for over a century, players getting injured, did'nt Jimmy Greaves get injured in the world cup in 66 and get replaced by a certain Geoff Hurst a certain Diego Maradonna ran into problems off the pitch at Napoli and was replaced by a certain nomark called Gianfranco Zola then point I am making is there is a difference between making changes when you have to rather than for the sake of it and when players are fit, available and eager to play why should they be denied the chance to play in order to let somebody play who will be taken out of the team for the very next game anyway, how can players need resting in October anyway when we are just 7 or 8 games in. The point with resting players before they pick up injuries is that you as a manager keep the initiative. A rested body tends to be less injury prone than an exhausted body. That way you can DECIDE which players to play when, as opposed to being FORCED to let new (and not match fit) players out on the pitch.
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i reckon jones should stay in as he played ok maybe a couple of mistakes but kept a clean sheet , then maybe reina would feel under pressure to get back to his best to play for us but i think jones will be better than reina once jones has the confidene that he will keep his place as long as he plays well .
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Back on topic, joecool, which option did you vote for? I know you've been all too keen to call Pepe a 'clown' so I figured you would have been all too eager to stick the knife in, yet your comment of "play your best team" was a bit ambiguous. Do you think Jones should keep his place or step aside to let Pepe back in (presuming he's fit for the derby game)? you know my thoughts regarding this sort of thing, if a player waits for his chance, then gets his chance and performs well then he stays in the team regardless of reputation, how much he cost or what he earns. I have said for a while that Brad Jones or Doni deserved a run because Pepe the Clown has been a disgrace for a while now, well over two seasons. I watched Brad yesterday quite closely and you could see him getting more confident with his judgement on crosses and kicking the longer the game went on, I am not saying he is the answer or our goalkeeping situation is solved, but the man definately deserves a run in the team, if he's no good we can get a new number one in January or the Summer.
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I totally agree there joecool!
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Back to Back World Champions baby!
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why not a new tactic of goalie in and out ?????
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As a kid we used to play "nearest one to the nets" as nobody wanted to be the goslie. Would that work?
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