The Enormous Turnip Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Not a moment too soon! That'll be another 5 games without them at the very least - Wolves (H), Villa (A), Watford (A), Man City (A) and Norwich (H). We're coping remarkably well right now with such a threadbare squad, scoring 14 goals in our last 7 - but 12 of them have come from defence and midfield. Long may their form (and fitness ) continue, but what a boost it'll be to have these two back and available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Gary O’Neill must be due back soon too. His experience could be very useful for the run-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 We’ve been a long time without Diedhieu and O’Neil and whilst I’d welcome anyone back I’m also a bit concerned about how they will fit in. We’ve already seen the team decide to lump to Duric, for an unexplained reason according to LJ, I don’t want players to come in and upset the balance we have, although I agree the squad is threadbare. Diedhieu was barely settled here when he got injured, he’s going to need time again to regain his touch. We can’t be expecting too much too soon I don’t think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full nelson Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 50 minutes ago, The Enormous Turnip said: Not a moment too soon! That'll be another 5 games without them at the very least - Wolves (H), Villa (A), Watford (A), Man City (A) and Norwich (H). We're coping remarkably well right now with such a threadbare squad, scoring 14 goals in our last 7 - but 12 of them have come from defence and midfield. Long may their form (and fitness ) continue, but what a boost it'll be to have these two back and available! I know the Man Utd game was amazing but the semis is as far as we go! Do we play the under 23’s at Watford and a mixture at Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 They are going to have to fight for their place! But aye, to have them back will be a relief, the team has just be utterly amazing and i'm sure the injured players are gagging to get tagged back in, but it will take time to get back to match fitness, although I doubt we will have the luxury of slowly introducing them back, they will be thrown back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, Full nelson said: I know the Man Utd game was amazing but the semis is as far as we go! Do we play the under 23’s at Watford and a mixture at Man City. Aw, c'mon. Someone's got to beat MC eventually I'm sure both comps have got rules in place to guard against fielding vastly below strength teams, however it might be funny to turn up at Man City with just the U23s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full nelson Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just now, Sleepy1968 said: Aw, c'mon. Someone's got to beat MC eventually I'm sure both comps have got rules in place to guard against fielding vastly below strength teams, however it might be funny to turn up at Man City with just the U23s. Watford away is not a priority and is an extra game we don’t really want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sleepy1968 said: Aw, c'mon. Someone's got to beat MC eventually I'm sure both comps have got rules in place to guard against fielding vastly below strength teams, however it might be funny to turn up at Man City with just the U23s. We will beat them, Pep like all the others will underestimate us. ManCity will put out a youth/reserve team and we will turn them over like we did the others. 2-1 loss at the ManC city ground (whatever its called) 3-1 win at AG, COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, Full nelson said: I know the Man Utd game was amazing but the semis is as far as we go! Do we play the under 23’s at Watford and a mixture at Man City. U23s at Watford gives us a bit of a rest before Man City and hopefully if QPR win their tie we could rest again later in month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full nelson Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, Tomarse said: U23s at Watford gives us a bit of a rest before Man City and hopefully if QPR win their tie we could rest again later in month 6 under 23’s must be the plan as we’re really struggling with injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 2 hours ago, BCFC_Dan said: Gary O’Neill must be due back soon too. His experience could be very useful for the run-in. I sincerely doubt we will see him play again. One thing we do not seem to lack in the middle is experience. We are making the cynical fouls and are dictating play. I personally wouldn't play him - we'd see Brownhill back in CM before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Don't panic !!! Gustav is on his way !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Out of interest, is the title official? If so, good news indeed, although will need to get back up to match fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Don't panic !!! Gustav is on his way !!! Appreciate you're jesting but I don't believe that the backroom staff rate him. Looking at the young players signed last season, moore the obvious exception because of lack of opportunities, they have all been coached and developed phenomenally well - many unrecognizable from last year. If we thought GE had it in the locker, I struggle to believe we would let him go as far as Sweden and outside that obvious quality of coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 minute ago, cityexile said: Out of interest, is the title official? If so, good news indeed, although will need to get back up to match fitness. And when people say XXXXX will be back on XXXXX we tend to overlook there is a chance , possibly a good chance that those returning players may pick up niggles , often muscular on their way back or , god forbid , a relapse Cant automatically assume everything will run smoothly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 21 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Don't panic !!! Gustav is on his way !!! I hope he hits the ground running this time. If he gets his attitude right he can make a good contribution. C'mon Gustav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmerred Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 hours ago, BCFC_Dan said: Gary O’Neill must be due back soon too. His experience could be very useful for the run-in. Start of March I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 hours ago, Full nelson said: I know the Man Utd game was amazing but the semis is as far as we go! Do we play the under 23’s at Watford and a mixture at Man City. I really, really hope this is not the case. This has been an amazing season for City and I really hope we continue to attack all competitions. We can bring in a couple of loans in January to bolster the squad and also have some players returning from injury. We should rest people where we really need to but otherwise I would like us to go with our strongest team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 hours ago, Full nelson said: I know the Man Utd game was amazing but the semis is as far as we go! Do we play the under 23’s at Watford and a mixture at Man City. We don’t know what side Manchester City will play. They are competing on four fronts and this is their lowest priority. Wolves took them to penalties in an earlier round. Play u23s at Watford and that gives the team fully 8 days off before the first leg. We play the strongest team we are able to and pick the side according to form and fitness as if it were another league game. We may have new recruits by then anyway. I certainly don’t think we should be giving up on the competition at the semi final stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiled Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: I certainly don’t think we should be giving up on the competition at the semi final stage. Well said. Far too much to be playing for including pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 11 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: We don’t know what side Manchester City will play. They are competing on four fronts and this is their lowest priority. Wolves took them to penalties in an earlier round. Play u23s at Watford and that gives the team fully 8 days off before the first leg. We play the strongest team we are able to and pick the side according to form and fitness as if it were another league game. We may have new recruits by then anyway. I certainly don’t think we should be giving up on the competition at the semi final stage. I think we play the strongest team we can, and as weak as we can v Watford. Pep has yet to win anything at City? Would not be surprised to see them go strong in the first leg and aim to kill it dead then. They are in the enviable position right now of being able to rest some players in their next league game given their league position. Just to put the mountain we face in perspective, on average we would be losing 6-1 over the two legs if we were meeting them in the premier league. That is just how dominant they have been in the league. They are arguably the best club side on the planet right now. It is however football. There is always a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One BCFC Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 If we somehow manage to keep battling on and getting results and with the injured players coming back in the coming weeks/months it could be massive for us during the run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, cityexile said: Out of interest, is the title official? If so, good news indeed, although will need to get back up to match fitness. From City tweets earlier ce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Don't panic !!! Gustav is on his way !!! I hope he gets a chance, there must be something in there for us to have paid over a million for him - the scouts seem to have got things right even when we have maybe doubted them over the last couple of seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 5 hours ago, BCFC_Dan said: Gary O’Neill must be due back soon too. His experience could be very useful for the run-in. He must be the most expensive mistake we've ever made in terms of appearances made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkz 76 Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Full nelson said: I know the Man Utd game was amazing but the semis is as far as we go! Do we play the under 23’s at Watford and a mixture at Man City. Man City is a semi final we have to try and beat them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereks no1 Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 hours ago, The Enormous Turnip said: Not a moment too soon! That'll be another 5 games without them at the very least - Wolves (H), Villa (A), Watford (A), Man City (A) and Norwich (H). We're coping remarkably well right now with such a threadbare squad, scoring 14 goals in our last 7 - but 12 of them have come from defence and midfield. Long may their form (and fitness ) continue, but what a boost it'll be to have these two back and available! We must rest Bryan, Flint, Smith, Brownhill and Reid in that Watford game. We’ve don’t superbly well in the League Cup and the league so personally forget the FA Cup all together. Give u23s a run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkz 76 Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 17 minutes ago, dereks no1 said: We must rest Bryan, Flint, Smith, Brownhill and Reid in that Watford game. We’ve don’t superbly well in the League Cup and the league so personally forget the FA Cup all together. Give u23s a run out. Think your right about FA cup. I can’t afford to go to Wembley three times anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full nelson Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Xiled said: Well said. Far too much to be playing for including pride. I not suggesting we give up but with injuries continuing to mount, surely things would need to be put above certain things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full nelson Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 39 minutes ago, Sparkz 76 said: Man City is a semi final we have to try and beat them Yup of course, I don’t think he’ll rest many for the Man City game. the Watford game is not worth playing any of your starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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