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Whitehall ill, according to Butler’s post-match interview on Humberside.
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The manager doesn’t need confusing any more than he is on his best line up at the moment, just a small tinker with his starting line up from yesterday certainly till 60 mins then wholesale changes with those who haven’t had any game time.
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Exactly AWG I don’t buy this he doesn’t know his best 11.
He should know his best 11!!Can anyone confidently say we have built on last season success with the players brought in? And that we have a larger squad than last season
Surely 1 or 2 players less would have been better so that we could have recruited a better class of player to replace Roberts & Co.
Just seems we’ve just cluttered the changing room.3 users thanked author for this post.
Not having 5 right backs would have been a good place to start.
We replaced Roberts (a right winger) with Brennan (a left winger) when we already have Jones for the left. Westbrooke replaced with Richards who looks completely lost. Ewing replaced with Butterfield who has quality but probably can’t last 90 mins.
The only upgrade is Howe replacing Boyce.
I’d start Parker from the off to see what he’s about alongside Beestin. I can’t see Butler risking Whitehall for anymore than 10/15 minutes. Give another chance to Richards alongside Rose “if deemed fit enough” and then bring Rowley on. Hurst and Smith out wide, again to get them up to speed. Ogle looked miles off it against Southend so I’d give him more game time.
JB needs minutes. I’d start him at CB. Starbuck out of position at LB just to give him much needed game time. Probably will start Horton though. Starbuck is arguably the best RB at the club, especially now Butler see’s Rose as more of a CM player. Going by the evidence so far, we’ll be needing him next to Rowley in midfield.
Not convinced by Richards, so be interesting to see if he’s as limited as I believe he is.
These suggestions are based on the chances Butler may be struck by lightening before the game and suddenly changes tack to a 4/4/2 formation.
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Interesting line up?
No Smith
No Whitehall
No wide men
4-2-2-2?1 user thanked author for this post.
Speculate all you want one line ups but Butler is arrogant and more clueless ..
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Yep, took a wicked deflection up into the air but Parker’s header to steer it goalwards was pretty impressive. He’s done naff all other than that mind!
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Speculate all you want one line ups but Butler is arrogant and more clueless ..
Butler had brainwave at half time tonight.
He moved the right back who had been playing left back over to right back.
He moved the left back who had been playing centre back over to left back.
He moved the centre back who had been playing right back to centre back.
He left the centre back who played at centre back at centre back fo what I think may have been his first full 90 minutes in his actual position. Mind you he’s only been with us a year.
Strangely the kids from Stoke who pretty much dominated the first half only created one decent chance in the second half allowing the Iron to wrap the game up.
I have to ask why the feck he started with 3 of his back 4 out of position?
Does he pick the team using a dice?5 users thanked author for this post.
Speculate all you want one line ups but Butler is arrogant and more clueless ..
I have to ask why the feck he started with 3 of his back 4 out of position?
Does he pick the team using a dice?
Magic Robot picks the team :-)
It’s a well known fact that the team is picked using Tarot cards.
Don’t blame Butler, blame neo-occulltism.
Our luck will change and things will come together half way through September.
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Even Butler probably spotted that Barrows was not rested against Stoke.
Perhaps that’s why Butler likes to play people out of position. Confusing the AI scouts must be giving us a massive advantage.
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I thought Butterfield looked a bit poor to average at best against Stoke (on his own terms, I mean), and in the other games he’s made appearances he’s not had the anticipated level of impact. He’s not a patch on what he was in terms of creativity, and his passing has been off the mark more than half of the time. After seeing him play against us away at Gateshead, I wondered what Butler was doing signing him in the summer (other than accidentally lining up the next manager for when he gets fired this season following a run of seven or eight poor results).
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Not bad.
Can you leave out Jones after MOM last week?
Will Whitehall be fit?
Can Gale do it from the start?
Has last night confused Butler even more?
Will he continue to resist 4-4-2?1 user thanked author for this post.
Parker, Gayle or Howe offer more movement than Whitehall.
None of them have ever scored 20 goals in a season at National League level or as yet looked like doing it.
Whitehall has done it multiple times so when fit he will be and must be first choice.
However, according to an earlier post he has just gone a almost a third of a season without scoring at all in a fairly successful team. The clock is ticking. I would think he has half a dozen games to give some compelling evidence you he is still a 20 goal a season man. Without that he offers very little to the team in a key role given his lack of pace, movement and inability to hold up the ball.
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L Jones
‘Barrows C Howe Evans Horton
Rose Butterfield Rowley
Gale Parker P JonesBeestin to come on for the tiring Butterfield.
Howe to replace Gale or Parker, Brennan for Jones.’I like this a lot, apart from Barrows.
Barrows was decent last night.
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