Starting 11 vs Stoke as it stands

[MikeH72]

So on that statement and that selection you think Stoke is one of our harder home games.
I'm just worried the damage Crouch will cause and how we will negate him

You're worried about the damage 36 year old Peter Crouch will cause? Maybe we're further behind than we thought...

 

[mawders]

Pickford​

Martina Williams Keane Baines

Gueye Schneider-man
Klassan Rooney Mirallas

Sandro​

 

[madden95]

Pickford​

Martina Williams Keane Baines

Gueye Schneider-man
Klassan Rooney Mirallas

Sandro​

id say this is my team until we sign more

 

[Furey1878]

Pickford​

Martina Williams Keane Baines

Gueye Schneider-man
Klassan Rooney Mirallas

Sandro​

Interesting but does Klassen play a wide midfielder?

 

[messymascot]

I expect us to go with this injuries permitting.

Pickford
Holgate Keane Williams Baines
Gueye Schneiderlin Klaassen
Sandro Rooney Mirallas

Stekelenburg Martina Jagielka Davies McCarthy Lookman Calvert-Lewin

Personally I would have Kenny at RB Holgate on bench in place of Jagielka and Connolly instead of Martina on the bench.

 

[smileychap]

Looks a decent side that, I'd maybe have Sandro starting in place of Dowell but like the balance of your team.

Yeah agree - Rooney out wide where Dowell is for me with Lookman coming on.

Barks, Sigs, Lookman,

I love the fact we seemingly have supplemented the squad with our 'world cup winners'...Dowell/Kenny/Connolly are all first team members now alongside the established Lookman/DCL.

It makes the squad look bigger, it keeps the older ones on there toes and increases competition.

Great to see.

My first eleven thus far is Pickford, Kenny, Keane, Jags, Baines, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Davies, Lookman, Kev, Rooney.

Klassen I like but I havent seen enough of (expect RK will start him though) as well as Sandro.

To think we have Dowell, Bolasie, DCL, Sandro, Klassen, McCarthy, Barry, Williams, Coleman, Besic, Barkley and possibly Siggy/A.N other forward as well as CB and our squad looks ready.

Would love a left footer to come in who is ready but equally happy to give Dowell the chance too.

This. + a quality forward.

 

[ProZ]

Rooney needs to stay central.

 

[Thomasc]

Pickford
Kenny, Keane, Williams, Baines
Schneiderlin
Gana, Klaassen, Gylfi
Rooney, Sandro

Total football


Without any width

 

[Blue Roo]

FWIW, I dont' think Sandro is a CF. Much better wide, brilliant with more space.
As Rooney drops and links and/or the defence is more open then he comes more central (if Klassen/Sig/Dowell don't fill that space)
Fullback fills space left by Sandro.
So Sandro playing left forward with Baines behind, until Coleman and Bolaise are back then Sandro moves to right.
Right forward is up for grabs. I'd pay respect to Mirallas for the opening game with Lookman getting some time.
Davies and Klassen doing the graft, linking, and looking to overlap centrally with Dowell getting game time.

Steklenburg

Martina, Keane, Williams, Baines

Scneiderlin

Davies Klassen

Mirallas Rooney Sandro

 

[Smig1878]

Good side but too defensive for me and too slow going forward. I´d have:

Pickford

Martina Keane Williams Baines

Klaassen Schneiderlin Gueye

Sandro Rooney Mirallas

I reckon this will be what we'll go with, RK already talked about Klaassen playing wide while he gets used to the system and tempo he wants him to play at.

 

[Toffeepot]

I would be (pleasantly) surprised if Koeman trusted Kenny & Dowell to play together on a flank.

That's exactly who he should have on the flank together if he plays one of them play the other...e.g. Neville/Beckham...they know each other

 

[yakublue]

Assuming Sandro and Rooney both start I dont think mirallas will. Can't see Koeman going with all 3 of them since none offers anything defensively.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

Pickford
Holgate Keane Williams Baines
Schneiderlin Gana
Davies Klaasen Rooney
Sandro

 

[COYBL25]

Cling film work?

You'd need a lot to wrap around the bed.

Give it a go and let us know how you get on ?

 

[Pete Campbell]

Pickford
Kenny Keane Williams Baines (c)
Gueye Schneiderlin Klaassen
Sandro Rooney Mirallas