Creeping Northwards. At home to Crawley Town, Sat 8th FEB 3-0'clock.

[TANGODANCER]

Lineup wise I’d go the same as last week, but Schön in for Murphy and Matete in for Thomason. Lolos potentially in for Randall depending upon how they’ve trained this week.

Schon I agree with, but dropping the captain might not be the best idea. We're also still a bit off having our "big lads" central defence pair together yet as Ric is still on the mend. The rest is still a bit Que sera...

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

It’s unlikely we’ll start fully clicking offensively yet, but I’d expect us to look better than at Reading , and defensively we’re already doing well. I fancy a Bolton win to nil - maybe 2-0.

Lineup wise I’d go the same as last week, but Schön in for Murphy and Matete in for Thomason. Lolos potentially in for Randall depending upon how they’ve trained this week.

Schon or Murphy is going to be a decision to watch.

Away from home to a top-10 side last week, it made sense to go for the more defensive Irishman. At home to a drop-dodger, it's a different thing.

However... Murphy was one of our main "quick outs" - Southwood sought him with kicks several times. What if, and I'm only theorising here, Schumacher wants that out-ball as a regular option? What if he thinks that having two wingers as wingbacks is too wide open?

We have, after all, been stunned at home this season by the similarly-placed Shrewsbury and Cambridge, in each case shipping two first-half goals and relying on comebacks for a bare point. (Fool me once...) And Crawley are also much more front-foot than Shrews and Cambridge, who were both largely happy to watch us tip-tap our way to 71% possession and one point. (At Crawley, our possession was 31% and we won 2-0.)

So, yeah. Notwithstanding the 'small data-sets' and 'horses for courses' caveats, I'll be watching the wingback selection with particular interest in 26 hours' time.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Lineup wise I’d go the same as last week, but Schön in for Murphy and Matete in for Thomason. Lolos potentially in for Randall depending upon how they’ve trained this week.

Schon I agree with, but dropping the captain might not be the best idea.

Tomo's suspended for two games, as a result of having more cards than Paul Daniels.

[sonicthewhite]

Massive game this. Looking at upcoming fixtures this is firmly in category of absolutely must win if we are to retain hopes of play offs.

Schumacher’s first home game. Players looking to impress. Fans looking to be impressed.

Pressure but hopefully we can thrive off it now rather than shrink under it.

Yeah he's had a full week now and we've not had any new manager bounce. Gone by Easter if he don't win this!

I've actually given some thought to what the Schuey out thread might be called (I was very impressed with the "ianevattable sacking" pun). "Give Schumacher The Boot" is the best I've come up with so far. Needs a bit of work though.

The Booting of the Schu!

Thank you very much I'm here all week

[TANGODANCER]

Lineup wise I’d go the same as last week, but Schön in for Murphy and Matete in for Thomason. Lolos potentially in for Randall depending upon how they’ve trained this week.

Schon I agree with, but dropping the captain might not be the best idea.

Tomo's suspended for two games, as a result of having more cards than Paul Daniels.

Aye, I confess I'd forgotten that. Mea Culpa.

[BorsdaneWhite]

Under Evatt, at home, we’d be pasting these…

[TANGODANCER]

I've actually given some thought to what the Schuey out thread might be called (I was very impressed with the "ianevattable sacking" pun). "Give Schumacher The Boot" is the best I've come up with so far. Needs a bit of work though.

The Booting of the Schu!

Thank you very much I'm here all week
[/quote]

Or perhaps Schu-shine corner"....

[Prufrock]

Sharon Schu-sacker

[TonyDomingos]

Sharon Schu-sacker

Let's go with this. When are we opening the thread? 5pm tomorrow?

[KeyserSoze]

Sharon Schu-sacker

Let's go with this. When are we opening the thread? 5pm tomorrow?

With you and Schu's army?

[Worthy4England]

Under Evatt, at home, we’d be pasting these…

Aye as we did with the two teams below them this season at home...Cambridge 1-1, was less than a month back. 2-2 v Shrewsbury was a bit further back. On the plus side, he managed to beat Crawley away...

[Worthy4England]

His pre-match was interesting. Things I took away that I liked were the notion that (going to feel a bit tarnished) Mark Hughes great at watching the game and telling him what's wonkey. Gotta be better than watching a clip-board...

Talked about the squad in his interview with Markham and felt it was maybe a bit too big, but good enough till end of season...

Obvs, good to get a full week on training ground, that might have involved bumps and bruises. I'm nearly hopeful he gets 'em up and down Winter Hill in full pack, shortly.

[Worthy4England]

Oh nearly forgot Santos knob injection. Outstanding.

[BWFC_Insane]

Oh nearly forgot Santos knob injection. Outstanding.

My only takeaway from that interview is that he managed to say this without sniggering or laughing. Indeed he expanded upon the point saying he’s had that with quite a few players.

[Worthy4England]

Oh nearly forgot Santos knob injection. Outstanding.

My only takeaway from that interview is that he managed to say this without sniggering or laughing. Indeed he expanded upon the point saying he’s had that with quite a few players.

Lols. Yeah but Big Ric.

[GhostoftheBok]

Wife and daughter are both unwell today, so I won't be going as I'm playing nurse.

Really disappointing to miss Schumacher's first home game. A proper "Were you there?" moment if we end up going up under him.

[jmjhb]

Wife and daughter are both unwell today, so I won't be going as I'm playing nurse.

Really disappointing to miss Schumacher's first home game. A proper "Were you there?" moment if we end up going up under him.

Yeah, this will be the start of something, much needed after the last year's malaise.

[BWFC_Insane]

Wife and daughter are both unwell today, so I won't be going as I'm playing nurse.

Really disappointing to miss Schumacher's first home game. A proper "Were you there?" moment if we end up going up under him.

Yeah, this will be the start of something, much needed after the last year's malaise.

Don’t jinx it.

[jmjhb]

Wife and daughter are both unwell today, so I won't be going as I'm playing nurse.

Really disappointing to miss Schumacher's first home game. A proper "Were you there?" moment if we end up going up under him.

Yeah, this will be the start of something, much needed after the last year's malaise.

Don’t jinx it.

I'm not. But I can't say more at the moment.

[truewhite15]

Collins out. Small injury, should be back next week (he says)