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Definitely Rattled

royalgull wrote:Ling confirmed Bodin and Stevens would have started and he sees Morris as a central midfielder. So basically after all the 'hoo har' on the other thread he was going to pick the side i suggested. #lifestylechoices

Macklin, Craig etc will all be on the bench to begin with.

OVERSIZED EGO ALERT!

I agree with what Ling said on the OS. No idea why people are worried about last night. We were without key players and hopefully the mistakes made can be rectified in time for Saturday.

I think the tribunal decided that we should get 35/40k for Muzzy. Seemed reasonable at the time.

Because what other choice does Lloyd have? He was on the transfer list for 3 months and we didn't get a jot of interest for him. Went to Salisbury last season and struggled to get a start, went to Hereford on trial, even scored, they still didn't want him. Fail to apply himself this season and Lingy will just release him with the very real possibility that Lloyd won't get another professional contract again. It is his last chance saloon in many ways and he has to produce for his own future.

It's a bit like Carayol, produce sweet FA for a long time, take the money and live it up as a footballer, play your balls off to earn a new contract and put yourself in the shop window when it matters. Just hope we don't lose him for a free like we did with Muzzy.

Lloyd looks like a different player this pre-season, faster stronger, fitter than last season, he is talking a good game on twitter too. With players like Thompson, Bodin, Leadbitter all being in the match day environment this season (7subs) there are more players (or mates) to make him feel like part of the team, and he's revelling in it.

He has been scintillating this pre-season and I know there is a question mark as to whether he can reproduce it when it matters, I really hope he can. We really missed his pace last night, if Thompson was given 25 minutes it's not unreasonable to suggest that Macklin would not have featured in some part. To my mind he is a better option than playing a striker out there as a makeshift winger.

Ling confirmed Bodin and Stevens would have started and he sees Morris as a central midfielder. So basically after all the 'hoo har' on the other thread he was going to pick the side i suggested. #lifestylechoices

Macklin, Craig etc will all be on the bench to begin with.

Its beyond me why people think Macklin will be anything other than his normal excellent pre season and disapointing thereafter. He's been here for nigh on 3 years which can only be described as a waste of wages and only a couple of weeks back the majority were hoping Hereford would take him.

Slightly worrying and I hope and am sure Ling comes with skeptical eyes for Lloyd.

numpte wrote:Just sayin, Craig and Macklin shouldn't be regarded as 1st team regulars as some above think considering they've probably played 5 pro games between them, 1 of which has played zero.

I have a feeling they will be when fit after Ling's comments about last night!

Just sayin, Craig and Macklin shouldn't be regarded as 1st team regulars as some above think considering they've probably played 5 pro games between them, 1 of which has played zero.

I think St martins comments on the OS today confirms that we need to keep our feet on the ground. We have all had our expectations raised these last 5 years. Now we expect to win most games. Beat higher league opposition and win promotion. Well listening to some of you, who would not get that impression.
We had a reality check last night. as did quite a few league clubs. We did not disgrace ourselves but we could have performed better if all accounts are to be believed.
This is the beginning of a new season. We will no doubt have a little time to get going and firing on all cylinders. Other teams may have the same problem. Some teams will go all out from the start and fade away later.
I would prefer we started without too much fuss. We wouldn't want to be top straight away and be the target for all the others to beat. Not yet anyway.
Let's keep the pressure on other teams, not us. Let the lads do thier job confidently and quietly without fuss. Keep on shouting encouragement and suport from the sidelines and let's see us quietly creep up on the front runners and take them all be surprise.

maybe not numpte but we cant base the season on last night result against a top team who cost millions to put together.

Stevens and Bodin maybe, but we're not including Craig and MAcklin in any of these sure starters are we?

Championship or not, getting hammered 4-0 at home isn't ideal for your first match.

I'll take a draw on saturday.

no need for the alarms bells at this stage, leicester are a class side and we did not digrace ourselves, we had 3 sure starters out and i trust in martin ling to get this side on top of its game, when billy is back along side rene we will be hard to stop up front .

Couldnt agree more to the above comments, it was only last season we conceded 4 against Southampton and look how we performed the rest of the season. The season starts Saturday. At least no one got sent off or got injured.

How many Championship teams, let alone League 2 teams, are going to fall foul to 4 or more goals to Leicester this season?