Todays Defence?

[Socky]

So what will be the Albion defensive line-up today? I am going for the following:-
Mcnulty Virgo Painter Calderon (but have a feeling it will be Hoyte instead)

 

[Socky]

Or I guess the other way of putting it is this is the choice
McNulty Elphick/Virgo/Tunnicliffe Painter Hoyte/Calderon

 

[Perkino]

I think we should play:
McNulty, Painter, Tunnicliffe, Hoyte

But I think Gus will pick:
McNulty, Painter, Calderon, Hoyte

 

[Mackenzie]

I think Painter will play, not sure about Calderon.....so....

Hoyte-Virgo-Painter-McNulty

 

[Socky]

Has Calderon played at centre back before?

 

[Chesney Christ]

I think Painter will play, not sure about Calderon.....so....

Hoyte-Virgo-Painter-McNulty

Guys, are we going left back to right back or right back to left back?? We need to agree.

I am going for right back to left back. My line up would be:

Calderon-Tunnicliffe-Painter-McNulty.

 

[RM-Taylor]

I'll be suprised if Virgo even makes the bench.

I'll say:

Hoyte - Tunnicliffe - Painter - McNulty

Bench:
Elphick and Calderon

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Kuipers
Calderon Virgo Painter McNulty
Bennett Navarro Crofts Dicker
Forster Murray


Carole to come on for Navarro in the second half when we're losing

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Hopefully McNulty is dropped.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Hopefully McNulty is dropped.

I hope not, in his defence he was played out of position last game.

 

[Perkino]

Kuipers
Calderon Virgo Painter McNulty
Bennett Navarro Crofts Dicker
Forster Murray


Carole to come on for Navarro in the second half when we're losing

Why play Navarro?
he ruins our midfield and makes us unbalanced.
Kuipers has a huge following who fail to see his faults.

Brezovan
Hoyte Tunnicliffe Painter McNulty
Bennett Dicker Crofts Carole
Murray Forster

 

[Janbha]

Calderon, Tunnicliffe, Painter, McNulty for me.

 

[The Wizard]

Hopefully McNulty is dropped.

I agree with you about him being over-hyped on here but what exactly has he done wrong?

Brezovan

Calderon (Hoyte if not fit enough) Virgo Painter McNulty

Bennett Crofts Dicker Cox/Carole

Forster Murray

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Why play Navarro?
he ruins our midfield and makes us unbalanced.

Like at Torquay, when he came on, gave balance to the midfield, we scored, and from then onwards looked like a decent team?

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

I agree with you about him being over-hyped on here but what exactly has he done wrong?

Defensive liability who is alright going forward

 

[severnside gull]

Fascinating isn't it?
Given the lack of training I think I would play next week's defence so that puts Painter on the bench.

I'm thinking Calderon, Tunnicliffe, Virgo, McNulty

 

[GT49er]

Bit of a guessing game this.....don't think Calderon will play, he can hardly be match fit, but he may get a cameo sub appearance. So Hoyte and McNulty at full back then.
I guess Gus will play Painter in the centre (our experienced older head, who's 23.....) and then it's any one from three, I guess.

 

[The Wizard]

Defensive liability who is alright going forward

Have we been watching different matches? He's looked better defensively than going forward in the past few games to me.

 

[GT49er]

Guys, are we going left back to right back or right back to left back?? We need to agree.

I am going for right back to left back.

Right to left is the normal way to do it - always has been.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Have we been watching different matches? He's looked better defensively than going forward in the past few games to me.

Well he was crap at Torquay and Wycombe, and we've just got a new left back