Brill

 

Raven Warren Meekings G.Shinnie

 

Doran(if fit) Tansey Vincent Watkins

 

Foran Mckay

 

 

If Doran isn't fit then Ross in for him.

Edited March 6, 201412 yr by WYNESS101

Seemingly Doran was fairly close to making the squad last Saturday, so presumably he'll be fit.

Reckon it will be league cup semi starters / line up with foran straight switch for draper

Brill

 

Raven Meekings Warren Shinnie

 

Foran Tansey

 

Watkins Vincent Doran

 

Mckay

 

Esson, Devine, Tremarco, Ross, Williams.

Brill

Raven Warren Meekings Shinnie

Draper Tansey

Doran Vincent Foran

Mckay

I know that Meekings and warren are the 1st choice centre back pairing, but with Warren out of the final, would it not make sense to play Devine against Utd to give him a full match before the final? Usually I would say that we should play our strongest line up but Devine is a good player and I think it would a good idea

Brill

Raven Warren Meekings Shinnie

Draper Tansey

Doran Vincent Foran

Mckay

Draper's suspended for this one...

I know that Meekings and warren are the 1st choice centre back pairing, but with Warren out of the final, would it not make sense to play Devine against Utd to give him a full match before the final? Usually I would say that we should play our strongest line up but Devine is a good player and I think it would a good idea

 

No!  The league cup is the lesser of the 3 competitions we are in.  Both because we are still in with a chance of winning the main cup competition and because there will be significant financial benefit in progressing against Dundee Utd, this Sunday's game is actually more important.  Wednesday's game against Hibs is also more important as defeat there could have a serious impact in our bid for a top 3 place.  Winning the final on Sunday would be a landmark for the club and obviously very nice but we need our strongest teams possible for the two games ahead of it. 

 

Brill

Raven Warren Meekings Shinnie

Draper Tansey

Doran Vincent Foran

Mckay

Draper's suspended for this one...

 

 

 

So he is, good spot Sneckboy! 

 

Foran in CDM and Watkins at Left Wing

 

I know that Meekings and warren are the 1st choice centre back pairing, but with Warren out of the final, would it not make sense to play Devine against Utd to give him a full match before the final? Usually I would say that we should play our strongest line up but Devine is a good player and I think it would a good idea

 

No!  The league cup is the lesser of the 3 competitions we are in.  Both because we are still in with a chance of winning the main cup competition and because there will be significant financial benefit in progressing against Dundee Utd, this Sunday's game is actually more important.  Wednesday's game against Hibs is also more important as defeat there could have a serious impact in our bid for a top 3 place.  Winning the final on Sunday would be a landmark for the club and obviously very nice but we need our strongest teams possible for the two games ahead of it. 

 

 

Agree. The quarter final of the premier knock out competition is every bit as important as the final the following week. We are only two games away from what would be an even more significant landmark in our history. No way should we be experimenting against United or using the match as any sort of rehearsal for the League Cup final.

I'd take a loss on Sunday and against Hibs if it assured us a win in the LC final. No question.

Edited March 7, 201412 yr by Fraz

Glad I'm not a manager when it comes to team selection for this and Hibs - all are importnat for different reasons! On the one hand, you can give "fringe" players an opportunity to shine with the carrot of a place in the cup final day, on the other, you want the guys who are going to play in the final as much time together as possible.....and then there's the issue of 3 games in quick succession: fatigue and injuries.....

 

For what it's worth, I'd do something like this for DUFC:

 

                     Brill

Raven Devine Meekings Shinnie

              Foran Tansey

Doran        Vincent       Watkins

                  Mckay

 

 

And for Hibs:

 

                   Brill

Raven Devine Meekings Tremarco

            Foran Tansey

Doran       Ross       Williams

                Watkins........don't want Shinnie or Billy getting injured!

We should play a second string team against Hibees. If we lose that will pee of the Naricissist and his co-dependents and would be even better with a draw or a win.

Anyone know how the pitch is looking for Sunday?

Brill

Raven Devine Meekings Shinnie 

Foran Tansey 

Doran Vincent Williams

Mckay 

Does anyone know what the pitch is like now ? I know that there has been a fair while to work on it but it was in a truly terrible state for the Stranraer game.

If there was a ground webcam, we could have a 'butchers'! That can be added to the list of 'Where's the clock? / big-screen? / scoreboard?' !!

Don't forget we need a camera and stand for the videos currently mooted for overseas fans....?

 

Is that still on the table ?