Team fer Aberdire

[ictchris]

Another game, another back four line up for us. Tudor-Jones is also out for the next two months with a knee injury.

--------------------------------Esson---- --------------------------

----Piermayr-----Aldred----------Hogg---- -ShinnieG------

---Hayes---------Ross-----------Tansey--- ------Doran-----

---------------------tade-----------Foran- ---------------------

Personally I'd rather see us look at a 4-2-3-1 like we had at the start of last season perhaps something like this:

--------------------------------Esson---- --------------------------

----Piermayr-----Aldred----------Hogg---- -ShinnieG------

--------------------Tansey----------Morrison- -----------------

--------Hayes--------------Ross---------- ---Doran------------

--------------------------Foran---------- --------------------------

Don't think we'll see it though.

[Renegade]

If ICT were to switch to 4-2-3-1, would something like this work?

Piermayr Hogg Aldred G.Shinnie

Tansey Foran

Hayes Tade Doran

Sutherland

Seem to recollect Foran playing quite well in that posiiton last season and would lead to Tade playing in a more "creator" style role, which he is arguably better at and would also allow Sutherland to get a chance - a chance I think he deserves. A Tansey/Foran combination there could work. Also, would Tokely do well sitting infront of the back four? He's only played there once in the last few year (in a 3-2 defeat to Hearts when John Docherty was in charge after Brewster's sacking) - is it a possibility?

[starchief]

I can see Foran being in there but the Tade role needs some footballing intelligence (hence why Sanchez would play there). Foran could move forward to that but it's a shame that Proctor, Cox and Tudur-Jones are all natural def mids, but all out. It's a big problem. Maybe if Gillet had been fit, G.Shinnie might have been able to go in there but it's a weakness.

[AJS]

Esson

Piermayr, Hogg, Aldred, G. Shinnie

Hayes, Ross, Tansey, Doran

Foran, Tade

Subs: Tuffey, Golobart, Morrison, A. Shinnie, Polworth, Sutherland, Greig