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Originally Posted by The Big Chill
Agreed on 100% of all of that. Shome’s energy and ability to turn with the ball has been really important, and for me he has to be first choice at the 6 now. Gutierrez has looked better than anyone else at the 8, but still has too many mistakes in his game. He can be a really good player if he can cut those errors down.
Henry has been great and deserves playing time. I’m sure he’ll share minutes at the 10 with Camargo and cover the wings as well.
Field has looked surprisingly good at CB, but we’ll look really strong there with Kobza coming back into the team now.
If we can stay healthy we should be able to put a good run of games together to finish the season.
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It's funny, 3 weeks ago our attacking was dreadful and with Musse, Wahling and Henry and coming into the lineup in place of Brooks, Akio and Dias it's currently the strength of the squad.
I really don't know what our best midfield pairing is. Shome is in there for sure; IMO he is probably the best technical player on the squad and his versatility helps in a pinch. I've always seen him as more of an 8 in a double pivot but I don't know who you pair with him. I asked a few folks on Saturday what they think of Gutierrez and none of us are really sure. His signing was heavily praised. He hasn't been bad but I don't see the hype and thought he struggled on Saturday. Is Daley any better? Not sure as I haven't seen him as much this year. Trafford gives you a destroyer if you need it.
I don't rate Field at all but he has had a very solid run since giving up that OG against Forge. Don't mind him as depth but I would prefer Kobza at CB. Similar to Gutierrez, I don't know if Montgomery is valuable or not. Obviously Tommy doesn't rate him if Field is preferred to a healthy Montgomery.