Ok window is shut so what’s our new look starting XI

Swap McNair for Fry, and I'd say it's probably that.

When Howson gets his 2 match ban, Barlaser will come in and will probably make the spot his own.
 
Carrick's clever enough not to upset the apple cart and will resist making changes to the team. He will bed the new lads into the training regime and allow them to earn their place.

I feel it will be the same team that played Watford, with the only exception being as TeaCider suggests Fry for McNair.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
Carrick's clever enough not to upset the apple cart and will resist making changes to the team. He will bed the new lads into the training regime and allow them to earn their place.

I feel it will be the same team that played Watford, with the only exception being as TeaCider suggests Fry for McNair.
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He's put Archer in pretty much straight away so he's not averse to changing the side.
 
Looks solid to me..

—————-—Steffen————-—
Smith——Fry—Lenihan——Giles
———-Howson—Hackney———
—-—Forss—Akpom—McGree—
—————-—-Archer—————

——————-Roberts—————
Dijksteel—McNair—Clarke—Bola
————Barlaser—Mowett———
——-Jones—Ramsey—Muniz—-
———————Crooks———-—-
 
10 outfield spots up for grabs.
6 on the bench.
There's going to be some disappointed players not even getting into the matchday squad.
 
Injuries, loss of form and suspensions notwithstanding, our 1st 11 is settled now and each position has a decent back-up.

Steffen / Roberts / Daniels

Smith / Dijksteel
Fry / McNair
Lenihan / [Clarke]
Giles / Bola

Howson / Barlaser
Hackney / Mowatt

Forss / Jones
Akpom / Crooks
McGree / Ramsey
Archer / Muniz

The secret sauce to this is that McNair and Crooks can both cover about 4 different positions each. Also sounds like Ramsey can play anywhere along the front line too. There is real competition just to get on the bench now. Put Clarke in brackets because we don't know when he'll be back.
 
There’s no way barlasser will be back up as you can tell from the off that he has been hand picked by carrick.
 
Bruce said:
Injuries, loss of form and suspensions notwithstanding, our 1st 11 is settled now and each position has a decent back-up.

Steffen / Roberts / Daniels

Smith / Dijksteel
Fry / McNair
Lenihan / [Clarke]
Giles / Bola

Howson / Barlaser
Hackney / Mowatt

Forss / Jones
Akpom / Crooks
McGree / Ramsey
Archer / Muniz

The secret sauce to this is that McNair and Crooks can both cover about 4 different positions each. Also sounds like Ramsey can play anywhere along the front line too. There is real competition just to get on the bench now. Put Clarke in brackets because we don't know when he'll be back.
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...or possibly
Howson/Mowatt
Hackney/Barlaser
 
changingman said:
I think our first XI will eventually look like this, not sure how long we'll take to get there though:

Steffen

Smith
Fry
Lenihan
Giles

Hackney
Barlaser

Forss
Akpom
Ramsey

Archer
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I don't think Ramsey would get in ahead of Mcgree. Mcgree drifting inside and linking up with akpom and hackney creating space for Giles to overlap into is very central to our attacking threat.
 
Acklam_Lad said:
injuries aside we will not be seeing Clark, Mowatt or Muniz in a Boro shirt again.
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There will be injuries, so we probably will see them again.

Clarke isn't a loan signing either, if he gets back to fitness, he'll feature next season.
 
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