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billnick: "You missed off 'Depends on the opposition'" and striebs: "Any pair from Defoe, Keane and Crouch but not all 3 at site time" - very good points, sorry I missed them.
Shepspurs: "This poll will only prove the adage that 'you are as good as your last game.'" - fair point too, but given how much it is being discussed in other threads, I thought it was worth trying to have a proper debate about it.
adwanhussein: "It is the depth of the squad that we are lamenting about now" - agreed, but we looked a bit lost when Defoe, Modric and Lennon were all out injured.
Mogga321: "Beyond me how Hudd is rated so highly - NEVER EVER DONE IT AGAINST A TOP FOUR TEAM - NEVER - FACT.....The reason for this is that he is too slow, to imobile & simply cannot run a midfield... etc..." - definitely agree with this. If Huddlestone can keep performing at his best against any opponent/opposition, then fine, he's got the shirt - but if not, then it's Jenas for me too. Or perhaps playing Huddlestone against "lesser" opposition (until he gains more experience) and Jenas in bigger games, though probably not ideal, could be considered.
Mogga321: "As for Crouch: - Good plan B but no more...we are too predictable when he plays" - true, but that's not Crouch's fault. He, and we as a team, are perfectly capable of playing the ball on the ground.
It's worth remembering that, at the beginning of the season, despite many people (myself included) saying that it wouldn't work, we had a pretty successful run with Keane and Defoe playing up front together, with Crouch benched.
But for the time being, assuming form and fitness, my front six would be:
Lennon Palacios Jenas Modric
Defoe Crouch
Damn hard to leave out Kranjcar, I've always been a big fan. Out of interest, can he play central (or right) midfield?
At the moment, I'd find it difficult to fit Keane into a starting XI, though it's a close run thing and if I did it would be in the same formation, swapping for Crouch.
As Shepspurs says above, it would be interesting to do this poll again in a month or two.
p.s. Er, defence... damn it... I'll think about that another day!
Shepspurs: "This poll will only prove the adage that 'you are as good as your last game.'" - fair point too, but given how much it is being discussed in other threads, I thought it was worth trying to have a proper debate about it.
adwanhussein: "It is the depth of the squad that we are lamenting about now" - agreed, but we looked a bit lost when Defoe, Modric and Lennon were all out injured.
Mogga321: "Beyond me how Hudd is rated so highly - NEVER EVER DONE IT AGAINST A TOP FOUR TEAM - NEVER - FACT.....The reason for this is that he is too slow, to imobile & simply cannot run a midfield... etc..." - definitely agree with this. If Huddlestone can keep performing at his best against any opponent/opposition, then fine, he's got the shirt - but if not, then it's Jenas for me too. Or perhaps playing Huddlestone against "lesser" opposition (until he gains more experience) and Jenas in bigger games, though probably not ideal, could be considered.
Mogga321: "As for Crouch: - Good plan B but no more...we are too predictable when he plays" - true, but that's not Crouch's fault. He, and we as a team, are perfectly capable of playing the ball on the ground.
It's worth remembering that, at the beginning of the season, despite many people (myself included) saying that it wouldn't work, we had a pretty successful run with Keane and Defoe playing up front together, with Crouch benched.
But for the time being, assuming form and fitness, my front six would be:
Lennon Palacios Jenas Modric
Defoe Crouch
Damn hard to leave out Kranjcar, I've always been a big fan. Out of interest, can he play central (or right) midfield?
At the moment, I'd find it difficult to fit Keane into a starting XI, though it's a close run thing and if I did it would be in the same formation, swapping for Crouch.
As Shepspurs says above, it would be interesting to do this poll again in a month or two.
p.s. Er, defence... damn it... I'll think about that another day!