Team v Rochdale FA Cup

[philevs]

Cooper

Edwards
Wilson
Scarr
Gillesphy
Grant

Houghton
Randell/Camara

Broom
Mayor

Hardie

Like the look of that!

 

[saxman]

Comfortably beat Rochdale? Really. On what basis? Rochdale are unbeaten in last 9 league games! Don't think you've done your research.

I think it's a potential banana skin that we'll do well to win.

 

[RKB]

I think it's a potential banana skin that we'll do well to win.

They will be well up for it and unless we are fully at it we will get turned over. As ever, really. Even if we hadn't lost the last 3 I would still be thinking that way. And we're invariably rubbish when we're on the proper telly.

 

[Balham Green]

I think it's a potential banana skin that we'll do well to win.

They are draw specialists. Would take that. Wouldn't fancy it if we concede first

 

[Balham Green]

I like the formation of 5-2-3 (when out of possession) or 3-4-3 (when in possession) but I'd play Jephcott as the striker in that formation who would be better defensively than Hardie by putting pressure on the opposition defence when we're out of possession. I'd like top see Mayor and Broom either side of Jephcott to give the width in the attacking 3rd to take players on. Having Jephcott who could drop deep would allow Mayor and Broom to run in behind also. Even tho he's a little out of form I still believe that Luke Jephcott is our most clinical striker who even tho he's out of form by his standards (I think his numbers would be better if he played less deep) still boasts a goals per min ratio of a goal every 2.07 matches (31 goals in 5,783 mins).

I'd start with;

Cooper

Edwards
Wilson
Scarr
Gillesphey
Grant

Randell
Camara

Broom
Jephcott
Mayor

He is highly unlikely to change the formation. No pace in that team anyway.

 

[cheshiregreen]

Ennis and Bolton will be on bench.

Argyle boosted by return of Bolton and Ennis for FA Cup clash

The pair will be on the bench for the Pilgrims' ITV-televised second round tie away to Rochdale on Sunday

www.plymouthherald.co.uk

 

[Lennygreen]

Strong team needed. I would have thought RL sees this as a ‘must win’, not for a cup run, but as others have said to restore confidence and then take it back to the League. Put another way, losing to Rochdale on the back of 3 league losses isn’t something we can afford.

 

[Quintrell Green]

Strong team needed. I would have thought RL sees this as a ‘must win’, not for a cup run, but as others have said to restore confidence and then take it back to the League. Put another way, losing to Rochdale on the back of 3 league losses isn’t something we can afford.

Exactly this. There is no call to put out a weakened team because Rochdale are a lower League team and, they are playing at home. I can recall them stuffing Argyle last season at HP. Enough said.

 

[ping g5]

Think we need to go strongest team, if for no other reason than to try and get those players back in the winning habit

 

[Antipodean]

"Clubs can name up to nine substitutes in the competition - using a maximum of five of them". So a fair bit of flexibility in terms of the starting lineup and the bench. We're playing away in the league on Wednesday and again on Saturday against strong teams, so we'll have to manage the players with care. I'm not so keen on a draw given the fixture congestion issue and our priorities, but better than being part of some other team's tale of the romance of the Cup!