Team for Stoke........

[MattyRangers]

Last year Warnock made a good move to play Hill LB to act as an extra CB when defending the set pieces and throw ins, then Traore LM, so we could do that again as it worked

And drop Adel?

[QPRDave]

Pennant plays for Wolves now.

Does he??,..... I knew that, just testing........:shy:

[Frode]

I would go 4-4-1-1(beat them with that formation last season up there)

Cesar

Bosingwa Nelsen Hill Traore

Mackie Diakite Faurlin Taarabt

Granero

Cisse

Need to stop their wingplay, so I would use Mackie instead of Hoilett because of his workrate(and the fact that Bosingwa is pretty poor defensivly). Ferdinand is a championship defender at best, Hill will cope better with Stoke's dead balls. Diakite and Faurlin as ballwinners in midfield, allowing Granero to play as a trequartista(probably his best position). Agree that Cisse is not a perfect lone striker, as his hold up play is poor. But with Taarabt and Granero you have players who can put Djib in behind the Stoke backline. Hoilett, impact sub

[Ginger Ninja]

--------------------Cesar---------------------
Bos-------Anton---------Nelsen------Traore
-------------------Diakite---------------------
--------Faurlin---------------Granero--------
Hoilett--------------------------------Taarabt
-------------------Cisse-----------------------

[QPR Richard]

Seeing all these formations, who's playing the 'number ten' role? Hughes has used Hoilett in that 'role' lately. Most people have got Adel out on the left wing, hardly the so-called classic number ten position is it?

[dave58]

With our inhability to deal with balls into the box think we could get battered Crouch is gonna kill us

[Mellowhoop]

Faurlins gotta play.. We will trounced playing both hoilett and adel imo

[QPRJACK123]

And drop Adel?

True, so I would play this team..

Cesar

Bosingwa--Ferdinand--Nelson--Hill--Traore

Granero--Diakite--Faurlin

Taarabt
Cisse

[vblockranger]

last years team that beat them (our last away win!)

1. Patrick Kenny -
18. Luke Young -
35. Anton Ferdinand -
6. Daniel Gabbidon -
3. Clint Hill -
32. Shaun Wright-Phillips -
17. Joey Barton -
11. Alejandro Faurlin -
13. Armand Traore -
12. Jamie Mackie -
22. Heidar Helguson -

think the above team would have more chance than the current one.

[essex]

--------------------Cesar---------------------
--------Anton---------Nelsen------Hill--------
-------------------Diakite---------------------
--------Faurlin---------------Granero--------
Hoilett------------Taarabt------------Traore
-------------------Cisse-----------------------

[QPRJACK123]

--------------------Cesar---------------------
--------Anton---------Nelsen------Hill--------
-------------------Diakite---------------------
--------Faurlin---------------Granero--------
Hoilett------------Taarabt------------Traore
-------------------Cisse-----------------------

Mate that is a top side, that team is very defensive and has bundles of pace to counter. Love that team and formation

[Pal]

--------------------Cesar---------------------
Bos-------Anton---------Nelsen------Traore
-------------------Diakite---------------------
--------Faurlin---------------Granero--------
Hoilett--------------------------------Taarabt
-------------------Cisse-----------------------

Yep, like that, 3 points in the bag.

[The Godfather]

Hate to be so negative (I'm not usually) but none of the above line-ups fill me with any confidence whatsoever. I can't see anything other than a comfortable Stoke victory. Our defending is so atrocious and Stoke will be pumping long balls into our penalty area - can anyone see us coping? Plus what are the chances of one of our psychos (Diakite/Cisse) getting sent off with such a hostile atmosphere and fans calling for a red card with every tackle?

[QPR Richard]

--------------------Cesar---------------------
--------Anton---------Nelsen------Hill--------
-------------------Diakite---------------------
--------Faurlin---------------Granero--------
Hoilett------------Taarabt------------Traore
-------------------Cisse-----------------------

Looks weak on the defensive flanks tbh.

[essex]

Looks weak on the defensive flanks tbh.

My thinking here was that stokes primary means of attack is high balls into the box, traore/bosingwa arent great in the air, so played 3 cb's at the back. With traore tracking back to cover hills lack of pace. If park was fit i would play in on the right for his defensive ability.