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No...he just said he'd give him and extra week to get himself right.
n01efc
Player Valuation: £25m
Perhaps I was thinking of him before the Palace game.
It's going to be interesting over the next few weeks how Dyche's approaches this one with Branthwaite.
Especially with Keane being everyone's flavour of the month,I do wonder if he will be more inclined to give Tarks a little rest especially with him playing with injuries at the minute.
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
I can’t see Dyche having the balls to stand down Tarks tbh
Blue Willy
Player Valuation: £8m
Keane will play until the next blooper!
Probably Saturday
Probably Saturday
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Still no discussion. Having a decent game against Ipswich shouldn’t be the basis for keeping out a future England international and one of the best young prospects in the country.
st.domingo
Player Valuation: £8m
Universal opinion has it - until the last couple of weeks at least - that Keggers makes everyone play worse, while Branners has them raise their game.
So it would be interesting to let the unstoppable force meet the immovable object, and have them both play together and see what happens.
He’ll probably just go back to the tried and tested Tarkowski and Branthwaite pairing tho innit. I know I would.
So it would be interesting to let the unstoppable force meet the immovable object, and have them both play together and see what happens.
He’ll probably just go back to the tried and tested Tarkowski and Branthwaite pairing tho innit. I know I would.
Has to come straight back in today.
Mission critical Vs Fulham.
Mission critical Vs Fulham.
kiss the crest
Player Valuation: £35m
Can that back 4 be trusted though?
Ok you can say they kept a clean sheet last 2 games Ipswich, one of their guys missed a fantastic opportunity to score I think it was 0-0 at the time also got given a pen, yes it was over ruled
Newcastle pen again, Gordon should have scored as well as the pen
So bottom line bring your best players back, we all know Keane is an accident waiting to happen, costs us too many goals and points over the many years he has been here
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
If he's fit he plays, Keane played well Vs Ipswich fair enough, but errrm Keane also played when we were shipping three plus a game the first four and falling apart defensively.
I'd start Lindstrom over Harrison as well whose been dreadful since his good half replacing Lindstrom.
I'd start Lindstrom over Harrison as well whose been dreadful since his good half replacing Lindstrom.
Vintage
Player Valuation: £60m
No I agree that back line can't be trusted. I would much rather Branthwaithe in defence than not. He brings more confidence to the team when he plays too and brings out the best of Mykolenko, Tarkowski and Pickford imo. Or you could spin it that he reduces the chances of them making mistakes. I also think he was the difference in a win instead of a draw in the 2nd half v Palace.
On the other hand I think the cbs did fairly well v Newcastle and Ipswich. Keane moreso than Tarkowski. Bar that chance early on Ipswich didn't really threaten Pickford and the pen against Newcastle was daft off the ball stuff. Newcastle were more a danger down wide areas. Keane looks more confident and assured in recent games but that could burst like a balloon too.
My main concern is Branthwaithe got ruled out with injury after his first game back against Palace. We have seen too many times players rushed back in after injury ending up aggravating it or getting a further injury. DCL being the classic case.
Do you go with long term gain over short term pain by easing Branthwaithe back or bring him straight in increasing the chances of a result. My personal opinion is it's too much of a risk to take starting him today soon after an injury setback even though a minor one. If the defence had been a calamity the last couple of games however I would have a much different opinion on risking him though.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
For me it would be Keane and Branthwaite today.
I think if your message to the players who aren’t making the team is that they need to sit tight and keep working hard, that their chance will come and they need to be ready, and if they play well they will keep their place, then you have to play Keane, because he’s done all those things.
Saying that I do think Dyche may very well use two clean sheets as an excuse to stick with Tarkowski and Keane and keep JB on the bench.
Vintage
Player Valuation: £60m
Ya Keane has been arguably better than Tarkowski this season esp in the Newcastle game and covered his mistakes but on the flip side Branthwaithe and Keane haven't played together before in the league that I can think of and Branthwaithe has a good partnership with Tarkowski and both looked good together against Palace in the 2nd half