A Hurst Headache

I've just been thinking about A starting 11 for Grimsby Borough tonight and it really shows how much of a headache Hurst has in choosing his side this season. I came up with this and just see who is available afterwards...


                         Goalkeeper?

Efete.      Mullarkey.       Maher.      Glennon

         Clifton.       Conteh.      Khouri

          Eisa.           Rose.          Vernam


Subs
Amos - LB
Waterfall - CB
Rodgers - CB
Holohan - CM
Green - CM
Hunt - CM
Khan - WNG
Wilson - ST
Pyke - ST

All of the subs are very capable at league 2, then there's the issue of at least 2 competing keepers to come. We need some good cup runs and some team rotation to keep all these happy.

Excited for the season to start

Very good squad

2 keepers and maybe a forward if everyone stays on ?

Then the loan market maybe a little bit

Seems like we are almost set.

I don't see it as a headache and I doubt PH will either.

Bet he's buzzing at having so many good players to choose from. Any manager would be.

I think it will be any one of Khouri, Conteh or Hunt. Can’t see a combination of those playing together.

Now I'm not the greatest fan of Green, but thinking about it a Clifton-Green-Conteh midfield would give us some serious steel in the middle of the park, that setup isn't getting bullied.  I'd imagine in perfect situations we'll have the better ball players starting but against those more 'robust' teams we've got the tools to switch it up and battle.  Genuinely just want a RB, a big lump up front and a keeper now

I'm more than willing to admit that I'm wrong on this once the season starts but as I said elsewhere, I'm not sure I see Rose as the focal point of a front three with a combo of Vernam/Khan/Eisa either side. I think Rose is the type of forward that plays with a central partner and as such I think we're still in the market for a big lump striker. I think we could potentially see a return of Clifton doing that out wide but also tucking in as and when needed role that we saw a lot in the NL season.  I think the plan is to eventually have our two best midfielders on the ball (Hunt and Conteh if what I've read about the latter is true) together in the middle too, perhaps not straight away with Conteh being so young so I've opted for tried and tested with Holohan in the middle for this:

Goalkeeper

Efete Waterfall  Rodgers  Glennon

Clifton  Holohan Conteh  Vernam

Rose  BigLump

I'm really interested to see what PH does with his new players because I'm a bit confused about what the plan is, but that's surely a good position to be in as I think our early season opposition will also be in the dark to some extent.

Loads of questions I'm not sure of the answers to...

Who are the first choice CBs? You could argue a case for all of them.
Same question with the CMs. Is Conteh going straight in? How do you find the best balance of technical ability, energy and smashing players with the players at our disposal?
What's the pecking order of the wide forwards? I'd say Vernam, Khan and then Eisa.
Where do Pyke and Wilson fit into this?

Think we covered at RB now as Mullarkey and Rodgers have both played there throughout the career.  2 keepers, a striker and maybe another winger option then we set

Quoted from Stew0_0

Think we covered at RB now as Mullarkey and Rodgers have both played there throughout the career.  2 keepers, a striker and maybe another winger option then we set

I'd rather have another specialist right back to compete with Efete than another winger. Efete's form picked up considerably when Emmanuel was there as genuine competition. I know Mullarkey and Rodgers CAN play right back, but they're filling in at best rather than bring genuine competition.

I think we need 4 more; 2 keepers, right back, big lump of a striker.

Quoted from Son of Cod

Loads of questions I'm not sure of the answers to...

Who are the first choice CBs? You could argue a case for all of them.
Same question with the CMs. Is Conteh going straight in? How do you find the best balance of technical ability, energy and smashing players with the players at our disposal?
What's the pecking order of the wide forwards? I'd say Vernam, Khan and then Eisa.
Where do Pyke and Wilson fit into this?

That's what pre-season will decide for Hurst. What a predicament for Hurst to be in, not knowing who to play because he has such good stock to choose from.

Quoted from Son of Cod

I'm more than willing to admit that I'm wrong on this once the season starts but as I said elsewhere, I'm not sure I see Rose as the focal point of a front three with a combo of Vernam/Khan/Eisa either side. I think Rose is the type of forward that plays with a central partner and as such I think we're still in the market for a big lump striker. I think we could potentially see a return of Clifton doing that out wide but also tucking in as and when needed role that we saw a lot in the NL season.  I think the plan is to eventually have our two best midfielders on the ball (Hunt and Conteh if what I've read about the latter is true) together in the middle too, perhaps not straight away with Conteh being so young so I've opted for tried and tested with Holohan in the middle for this:

Goalkeeper

Efete Waterfall  Rodgers  Glennon

Clifton  Holohan Conteh  Vernam

Rose  BigLump

I'm really interested to see what PH does with his new players because I'm a bit confused about what the plan is, but that's surely a good position to be in as I think our early season opposition will also be in the dark to some extent.

Loads of questions I'm not sure of the answers to...

Who are the first choice CBs? You could argue a case for all of them.
Same question with the CMs. Is Conteh going straight in? How do you find the best balance of technical ability, energy and smashing players with the players at our disposal?
What's the pecking order of the wide forwards? I'd say Vernam, Khan and then Eisa.
Where do Pyke and Wilson fit into this?

I think you can be pretty sure we won't play 4-4-2 and I very much doubt that Holohan will feature much. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up back at Hartlepool.