Luongo

I think you are right Stoatey, its a chance to change things up and bring in BOS and give him a run of games.

Neither Manning or Scowen has played for us in the Luongo roll they are both more suited to a more defensive role, and I don't know if we have an option to call Manning back anyway.. As Stoatey has said we could more Freeman into the more central roll and play Bos out wide 

Or we could change the way we are setup and go back to 442 with a midfield of BOS Cousins or Scowen Freeman and Pavel and upfront we have a choice of Wells with one of Hamed Smith Symth or Oteh 

Luongo is a loss but we still have lots of options even with Cameron missing. McClaren just needs to make the right choice


It may be time to try out the youngsters again with the team playing with a little more confidence 

Guess my question is why the club has got itself into this position, where they are contracted to release Luongo for international duty for so long and still let Manning go out on loan for so long. For me, Chair is the best fit if Freeman continues on the wing, but I would get Manning back for January.

Can we fly him back overnight to land in Portsmouth to shove him in the team for tomorrow?

I know I should know this, but I've just realised that Luongo is gone! I thought he was solid (of course I guess I would...) and a loss. Oh well. I wish him the best! I don't think we ever saw his true potential. I think he is misused by the Australian team as well!