Ginger Gnome
Active Member
You can tell how bad the options are by some of the suggestions in here.
Osborn at left back in a 4, anyone but Bogle at right back even if Baldock is still out, or playing Baldock at left centre back if he's available are all crazy.
Trouble is, it's hard to come up with a team that doesn't feature Bogle and/or Trusty without doing something like that, especially as Baldock, Archer and BBD might all still be missing and Davies supposedly isn't fit enough to start yet.
If we're playing wing backs, Osborn is the only real option for the left, Trusty and Brooks don't really have a clue what they're doing out there. Ideally Baldock being fit would mean he could play RCB, with Anel in the middle, Robinson LCB and Trusty not in the side. It does means Bogle at right wing back but he always plays better next to George than when he's second guessing what Ahmenhodzic is doing. Having to move Osborn to wing back opens a spot in midfield for Arblaster or Brooks if Davies can's start, Hamer, Souza, McAtee pick themselves, with probably Osula up front due to nobody else being fit.
Ideally we'd play a back four, but that kind of needs Baldock fit rather than Bogle alongside Anel, Robbo and probably Trusty has to be left back by default. Midfield could stay as it has been for the past few games, with McAtee, Osula and somebody else in attack but with neither Archer or BBD there isn't really a somebody else (I'm not even considering the lazy waster Brewster as an option), so probably Brooks a bit deeper.
All this talk of giving youth a chance, we'll probably end up with Norwood starting.
Osborn at left back in a 4, anyone but Bogle at right back even if Baldock is still out, or playing Baldock at left centre back if he's available are all crazy.
Trouble is, it's hard to come up with a team that doesn't feature Bogle and/or Trusty without doing something like that, especially as Baldock, Archer and BBD might all still be missing and Davies supposedly isn't fit enough to start yet.
If we're playing wing backs, Osborn is the only real option for the left, Trusty and Brooks don't really have a clue what they're doing out there. Ideally Baldock being fit would mean he could play RCB, with Anel in the middle, Robinson LCB and Trusty not in the side. It does means Bogle at right wing back but he always plays better next to George than when he's second guessing what Ahmenhodzic is doing. Having to move Osborn to wing back opens a spot in midfield for Arblaster or Brooks if Davies can's start, Hamer, Souza, McAtee pick themselves, with probably Osula up front due to nobody else being fit.
Ideally we'd play a back four, but that kind of needs Baldock fit rather than Bogle alongside Anel, Robbo and probably Trusty has to be left back by default. Midfield could stay as it has been for the past few games, with McAtee, Osula and somebody else in attack but with neither Archer or BBD there isn't really a somebody else (I'm not even considering the lazy waster Brewster as an option), so probably Brooks a bit deeper.
All this talk of giving youth a chance, we'll probably end up with Norwood starting.
