Barker makes his league debut. I presume Lapslie has to continue at right back. Pratley providing deep lying defensive cover. Bonne obviously up front. How the rest of the players are deployed will be interesting.
Looks good on paper but in our best seasons (outside the Prem years) we’ve mainly played 2 up front. Be interesting to see if we can get it working consistently.
I hope Washington and Doughty aren’t the other way around, it doesn’t suit Doughty having to cut back onto his left which reduces the impact of his pace.
A slightly negative starting XI but maybe we'll see something different in the second half
Dont think its overly negative, we've already seen that Forster-Caskey and Gilbey can get forward
The latter was a bastard to try and get the ball off of against Swindon when he wants to go on run
Any time Pratley plays anywhere other than centre-back I'm going to call it overly negative, fair warning
I don’t think Pratley gets in the team in this division once we make a few more experienced signings. As it stands atm, his presence will do the world of good for the younger players involved.
I should imagine that Doughty and Washington will swap sides at some point - at least that’s what happened has happened previously when they have been in the same team.
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Subs: Maynard-Brewer, Williams, Aneke, Morgan, Oztumer, Levitt, Vennings
Frustrated though as thats the original team from my Preview, I changed it before posting though
Amos
Lapslie - Barker - Oshilaja - Purrington
Gilbey - Pratley - Forster-Caskey
Washington - Bonne - Doughty
I presume Lapslie has to continue at right back.
Pratley providing deep lying defensive cover.
Bonne obviously up front.
How the rest of the players are deployed will be interesting.
Looks good on paper but in our best seasons (outside the Prem years) we’ve mainly played 2 up front. Be interesting to see if we can get it working consistently.
I hope Washington and Doughty aren’t the other way around, it doesn’t suit Doughty having to cut back onto his left which reduces the impact of his pace.
Amos
Lapslie Barker Oshilaja Purrington
Pratley
Gilbey Forster-Caskey
Bonne
The latter was a bastard to try and get the ball off of against Swindon when he wants to go on run
re team, regardless of players leaving, that looks pretty good to me
Although only know Will Jaaskelainen as he's Jussi's son
Subs: Richards, Ainley, Zanzala, Lancashire, Lundstram, Sass-Davies, Johnson