Maybe we will be able to see what Watson can really bring to a team. But for my money Pratley, Watson and Forster Caskey are all a bit defensive minded and prefer to pass the ball sideways.
Prefer Doughty at fullback, think he needs that space in front of him to stretch his legs and do damage in attack.
The midfield looks a bit unbalanced to me though. Not really sure we need Pratley and Watson in there together but we’ll see. It’s exactly the problem some of us were trying to get across - with Gilbey out we have either midfielders who are very defensive or very attacking and only really an out of form JFC who offers anything in between.
Totally new back 5 and I n terms of having played together as a unit before.
Happy to see Aneke finally starting. He should be a real handful at this level, let’s hope this is finally the beginning of a run of appearances for him.
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Remember Fred Dinnage climbing his factory chimney stacks. And driving his steam roller/traction engines.
Proper character.
Prepare to be surprised.
Or not. That's more the Charlton way, perjhaps.
Ominous that Maddison is injured. I wonder how much (or little) we will see of him?
Surprised to see JFC in there. Hope he proves me wrong in questioning his selection.
Just say it.
In Bows we trust.....
Aneke already a problem to deal with