Annoying if May can't play when we finally have Miles fully fit. And you can guarantee he'll then pick up his 5th booking of the season when he returns and then miss another game...
I had other plans for this afternoon, but the lure of watching Appleton's first match in charge broke my resolve, so I'll be watching on Charlton TV instead,
And regretting at 5pm not doing all the things I had planned to do!
lol!... Knew that May would get injured the moment we got our other Striker back, hope it is just concussion, so its minor, but shows our f**king luck.
If Watson is fit enough, he gets the nod for me over Asiimwe - purely based on experience at this level atm because NA needs to be taken out of the firing line ASAP in my opinion.
This formation fits in all of our best attacking and available players in positions they are comfortable.
On paper, May up front “on his own” could look a bit scary but we’ve seen Leaburn play off the right a number of times last season and he’s always managed to make the supporting runs that means his strike partner isn’t as isolated.
Why not just have the same team but with C.Campbell on the right and Leaburn up front? Leaburn has only really done well on the right when he comes off the bench as he’s got fresh legs, I’m not sure starting he’d be as good there. We really need him to be up front with May. That 4-4-2 would be what I want us to play until Camara and Fraser are back.
For this game though I think getting 3 CBs on the pitch could be a good idea because of how Stevenage play and their threat from set pieces, so I’d go
Isted Jones Hector Thomas CBT Taylor Dobson Edun C.Campbell Leaburn May
I think that gives us balance with attacking threat from both sides. Edun is better defensively than CBT so that covers our lack of good LCB options.
Not picking Leaburn and May as a front 2 would be criminal when they are potentially the best strike partnership in the league
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK
He's done alright there so far, though. I admit I really didn't want him playing wingback before the season started but it suits him attacking-wise. He picks up the ball deeper and can run at players more. Out on the wing he'd get the ball with the defender on his back and he'd struggle to turn and play.
CBT playing wingback is one (not the only) reason our defence has been so poor. He simply does not fit into a 5-3-2 system. He is a winger.
Alfie May has concussion - he suffered that on Tuesday so might have a chance with the protocol for next week. Nathan Asiimwe out with what we're told is a minor quad injury. #cafc
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But Chuks is at the ground!
And regretting at 5pm not doing all the things I had planned to do!
After months of shit, is anything ever going to fall in place?
I suppose it depends when they knew May couldn't play. If it was yesterday possibly too late to change it and waste 2 weeks.
He simply does not fit into a 5-3-2 system. He is a winger.
Great to see Aneke back... Really is fantastic for him.