Cropper Bombs....

Quoted from friskneymariner

Godger was immense in their defence, think he will try and rough up Macatee and Taylor to get a reaction out them.

Will his mashed potato loving mate be in attendance?

I can't see any changes to either the starting eleven or even the squad, injuries aside.  

I expected Coke to stay on the bench for his experience at Wrexham but obviously Hurst opted for the fresher legs.  I thought Raikhy added the fresh legs we needed at the right time on Saturday, whereas Coke came on at exactly the right time for the right purpose at County.

In fact all 6 subs (Pearson, Raikhy, Coke, JMD, Abrahams and Mani) have had impacts from the bench, harsh on whoever you don't go with but Coke is the only who I could imagine is in Hurst's minds for a change on the bench.

The only other thing that might be in Hurst's mind is left-back.  Amos struggled in both the County and Wrexham games, something I'm sure Ardley will have picked up and look to target in on.  I like Amos and after his original settling in period has been excellent, but he's just looked leggy last few games.  Hopefully a slight blip and he's back on it for Sunday.

Quoted from Poojah

Will his mashed potato loving mate be in attendance?

Supporting us -  he's black and white

Quoted from diehardmariner

I can't see any changes to either the starting eleven or even the squad, injuries aside.  

I expected Coke to stay on the bench for his experience at Wrexham but obviously Hurst opted for the fresher legs.  I thought Raikhy added the fresh legs we needed at the right time on Saturday, whereas Coke came on at exactly the right time for the right purpose at County.

In fact all 6 subs (Pearson, Raikhy, Coke, JMD, Abrahams and Mani) have had impacts from the bench, harsh on whoever you don't go with but Coke is the only who I could imagine is in Hurst's minds for a change on the bench.

The only other thing that might be in Hurst's mind is left-back.  Amos struggled in both the County and Wrexham games, something I'm sure Ardley will have picked up and look to target in on.  I like Amos and after his original settling in period has been excellent, but he's just looked leggy last few games.  Hopefully a slight blip and he's back on it for Sunday.

Amos? He has been great. He cleared a goalbound header off the line in the first half on Saturday and then produced a fantastic pinpoint cross for our second goal. I would be astounded if he made any changes to the defence, but if he does it will be for a very specific reason in something he has seen in Solihull's armoury.

All about opinions but I thought he was on toast for large parts of the County game especially.  I think he admitted as much himself after the game.

As said, he's been absolutely spot on for a good number of games prior so hopefully just a blip and he'll back to his best on Sunday.  

Quoted from diehardmariner

All about opinions but I thought he was on toast for large parts of the County game especially.  I think he admitted as much himself after the game.

As said, he's been absolutely spot on for a good number of games prior so hopefully just a blip and he'll back to his best on Sunday.  

Also worth noting that Amos has very few career games under his belt so is gaining vital experience with us this season.

Absolutely.

And his only first team action this season, prior to joining us, was in EFL Trophy games.  Probably at reserve level standard really.  90 minutes in October, 90 minutes early November and then 16 minutes of the bench at the end of November.

Since joining us he's missed just 5 games.  Wrexham is the only time he's been substituted and that after a full 90 minutes.

He's bound to be a little leggy.  I think we can say the same for Cropper (arguably more so considering how long he was out for with injury) and Holohan.

It certainly is noticeable that Amos has picked up a few bookings over the past month throwing himself into challenges near the halfway line when it looks as though the attacker might get away down the line. It could well be an indication of tiredness if he can't get there quite quickly enough, or doesn't fancy chasing back down the line.

I didn't realise he was so inexperienced. This being the case, he's done even better than I thought, all things considered.

His bookings have also come since Hurst commented that he needed to be a bit nastier, or something along those lines.

Quoted from aldi_01

I’d keep them same side and use the long throw occasionally. That was the issue with Parkinson’s style of play at Wrexham, they play for a throw in in the final third and teams know it coming whereas we did change it up…

Yes, BUT  

Cropper's long throw could/should make Sousa more effective.

Sousa can get us up the field, go outside his man, and beat him or (likely) win a throw within bombing range of the opponents' penalty area.

There was a post recently suggesting Sousa should run upfield and then pass to a team-mate (rather than attempt to shoot or cross).
This is even better.
And the more times their 'giant' (Hudlin?) has to come back to defend the long throw, the sooner he gets leg-weary.