Dover

No Sousa, Effete or Wright

Any ideas who will be on the right hand sides as we are going to be without what’s been our biggest threat this season

I'd guess Revan on the left and Bapaga on the right, or maybe clifton one the right and bapaga on the left.

Well Wright is never fit. sears at right back.

Taylor for Sousa too much of a change to the game plan. Bapaga to the right and either Clifton or Revan on the left would have given more balance.

I think there will be a new striker in for Saturday too, judging by what PH has said

Quoted from Hagrid

Well Wright is never fit. sears at right back.

You really don’t like Max do you? I get your overall point and you’re right but you never miss an opportunity to stick the knife in do you?

Actually on Sears, has he played a minute yet? Or even been on the bench? Is he fit?

Quoted from jimgtfc

You really don’t like Max do you? I get your overall point and you’re right but you never miss an opportunity to stick the knife in do you?

Wright is never fit

Which is completely true. If he wasnt a Grimsby lad would you be so offended? Would you heck

Quoted from Hagrid

Wright is never fit

Which is completely true. If he wasnt a Grimsby lad would you be so offended? Would you heck

Not offended mate and like I said I agree with you. Just don’t feel the need to mention it at any given opportunity.

Thought Bapaga looked better on the right 2nd half against Eastleigh tbf than he had on the left

Quoted from jimgtfc

Not offended mate and like I said I agree with you. Just don’t feel the need to mention it at any given opportunity.

The OP mentioned Wright. What do you want me to say? He isnt fit?

I think we’ll see Scannell on the bench on Saturday.

He may go three at the back. Bring in Pearson and have two wing backs. Crookes and Clifton could do a job there.

Playing bottom of the league, it wouldn't be a massive risk.

Quoted from TwoLeftFeet

Thought Bapaga looked better on the right 2nd half against Eastleigh tbf than he had on the left

I thought he looked ok tonight to be honest.

What about
GK
RB CB CB LB
MID MID MID
MCATEE
FOR FOR

Could get midfielder to sit deep and push full backs on to provide width??

                  McKeown
       Waterfall   Towler   Crookes
Clifton                              Revan
       Hunt                    Coke
                   McAtee
       John-Lewis            Taylor

Subs: Sears, Pearson, Fox, Bapaga & Essel

Done!

Is Sousa definitely out then? Confirmed?

Quoted from SouthLakesMariner

I think we’ll see Scannell on the bench on Saturday.

My thoughts exactly.

                                                                  Crocombe

             Revan               Waterfall            Towler                        Crookes

             Bapaga             Fox                         Hunt                      Clifton

                                                    McAtee

                                                                      John Lewis

Subs.     Pearson     Sears    Essel   Coke   Taylor

Biggest concern is right back, Sears surely cant be considered as he has not played any football since the rotherham game.

I think Clifton will have to go right back which will be to the detriment of our midfield and then bapaga on the wing.

I'm not concerned about the Dover game (we would probably beat them if we fielded a  Holloway XI) but I am concerned about the next two games. Woking won't be easy judging by their performance last night

It looks like we might be without the two  players (together perhaps with McAtee) that have contributed the most to our great start. Just hope Sousa's injury isn't serious and he's only out for next Saturday IMO he's absolutely outstanding

Quoted from ginnywings

He may go three at the back. Bring in Pearson and have two wing backs. Crookes and Clifton could do a job there.

Playing bottom of the league, it wouldn't be a massive risk.

Agree with this possibility, though crooks isn't best suited as a wing back in my opinion and Revan would give a better attacking threat in that role.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

No Sousa, Effete or Wright

Any ideas who will be on the right hand sides as we are going to be without what’s been our biggest threat this season

Sears is our backup RB. Revan is either footed I believe and Clifton can do a job there too.

In terms of wingers you've also got Clifton as an option, Revan has played there and Bapaga. Scannell will probably be on the bench and McAtee could also fill in there.

With Efete put for 3 games I assume, there is also the loan market if Sears isn't deemed fit enough yet.

It's a squad game and sometimes, due to a bit of bad luck you have to put a few square pegs in round holes.

Over 5k already shifted for this one. Mental really, really great to see.

Not sure what the fuss is about re the team, we regularly play with one proper winger in Sousa and McAtee roaming about the other side with Crookes overlapping.

We also have a backup RB with Clifton able to play there as well.

On top of that, nobody knows if Sousa might even be fit anyway.

Dover haven't won a game yet but seem like they're getting harder to beat - only conceded 2 in their last 3 games. People might need to be patient and stick with them on Saturday as seems some think it should be a guaranteed 3 points juat for turning up.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Dover haven't won a game yet but seem like they're getting harder to beat - only conceded 2 in their last 3 games. People might need to be patient and stick with them on Saturday as seems some think it should be a guaranteed 3 points juat for turning up.

Sod that, if we’re not at least three up by the half hour mark I’ll be throwing my own faeces at the dugout.

I'm annoyed we're not already 5 up against Dover. Might cut up my season ticket in protest.

Quoted from Poojah

Sod that, if we’re not at least three up by the half hour mark I’ll be throwing my own faeces at the dugout.

There has been a lot of faeces in that dugout over the years!

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Dover haven't won a game yet but seem like they're getting harder to beat - only conceded 2 in their last 3 games. People might need to be patient and stick with them on Saturday as seems some think it should be a guaranteed 3 points juat for turning up.

Agree with this  - be careful boys& girls.
Although things are greatly improved , we have all been down this road many times - there are no games that can be taken for granted in tis league.
With our fantastic following we will doubtless have all the posession & they will park the bus.
There again I could be wrong & we'll get 6. That would be nice.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

                  McKeown
       Waterfall   Towler   Crookes
Clifton                              Revan
       Hunt                    Coke
                   McAtee
       John-Lewis            Taylor

Subs: Sears, Pearson, Fox, Bapaga & Essel

Done!

So against a team who'll park the bus we go as narrow as we possibly can?

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Dover haven't won a game yet but seem like they're getting harder to beat - only conceded 2 in their last 3 games. People might need to be patient and stick with them on Saturday as seems some think it should be a guaranteed 3 points juat for turning up.

Reads like they're parking the bus, 1 keeper & 10 players on the goal line. Definite win but as you say we may have to be more patient than we think.

Think we need to get a reality check fellas. We are getting too big for our boots, and football has a habit of bringing you back down to earth. If the players take the same attitude you are, then this game has got "upset" written all over it. If god forbid,  they take the lead, then the atmosphere can quickly  go toxic and players start to panic. Patience is the key.

The worry for me is not so much the Dover game, but the games after that.

If we go into those without Efete and Sousa, we are very much diminished. Our right hand side has been the best feature of the team in an attacking sense so far this season.

It's galling that both players were physically assaulted on the pitch by the sound of things, but we were the ones who got punished in more ways than one.

Agree mate

Quoted from mimma

Think we need to get a reality check fellas. We are getting too big for our boots, and football has a habit of bringing you back down to earth. If the players take the same attitude you are, then this game has got "upset" written all over it. If god forbid,  they take the lead, then the atmosphere can quickly  go toxic and players start to panic. Patience is the key.

To be honest, it's not been like that this season. I think that most fans now believe we can still win a game if we go behind.

Quoted from Les Brechin

To be honest, it's not been like that this season. I think that most fans now believe we can still win a game if we go behind.

I'm with you Les. Listening to last night on the radio all I heard was the Town fans cheering on the team, in the rain.

Nothing toxic could be heard over the radio, so why should the subject be mentioned? First defeat in 8, were going to lose some games and given the massive advantage, Bromley have playing on that pitch for half their games, they will probably win many home games. I believe that's what happened with Sutton last year.

Let's get behind the Team for the Dover game, and ignore such negative comments.

I suppose if we have a winless run, and that is quite conceivable, things might begin to turn. But judging by the reception the team got at the end of the match last night, despite the result and the miserable soaking we got, there’s a LOT of credit in the Bank of Patience.

(You could say there was plenty of liquidity 😉)

Quoted from DB

I'm with you Les. Listening to last night on the radio all I heard was the Town fans cheering on the team, in the rain.

Nothing toxic could be heard over the radio, so why should the subject be mentioned? First defeat in 8, were going to lose some games and given the massive advantage, Bromley have playing on that pitch for half their games, they will probably win many home games. I believe that's what happened with Sutton last year.

Let's get behind the Team for the Dover game, and ignore such negative comments.

We need to find a way. Suspensions, injuries, loss of form....this is why we have twenty odd players. Not trying to stir any kind of argument, but is Wright unavailable?

Dont think it will be as easy as some seem to think on saturday.. We seem to give a lot of chances away at the back . they only need to sneek one and park the bus and we will have a struggle on our hands with the two missing players. Boy could we do with a vernham  type player  in the squad

Quoted from denni266

Dont think it will be as easy as some seem to think on saturday.. We seem to give a lot of chances away at the back . they only need to sneek one and park the bus and we will have a struggle on our hands with the two missing players. Boy could we do with a vernham  type player  in the squad

Agree with you there Denni - however Charles has done relatively FA since departing for Burton & Bradford?

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

Agree with you there Denni - however Charles has done relatively FA since departing for Burton & Bradford?

He did FA for us bar a 6 game spell

Tickets seem to be selling well looking at the website

Quoted from denni266

Dont think it will be as easy as some seem to think on saturday.. We seem to give a lot of chances away at the back . they only need to sneek one and park the bus and we will have a struggle on our hands with the two missing players. Boy could we do with a vernham  type player  in the squad

Not saying that a player like vernham wouldn’t be welcome, but his skills are more suited to a counter attacking style of football and not sure we will be doing much of that against Dover.

Quoted from Posh Harry

Not saying that a player like vernham wouldn’t be welcome, but his skills are more suited to a counter attacking style of football and not sure we will be doing much of that against Dover.

We already have a Vernham type player in Macatee, only Macatee is more consistent, fitter and more skillful, would never swap Macatee for Vernham...

Quoted from ginnywings

He may go three at the back. Bring in Pearson and have two wing backs. Crookes and Clifton could do a job there.

Playing bottom of the league, it wouldn't be a massive risk.

I doubt he'll go with that back three Ginny. If he does go with that way, I think Crookes will make the three up with Revan and Clifton.the wing backs, Fox, Hunt and Coke the midfield three with McAtee playing off Taylor..

Clifton at right back in a four..

Dover's last 3 results of 0-0 and 1-1 draws, and a narrow 1-0 defeat to Bromley suggest that this game won't be the walkover that some fans seem to think it will be.

An early goal would be nice on Saturday.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

We already have a Vernham type player in Macatee, only Macatee is more consistent, fitter and more skillful, would never swap Macatee for Vernham...

I completely agree, I am certainly not advocating that vernham is better than macatee, far from it. I would still be happy to have vernham in the squad though

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

We already have a Vernham type player in Macatee, only Macatee is more consistent, fitter and more skillful, would never swap Macatee for Vernham...

Who's Vernham? Or Macatee, for that matter.  

I think they are totally different types of player. Vernam more an out and out winger/dribbler who runs with the ball whereas McAtee is more of a playmaker who is capable of scoring as well as putting the passes through. I'd be happy if we had both of them playing for us! Once he found his feet and his fitness with us, Vernam was a real threat and he'd have fitted in well in our 4-3-3 playing out on the left. Certainly more effective in attack than Clifton or Bapaga who have both played out on that side this season. Not our player, though. Can we clone Sousa and get a left-sided copy of him?

Quoted from Bigdog

I doubt he'll go with that back three Ginny. If he does go with that way, I think Crookes will make the three up with Revan and Clifton.the wing backs, Fox, Hunt and Coke the midfield three with McAtee playing off Taylor..

Clifton at right back in a four..

Clifton at right back or wing back. Be an improvement on effete in my opinion anyway.

Weather looks shocking for Saturday, high winds and rain. Definitely a leveller and will play into Dover's hands.

We may see an all time low away attendance on Saturday.

Quoted from toontown

Clifton at right back or wing back. Be an improvement on effete in my opinion anyway.

Surprised you see it this way thought Efete has played well so far every time I've seen him and the link up play between him and Sousa has been very positive, gonna be a miss esp going forward on Sat..

Quoted from ivanosandwich

Weather looks shocking for Saturday, high winds and rain. Definitely a leveller and will play into Dover's hands.

We may see an all time low away attendance on Saturday.

They should bring more than 6. (Maybe).

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=5311

Ha ha Efete has been really good and even chipped in with a couple of goals.

Hope Hurst realises we have to play Hunt now unless he is injured or absolutely too unfit to play. He can’t be rotated but it was worth a try. I like Coke, Fox and Clifton but those as a 3 are too one dimensional.

Anyone think we might see Crocombe soon?

No Sousa or Scannell (or Wright or Grant) this weekend.

I would start

                    Macca
Sears Waterfall Towler Crookes
            Coke Hunt Clifton
Bapaga                           McAtee
                     Taylor

Quoted from Les Brechin

Dover's last 3 results of 0-0 and 1-1 draws, and a narrow 1-0 defeat to Bromley suggest that this game won't be the walkover that some fans seem to think it will be.

An early goal would be nice on Saturday.

These games are always the hardest ones to win tbh, they will go out to frustrate us and defend in numbers. If we aren't winning in the first 30 minutes then the home crowd gets frustrated and the players also start making more mistakes because they want to make something happen fast. This could be one of those games where we have a million chances but don't score and they get a penalty or score from a cheap free kick outside the box.

Looking at some of the comments on here if they’d have been attributed to the manager some would accuse him of bigging up the opposition.

Soussa will be a big loss as he’s consistently got in behind sides we’ve played and Effete has linked up well but our squad is still big enough to field a strong first XI.

In the pre season friendlies, Revan and McAtee linked up well, it could be in Hurst,s mind to link them again, but what do we know, lets leave it to the guy who gets paid to pick the team

Sousa isn't confirmed as out, it was just a knock. Hurst has said he is a doubt for Saturday but he can weightbear and we all know Hurst has previous for making it seem like it's worse than it is to throw the opposition manager off. Could well be in contention still.

If the roads are that bad and there is a petrol shortage, can’t the Dover fans simply come by boat?😏

Looking forward to this. My first game at blundell park for 3 years since moving over to the Emerald Isle. Watched a lot of the games on I follow last season and most of that I had counciling about

First game since a 3-0 win v West Ham that I’ll have been in the upper findus for a game

Just seen footage of Scannell in full training,, he'd be a Billy bonus if available, plus with Revan and Bapaga we still have some pace down the wings if Sousa doesn't make it
Think it'll be a game where Dover sit 10 men behind the ball and hope to take us with a lucky 1-0.
These are the games I always hated last time we were down here tbh..

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

If the roads are that bad and there is a petrol shortage, can’t the Dover fans simply come by boat?😏

Probably be quicker

https://mobile.twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1443881631937404928

Almost another 6,000 shifted, which is remarkable on the back of two slightly sobering results and for a fixture which isn’t overly exciting on paper. If we can maintain momentum we should be looking at a total sellout for the Notts County game at the end of the month.

Quoted from Poojah

https://mobile.twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1443881631937404928

Almost another 6,000 shifted, which is remarkable on the back of two slightly sobering results and for a fixture which isn’t overly exciting on paper. If we can maintain momentum we should be looking at a total sellout for the Notts County game at the end of the month.

But where are the extra thousands - under the last owner we averaged 5,884 once (in the [one and only] Championship season under that regime)...

...what is remarkable is that 1878 have built enough goodwill and momentum to get our home fans numbers back to the level last seen in the Championship nearly 20 years ago, in just two months, with the club 3 leagues below that level.

Great that they've opened the Osmond a bit earlier so people don't have to bother with the restricted view seats. On Notts they really should open for booking now. Other clubs restrict our away support - let's restrict Notts to part of Osmond with part for Town fans.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

But where are the extra thousands - under the last owner we averaged 5,884 once (in the [one and only] Championship season under that regime)...

...what is remarkable is that 1878 have built enough goodwill and momentum to get our home fans numbers back to the level last seen in the Championship nearly 20 years ago, in just two months, with the club 3 leagues below that level.

Great that they've opened the Osmond a bit earlier so people don't have to bother with the restricted view seats. On Notts they really should open for booking now. Other clubs restrict our away support - let's restrict Notts to part of Osmond with part for Town fans.


notts dont, they let us have the whole stand

If Sears is going to be given a chance, surely this is the game to do it? I completely agree that Dover will be harder to break down then we think but there goals scored record suggests there not going to be too expansive. This would be the perfect game to bed him in and show what he can do.

notts dont, they let us have the whole stand

I don't recall us playing at Notts with Meadow Lane even half full of home fans so allocating the whole side to away fans is not material to home fan numbers...

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

notts dont, they let us have the whole stand

I don't recall us playing at Notts with Meadow Lane even half full of home fans so allocating the whole side to away fans is not material to home fan numbers...

true, but they've always allowed us extra numbers, which if we restrict their allocation, they in turn will do to us

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

But where are the extra thousands - under the last owner we averaged 5,884 once (in the [one and only] Championship season under that regime)...

...what is remarkable is that 1878 have built enough goodwill and momentum to get our home fans numbers back to the level last seen in the Championship nearly 20 years ago, in just two months, with the club 3 leagues below that level.

Great that they've opened the Osmond a bit earlier so people don't have to bother with the restricted view seats. On Notts they really should open for booking now. Other clubs restrict our away support - let's restrict Notts to part of Osmond with part for Town fans.

I doubt we will get any of the Osmond for Notts County. Dover isn't likely to present a security risk but Notts probably does. If that's the case, may as well give them full allocation and if they sell it, more money for us.

If we treat them poor, we will probably get similar treatment for the return fixture.

Quoted from Poojah

https://mobile.twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1443881631937404928

Almost another 6,000 shifted, which is remarkable on the back of two slightly sobering results and for a fixture which isn’t overly exciting on paper. If we can maintain momentum we should be looking at a total sellout for the Notts County game at the end of the month.

I’m convinced the accessibility and convenience the e-ticketing provides must be helping lift the numbers.

Quoted from Youngy

If Sears is going to be given a chance, surely this is the game to do it? I completely agree that Dover will be harder to break down then we think but there goals scored record suggests there not going to be too expensive. This would be the perfect game to bed him in and show what he can do.

Agree completely, I’d be disappointed to see Clifton selected ahead of Sears at RB not only because it’s Sears’s best position (I’d assume) but Harry us in decent form in mid field at the moment too.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I doubt we will get any of the Osmond for Notts County. Dover isn't likely to present a security risk but Notts probably does. If that's the case, may as well give them full allocation and if they sell it, more money for us.

If we treat them poor, we will probably get similar treatment for the return fixture.

This was part of my point, although I didn't make it explicitly - Notts don't usually sell out the Osmond, they may do this time but that would be a first. We could end up turning away GTFC fans with a two thirds full Osmond Stand. We have split it before - the Fulham play-off semi in 98 - it was split a third for home fans with two thirds for Fulham with a segregation line between.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

This was part of my point, although I didn't make it explicitly - Notts don't usually sell out the Osmond, they may do this time but that would be a first. We could end up turning away GTFC fans with a two thirds full Osmond Stand. We have split it before - the Fulham play-off semi in 98 - it was split a third for home fans with two thirds for Fulham with a segregation line between.

im sure they sold it out the year they came here Jamille Matt scored, we stayed up

i expect them to do so again

https://twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1443926107288375296


6000 mark now passed

Lower and Ponny sold out, 60 odds n sods left in the Upper and 250 in the Main. 150+ already sold in the Osmond

Quoted from Hagrid

im sure they sold it out the year they came here Jamille Matt scored, we stayed up

i expect them to do so again

I think they could have gone up that day, if I remember correctly. They didn't, obviously, and went down the next season instead. Great scenes at the end of that game, even if they were to be short-lived in the big scheme of things.

It's pretty simple anyway. You offer Notts County with the option of the final third if they sell out three or four days before the match. If they don't, allocate it to Town fans - can't say fairer than that?

Quoted from Hagrid

im sure they sold it out the year they came here Jamille Matt scored, we stayed up

i expect them to do so again

1566 officially Notts fans on that day  - 300 short of full on a day when they could have clinched promotion with a win. On that form for a National League game I'd say 1200 is perfectly fair...

I wonder how cute we are being with tickets. Notice it's always 'tickets issued' rather than sold and then the attendance is quite a bit lower than that figure. Suspect we are giving a decent whack of free tickets out to schools etc which is great and I wonder if the amount given relates to the amount we expect to sell. So if we could actually sell one out we'll then significantly reduce what's handed out and the tickets issued will be v similar to the attendance. Added bonus is it's creating a buzz and a bit of a 'better get my ticket bought' mentality which then boosts crowds further. All good stuff.

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

COULD SOMEONE LET THE TICKET OFFICE KNOW THAT OSMOND BLOCK D IS FOR SALE TO BOTH HOME AND AWAY FANS ON TICKET SITE !

Whoops....

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

COULD SOMEONE LET THE TICKET OFFICE KNOW THAT OSMOND BLOCK D IS FOR SALE TO BOTH HOME AND AWAY FANS ON TICKET SITE !

Doubt it matters really . How many will Dover bring ? 20 ?

Quoted from supertown

Doubt it matters really . How many will Dover bring ? 20 ?

Hmm, the danger is that if they're mixed with Town fans they may not take the same number home. Keep 'em safe.

Quoted from Hagrid

im sure they sold it out the year they came here Jamille Matt scored, we stayed up

i expect them to do so again

I think it was pretty full, I think we should give them a decent amount this season too as I’m sure they’ll reciprocate.

I remember the last time we went there a battling 0 - 0 and probably my lowest point as a Town supporter when 3 of our regular travellers threatened to kick the excrement out of my lad, one of whom had been fighting at Chesterfield on the opening day too.

It's been corrected now.

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

COULD SOMEONE LET THE TICKET OFFICE KNOW THAT OSMOND BLOCK D IS FOR SALE TO BOTH HOME AND AWAY FANS ON TICKET SITE !

There is no need to shout !

Quoted from rancido

There is no need to shout !

Well somebody heard him

Interesting to not see Hurst on the training video released on YouTube. Plenty of Ben and Doigy but not a single shot of Hurst.......or did I miss one?

Could he be too busy trying to get a loan in either for ST or RB that he didnt have time to take training?

The mystery deepens......unless he is in the video, then forget what I just said. You aint read nuthin, right!!!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Agree completely, I’d be disappointed to see Clifton selected ahead of Sears at RB not only because it’s Sears’s best position (I’d assume) but Harry us in decent form in mid field at the moment too.

Yep. Fundamentally, what's the point of having two right-backs in the squad if one of them isn't played when the other is injured/suspended?

Lots of players can put in a shift in a position which isn't their own, but it's a rare occasion that they will do as well as a specialist for that position. You don't expect a central midfielder to suddenly do well if bunged into a striking role, so why would you expect them to be better than a proper full-back?

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Looking forward to this. My first game at blundell park for 3 years since moving over to the Emerald Isle. Watched a lot of the games on I follow last season and most of that I had counciling about

First game since a 3-0 win v West Ham that I’ll have been in the upper findus for a game

welcome back

I think we should start offering half the Osmond from the start for most games that won’t get decent away crowds. Even if it’s 6k regardless, 80% full stands all the way around the field, with more guaranteed ‘good’ seats, and the potential for them to all fit if needed, makes sense to me.

Quoted from mimma

Think we need to get a reality check fellas. We are getting too big for our boots, and football has a habit of bringing you back down to earth. If the players take the same attitude you are, then this game has got "upset" written all over it. If god forbid,  they take the lead, then the atmosphere can quickly  go toxic and players start to panic. Patience is the key.

I agree.  I hope they don't go into the game thinking it's a 'foregone' and take the foot off the accelerator.  

Quoted from Mayaman

I agree.  I hope they don't go into the game thinking it's a 'foregone' and take the foot off the accelerator.  

I think they did that against Maidenhead

My daughter, son and wife will be there today (without me due to work) but the last time my daughter went to the game we won convincingly so let’s hope she has the same effect today. UTM

Quoted from cmackenzie4

My daughter, son and wife will be there today (without me due to work) but the last time my daughter went to the game we won convincingly so let’s hope she has the same effect today. UTM

Can always put her up for adoption if we don't

Not logged on for a while, so not read this thread

Is Scannell available now?
He could be vital in coming off the bench in the 2nd half if it's still 0-0 IMO