Southend at home Friday night

Hunt is 100% not a 10. He wants to drop deep, pick the ball up from the defence and try to dictate play. We need McAtee back or Bapaga and Sousa both need to play. With just Sousa on the pitch any opposition who've watched us will double up on him and most of our threat is negated. If McAtee isn't fit I'd play Bapaga, Sousa and Clifton as a three behind Taylor with Hunt and Fox behind them. Would leave centre backs alone and have Crookes and Sears at full back.

Quoted from quebec38

Ha ha whereas your comment does wonders for discussion which is what I was aiming for. I was hoping for red crosses aplenty, but then maybe people also offering what they thought would be a better alternative.

Well I wouldn’t look to change the formation around too much and I certainly wouldn’t start hoofing it forward which is exactly what most of the defenders in this league want you to do. I would either attempt Sousa in behind Taylor in a more central role given license to roam. I’d drop Revan for Crookes in order to be more solid. Put Clifton back out on the left for his energy and Bapaga on the right but Sousa and Bapaga could be interchangeable. Encourage Efete to push on. Ideally McAtee will be back in which case back to what was working to start with.

The issue in the last few games has been the nice football being a bit too slow and far from goal, so encourage players forward early and taking a few more risks in the right areas. Teams at this level do not like the ball being played around/behind them at speed on the ground but we’ve stopped doing that.

Quoted from Hagrid

i dont think thats the best position for him at all

Absolutely, Hunt is small and not physical, the idea of him competing for a ball upfront, often in the air, with his back to defence - won't suit him at all.

He needs to be receiving the ball deep and having the opposition in front of him and using his quick feet and brain to raise the tempo.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Hunt is 100% not a 10. He wants to drop deep, pick the ball up from the defence and try to dictate play. We need McAtee back or Bapaga and Sousa both need to play. With just Sousa on the pitch any opposition who've watched us will double up on him and most of our threat is negated. If McAtee isn't fit I'd play Bapaga, Sousa and Clifton as a three behind Taylor with Hunt and Fox behind them. Would leave centre backs alone and have Crookes and Sears at full back.

Agree absolutely

Couldn't get 2 seats together in the Upper for me and my brother, unless it was at either far end of the stand.

We decided to give the Osmond stand a go for a change as neither of us have watched a game from there in years, probably decades. Been doing some more fan zone stuff this week, so I went and sat in a few spots to get a feel of it. Think I prefer it to the Pontoon to be honest. It felt like being at a different ground in a weird way.

Looking forward to it.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

McAtee was back running last week so I would not rule him out yet, unless I have missed an update.

He is obviously a very fit lad so if his injury has cleared I would imagine he would go straight back in. Hope so as he is the one player we cannot really do without.

I'd be surprised to see him. Just running on a recovering knee is not the same as putting all the torsion through the joint that a game would bring. Grant has had two more weeks since coming off the bench at Kidderminster - surely it's time to give him a full go behind Taylor.

I thought Revan did OK when he came on against Notts County. Didn't look as comfortable as Sears before his injury, but he was facing their nippy winger who came on for the second half. Their winning goal came down our left side, of course.

I see him as a backup player so putting him on when Crookes isn't quite fit would make sense, but playing him behind another very inexperienced young player in Khouri was a big gamble which didn't work out. Strange they didn't change it at half-time, I agree.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

I'd be surprised to see him. Just running on a recovering knee is not the same as putting all the torsion through the joint that a game would bring. Grant has had two more weeks since coming off the bench at Kidderminster - surely it's time to give him a full go behind Taylor.

Looks like you could be right in your assessment. According to Hurst he has done a lot of gym work and more running but has yet to test the knee in football related movements. That is a shame, as is the news that we have picked up yet another injury to a first-team player who will miss Friday and maybe more than that.

Max Wright felt his injury again and is out once more.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Looks like you could be right in your assessment. According to Hurst he has done a lot of gym work and more running but has yet to test the knee in football related movements. That is a shame, as is the news that we have picked up yet another injury to a first-team player who will miss Friday and maybe more than that.

Max Wright felt his injury again and is out once more.

for intercourse sake

Quoted from Hagrid

for intercourse sake

Its a hamstring apparently to the unnamed player. Grant and Scannell continue to train but it doesn't sound as if he thinks their ready.