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Trek wrote:

Pigman wrote:Gutted!! Looks like I'm unlikely to be there Saturday for what is undoubtedly our biggest game of the season

How disappointing, particularly after sorting a couple of decent drinking holes out for you.

Indeed !! However, I'm sure Brownie and the Duke will partake of an ale or two on my behalf !!

The Godfather wrote:I have 20 flares. I'll hand them out on the day.

Excellent news!

Dowlo wrote:

The Godfather wrote:I have 20 flares. I'll hand them out on the day.

Are they legal? Do not want you being thrown out of the ground :o

kiwikid wrote:

Dowlo wrote:

The Godfather wrote:I have 20 flares. I'll hand them out on the day.

Are they legal? Do not want you being thrown out of the ground :o

Yep. They didn't come from France on the back of a a lorry, so they're not illegals.

We'll need a flare each to warm our hands. Going to be a cold one!

So which two upfront?

Likely that Tom Lorraine will not be fit, so any two from Dunks, Turner, Joseph and Berwick.
It could be " a game of two halves" and all four make an appearance.

Do we play Dunks and Berwick based on their past record together or do we go for Turner and Joseph who are currently more familiar with each other.?

Is Dunks fully fit? Can he do 90 mins? Is Joseph just a super sub? Is Turner on form at present? Do we play Berwick from the start?

Glad I'm not Peaksy and Lamb!!!

Tom pulled his hamstring so is likely to be out for 2/3 weeks.

Dunkley is unlikely to be fully fit.

AdamSRJFC wrote:Tom pulled his hamstring so is likely to be out for 2/3 weeks.

Dunkley is unlikely to be fully fit.

If that is correct then I'd start with Berwick and Turner, Dunks on later depending how things go - in this game I'd go for experience, the pressure will be immense. Joseph is a different kind of player and I think could be used if we need to push on, I remain to be convinced he's a 90 minute player.

Back 4 picks itself, as does the midfield, just the front pairing, assuming Peaksy goes that way, he may go 4-5-1 initially, with Berwick upfront and Turner playing a little deeper? Personally I'd go 4-4-2 and take the game to them - I think we're better than they are, we saw that in the game at our place, we need to be confident and believe in that and go at them!!

Like you said though, glad it's not my job ;)

Reading between the lines in Peaksy's interview I doubt we will get much more than 45 minutes from Dunks so I suppose it is a question of whether to start with him and go for it from the start, or save him in case he is required in the second half. Personally I would start with him and Berwick with a view to Scott coming on later in his impact role.
Turner has been a little disappointing of late so I think maybe bench for him.
Neil King became more influential as the game went on last Saturday as he gained an understanding of the other players and greater fitness. I think he could have a pivotal role in the remaining games.
Confue had one of those games where things didn't quite come off for him so I hope he will be back to his best tomorrow.

3-3-4, plenty of crosses, smash their back four to bits. Job done