A lot of people probably won’t agree with this but I think we maybe should play something like:
Eastwood
Hanson Dickie Moore Long
Thorne
Henry Kelly
Sykes Mackie Agyei
Why? Look, obviously we’d all love a win and we could certainly do with the prize money, but it’s not exactly an inspiring next game if we do go through, and unlikely that we’ll win. The league is much more important, and we‘ve just played literally two days ago, with another game in a few days... Ruffels needs a rest, it’s not worth risking Brannigan or Taylor from the start, and the likes of Thorne, Kelly and Agyei need game time. Long and Sykes had spells out of the team and so should be ok to play, and Henry didn’t play 90 mins on Sat.
I doubt that team will play and I’m fine with that, but that’s who I’d play for what it’s worth.
Anyway as for the game itself, I’d love to go through but mainly I’ll be hoping for no more injuries, and useful minutes in the legs of the players coming back from injury/new signings.
When did we sign Henry Kelly ?
Christ, I know we’re going for gold but that is ridiculous.