I think he will stick to a basic 442 cant see him leaving Enzio out either
Slocombe
Brindley Graham Turner McCrory
Enzio Rose JOB Booty
Dennis Wootton
Subs Fitz,Zoum,Thomas,Shields,Rawlinson
With Doyle missing for the next four games I think Ardley faces a bit of a headache. Doyle has dictated everything good about our style of play and it'll be interesting to see how Ardley adapts his team.
Doyle always comes deep to collect the ball and without him who is going to step into that role...or who in the defence has good enough distribution to help lessen he burden.
Do we go flat four or into a diamond, and who starts? Rose has to step up now and start producing 90 minute performances, now is his big chance as he was pretty poor earlier in the season when Doyle was missing.
My attempt below in a diamond:
GK - Slocombe
RB - Brindley
CB - Graham
CB - Turner
LB - Mccrory
Diamond Anchor - O'Brien
Right of Diamond - Rose
Left of Diamond - Booty
Spear of Diamond - Shields
ST - Wootton
ST - Dennis
Subs: Enzio, Rawlinson, Thomas, Fitz, Tyson
I think he will stick to a basic 442 cant see him leaving Enzio out either
Slocombe
Brindley Graham Turner McCrory
Enzio Rose JOB Booty
Dennis Wootton
Subs Fitz,Zoum,Thomas,Shields,Rawlinson
I think it was Stall that said before the Halifax game that neither Ardley nor the fans had much of an idea about our best 11, but hopefully that match has cast some light on the issue.
I’ll be disappointed if he messes around too much with the team from last Saturday with Booty coming in for Doyle and maybe Dennis coming in for Thomas. I do hope we go wholeheartedly for the 3 points, there’s a few teams near the top who appear to be in a false position, and the stats suggest Bromley are one of them.
So with Graham no longer available there will have to be at least one change, the obvious being Rawlinson as a straight swap. Hopefully Turner has recovered from that tweak in his calf as well.
My concern is NA my tinker too much and put McCrory in there and bring Bakayogo in to the starting line up. The worst case is Turner is not fit as well then I worry he might panick and go five at the back again but I'm hoping he's got that out of his system now!
Would rotate Dennis for Thomas as well.
I would pick (442)
Slocombe
Brindley Rawlinson Turner McCrory
Enzio Rose JOB Booty
Dennis Wootton
I think NA will go a bit narrower (4321/433)
Slocombe
Brindley Turner McCrory Bakayogo
Rose JOB Booty
Enzio Thomas
Wootton
Bird should surely get a chance in the light of Graham's injury. I rate him!
The one factor none of you surrogate selectors are able to take on board is the opposition. I would be disappointed if Neal was not acting upon information received about Bromley's formation and tactics and preparing Notts accordingly.
Without info on Bromley, you are just acting in a vacuum.
El Sid