Best 11 when everyone is fit...

Or Smallwood

 

Walker, unlike Smallwood 'has' shown his quality TBF. He hasnt come back the same player but he shows he has it now and again. If the performances and players around him pick up, Walker will be a real asset.

 

100 %
I’ve constantly said if he’s fit he starts.

Just a sad indictment on Smallwood that our captain and most experienced player wouldn’t be in many fans starting 11 if everyone is fit

 

I'm not even sure he'd be in my second XI.

 

Ouch

 

Lewis
Halliday
Richards
Platt
Stubbs
Smallwood
Pattison (deeper)
Walker (no. 10)
Odour/Smith
Chapman/Pointon
Cook

that’d be mine. Pointon and Odour immediate term. Possibly Gillead over Smallwood as well.

Tulloch in for Cook rather than Darbs until Cook is fit.

 

Sounds about right to me but probably go with Platt until we have seen more of Tomkinson

 

I'm basing it on a desperate need for some hope and I'm pinning them all on a new left sided centre back.

 

Lots of options when everyone is fit and who knows which is best, but what I will say is we need to fit Pointon in the team regularly whatever the cost, he looks a great prospect.
Now yesterday I know he was given man of the match but lets be honest that generally doesn't mean much, I didn't really take much in from the match yesterday regarding individual performances, due to a couple of factors being beers and chatting sh1t with a few mates I'd not seen in ages, but I spoke with a good few Grimsby fans after the game and they all mentioned how good our no.23 was and 2nd half they were terrified every time he got the ball.

 

That surprised me on Saturday. I thought Tulloch was a striker and Afoka a winger, yet they seemed reversed roles. I liked the physicality of Afoka

 

Round pegs/Square Holes - something that Hughes is good at