Richman Goodall Moult Lynch
While I can see the reasoning for it, this is why we got destroyed last night. Lynch and Richman on the wings gets a resounding no from me. They'll offer absolutely no width.
Dawber
Patterson Heathcote Cyrus Charlton
Goodall Moult
Miller Lawrie Hasler-Cregg
Reeves (c)
These appear worse than us. We've been setting up to defend over the past three games and I think going on the offensive could be a breath of fresh air. So that's what this team does.
Patterson in a familiar right-back role with an attacking left-back in Charlton. Two actual wingers to stretch the play in Miller and Hasler-Cregg. If Hasler-Cregg is still a no show then Charlton moves to the wing and Cain comes in at left-back. Both full-backs overlap as much as possible.
Goodall has been rightly moved out of the defence and back into the middle of the park where he can actually hold an influence over the game, alongside Jake it should be a decent partnership. With James Lawrie in the hole, these three should provide enough creativity to take hold of the game. It may seem unfair to drop Lynch but unfortunately there isn't space in the side for that many central midfielders. I've been very impressed with how tenacious he is but I think now is the time to start developing a solid playing partnership in the middle. For me the two are Moult and Goodall.
Damian Reeves is always going to look ineffective when we're creating nothing. Hopefully with actual wingers on the field we can create more space for him to find in the middle. Playing so narrow last night made a mockery of him.
The goalkeeping situation we have is very real, and very scary, but this is Dawbers last chance now against a side that have been very goal shy. Watching us concede six could give him the impetus to come in and prove his worth.