First of all, I'd hope that if Steve Connors came back he was the same player. I'm not fussed about his 'enthusiasm' but I hope that his injuries have not diluted his effectiveness. But let's assume that he's okay.
Coburn
Densmore Hawes AFlynn Dodd/Lees
Lawrie Danylyk Connors Clee
Reeves Twiss
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I agree that Shaun should go back to right back, we need a good one and he's not the presence in midfield we require. Going back there may help him find his mojo somewhat.
I think Lees is a bit of a liability at centre half to be honest from what I have seen, nor is he up to Densmore's standard as a right back but he did link up well with Clee in pre season (always a good indicator pre season games
) I would say Dodd if he can defened which was hard to tell from last night as when he came on it didn't seem to be top of his list of priorities.
- for centre half Adam Flynn probably as we have little else. I thought he and Hawes looked okay together actually but hopefully with two more solid full backs they won't be drifting out to cover and leaving gaps for balls to be played through as they were last night.
Lawrie on the right but I hope that he isn't one of those players whose levels drop once he gets a deal as last night was one of the all time great 'non impact' performances. He barely registered in the game at all at either end.
I'd stick with Danylyk in the middle, Lynch is too cumbersome to be in their for me and I like Danylyk's pressing which I'd imagine to be more effective with Connors' mobility there (and for this reason I'd have been happy with Lawton & Connors in there)
I've gone for Twiss up front initially as a bit more of a target man to play off. For me last year Connors best work came when rampaging forward around Johnson and linking with Clee. Now Twiss isn't Johnson but i'm not sure at this minute Redshaw has that link up play, by the 2nd half last night their centre halfs were reading his runs and intercepting the ball before the pass got to him but I'm sure he'll grow into that role and score many goals for us.