He hasn't played Ji even when he hasn't travelled. Noble may or may not make it but Bruce should have a good idea by now.
I wasn't happy that he moved Richardson on Saturday he had been improving at left back and we really need a settled back four and we aren't going to gel without giving players a chance to build partnerships.
Similiarly with the central midfield position he needs to make a decision and go with it. The fact is he signed two central midfield players and at the moment he isn't picking them ahead of two that were already here. I agree the signing of Gardner looks like it could be a costly mistake, had that £6m been spent on a good central midfield player we would look a much better side.
The problem is that we still need more than 2 or 3 players. Bendtner will go back so we will need two forwards, a left winger, a central midfielder and we have no cover defensively. I have concerns over what happens when Brown or Turner gets injured.
Not to worry, we've got Anton to.. oh, wait. Who is next in line at CB while Bramble is out of the picture?
We need to play 4-4-2, every game, and a settled team whever possible. That doesnt include Sess up front. Even if we play Ji, Noble or me up front, that's the only system where we ever play well. Bendtner can hold the ball up and wait for a run all day, cos our midfield wont do it. He needs a strike partner. Even if Ji or Noble or Whickham aren't it yet, fine. They aren't going to get better from the odd ten minutes here and there anyway. Bruce needs to grow a pair and put the faith in the players he's bought. Oh, and learn how to make a decent tactical change now and again.