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Not for a start, no. However, there were 4-5 who showed a bit about them tonight IMO.

Got to be honest, I'd have maybe said 2/3 at a push.

We looked under prepared tonight, I'm guessing it was just about minutes in legs, over trying formations or a style of play, but yeah, it wasn't great.
 
Got to be honest, I'd have maybe said 2/3 at a push.

We looked under prepared tonight, I'm guessing it was just about minutes in legs, over trying formations or a style of play, but yeah, it wasn't great.
Once we moved away from the dreadful back three we looked far more comfortable. To my eyes Pritch, Triantis, Huggins, Ba and Bennette did okay once we had a team shape that made an amount of sense.
 
Would like a championship experienced cm and championship experienced cf in soon. We’re lacking depth in those positions (partly due to injuries)…..
 
..............Patterson.............
Hume..Ballard..O'9. Cirkin
...........Neil.......Ekwah........
Roberts.Bellingham.Clarke
.................Hemir...............

Subs: Bishop, Huggins, Triantis, Batth,
Rigg, Pritchard, Ba, Bennette, Gooch

Personally I'd play Pritchard ahead of Bellingham, and Batth for O'9..

Pritchard will probably come on after 65/70 minutes anyway like

so we have Alese, Seelt, Evans, Embleton, Matete, Stewart & Mayende injured and Lihadji is away. Desperately need a striker (again)
 
Once we moved away from the dreadful back three we looked far more comfortable. To my eyes Pritch, Triantis, Huggins, Ba and Bennette did okay once we had a team shape that made an amount of sense.

Pritch did what he does. Ba was probably the standout tonight (if only he'd brought his shooting boots!). Bennette looks canny when the ball is played through for him to run onto, which may be a concern given we usually like to play in tight areas of the pitch where that kind of space is rare.

Anyway, I'm not overly concerned about tonight, although I do think a few harsh words are always welcome when you concede 5 goals.
 
Is batth just not fit enough yet? Cos batth and Ballard would be my preference

Don’t care how much L09 loves the club Batth is the better CB

Early days, but not sure we’ll be getting last year’s Danny Batth this year. He’s not getting any younger and is recovering from a bad injury.

Triantis is a project and Seelt is injured.

So yeah, actually, I would start O’Nein.
 
After the last two friendlies, this is looking a bit more straightforward:

Patterson
Hume-Ballard-09-Cirkin
Neil-Ekwah
Roberts- Pritchard-Clarke
Hemir

Subs: Young; Huggins; Batth; Triantis; Rigg; Bellingham: Ba: Bennette; Gooch
Probably been said; but that first 11 is poorer than what we had last season
 
Once we moved away from the dreadful back three we looked far more comfortable. To my eyes Pritch, Triantis, Huggins, Ba and Bennette did okay once we had a team shape that made an amount of sense.
I kna he’s young and new but for me that Triantis is way off our first team at the moment .
Probably been said; but that first 11 is poorer than what we had last season
Any team losing Amad would be to be fair
 
I kna he’s young and new but for me that Triantis is way off our first team at the moment .

Any team losing Amad would be to be fair
not much attacking threat off bench either tho, I feel like we’ve added depth but little quality this window. Need 2 or 3 quality signings. Stupid that the window shuts after the season starts, annoys life out of me.
 
Brutal that after a full summer window, the first 11 is ten of last years players, including a reserve midfielder at centre half (after signing two new centre halves) and a kid to play up front as we still don’t have a proper striker

Still another few weeks left to sign some more substitute wingers from France though
 
The team is certainly weaker than last season and when you consider the league looks to be way stronger than last season, we are going to struggle to be near the top 6.

Plenty of time to pull some rabbits out of the hat. Compare this team to the one that started against Coventry last season, and then allow for Stewart, Alese, Evans, Embleton and more being injured right now. Last season, we signed Amad, Bennette, Michut and Ba in the last week of Augusy.
 

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