[Archived] Bristol Rovers v THE ROVERS

[arbitro]

Just now, Al said:

No, not Nyambe please. The defence has looked much sounder during his absence and the opposition have no one to target.

As Paul Simon sang 'You can call me JAL" ?

[Blue blood]

On ‎16‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 10:49, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Ideally you have Bennett one wing getting up and down and supporting the Centre mids more with Armstrong on the other pushed up to use his pace. and Dack floating. Hopefully Nyambe will be available for Thursday so we can push Bennett further forward (although he's been good at rb).

Yes, that seems to be the best bet. The problem is Bennett is needed to play 3 positions - RB, RM and CM. Had Caddis been any good or Whittingham our wing problems would be less acute (although Bennett isn't the greatest wide player ever, even at this level but much better than the other options). It feels like poor recruitment in other areas has hurt our wing play as much as not having any wingers.  

[Admiral Nelsen]

1 hour ago, Blue blood said:

Yes, that seems to be the best bet. The problem is Bennett is needed to play 3 positions - RB, RM and CM. Had Caddis been any good or Whittingham our wing problems would be less acute (although Bennett isn't the greatest wide player ever, even at this level but much better than the other options). It feels like poor recruitment in other areas has hurt our wing play as much as not having any wingers.  

Hard to disagree given how much we're relying on Bennett to fill in all over the place, but then again we wouldn't be giving it a seconds thought if we had a fully fit Chapman (in fact, we'd probably be up as champions already!)