Bowyer said he would be in contention. But both he and Maddison are not fit enough to play the whole game.
He looked as though he'd lost a bit of timber before he got Covid, so maybe once he's fully recovered he won't be so injury-prone.
Unless Bowyer has rustled up a loan for Virgil van Dyke overnight, I can’t see us keeping a clean sheet today.
Edit - we’ve also got Ben Watson as a defensive midfield option. Maybe drop Pratley into the back 4 alongside Famewo.
Do yellows in 'Pointless Cup' games count towards the totting up count in the League? If so then we will have Watson for another three games before his suspension
The squad is horribly unbalanced at the moment, and that’s being polite. We’ve got Pratley, Watson, JFC, Lapslie & maybe Gilbey all competing for one position, yet no RB, second CB or second striker.
To be fair i would not be surprised if a few were there. We had lads standing on a van down Oxford to see the game