Thanks again RTB, another cracking thread. Got a feeling we could be in for a good hiding and our form backs that up. Would take a point now, I hope he keeps the same side that finished the 2nd half on Tuesday
Rumour there’s no Ballard on sat doing the rounds on Twitter https://x.com/____pingu____/status/1765830694268264596?s=46&t=bFwez-5oi7CdxUG56_1QKg he’s usually bang on
Saying it's because his girlfriend/wife is about to give birth. Hopefully it happens before Saturday.
If Ballard is missing i'd consider something like Pembele Hume Seelt Hjelde Styles Doesn't fill me with confidence mind.
Would be well happy with a draw to settle the lads down, and a more balanced team as per latter part of Tuesday's game.
I hope the game is on , as a break could do more harm than good…… provided we take that 2nd half team vs Leicester into Saturday
Was just thinking that. I mean you have to train with something approaching match intensity, but maybe take it easy on occasion? The sheer number of injuries we've had these last 2 seasons is mental. Alese and Cirkin have barely played in the last 18 months with muscle injuries. Granted Evans and Embo had bad injuries, but the likes of Dack tweaks his hamstring and is out for 4 months. Last season Ellis Simms stubbed his toe and was out for 3 months. Ballard tweaks his hammy on international duty last season and misses 10 games. This season Roberts and Clarke (who never got injured in the past) are missing huge chunks of the season to muscle/ligament injuries. Ekwah missed 5 games with a dead leg FFS! We need to start signing more players like Trai Hume who are carved out of granite...
We've speculated on here before now whether something is amiss....we've even had injuries in pre-match warm ups ffs!
Good team I would pop Mundle on in place of Jobe from the off and go 5/3/2 with mundle and adil up front, I am a big fan of Ekwah and might start him instead of Ba but I can see your idea and would go along with it. 100%.
