... are both still injured, not overly worried about Chopper as I feel he maybe needs to be sat watching as he seems to make the team with minimal effort at the minute. Bad news on Taylor though as it seems he'll be out for a while I would say I'm happy to see Scotland getting a start and hopefully young Murray can have a look in (from the bench) *Serious Question: How did Ellington do on Saturday, I've heard good reports about how he changed the game (a bit) for us and looked dangerous (if a little rusty in front of goal) I'd be delighted if the Duke suddenly became the front man we have been looking for all this time
I would rather see Murray play than the Duke, We need a bit of passion from the players and the young ones gives us that. Chops could do with sitting in the away end on saturday, i think he may feel differently about the supporters.
I think with Chopra & Taylor injured and JET out of form then it will be a pairing of Scotland and Ellington with Murphy wide on one side & Martin on the other if we play 442. If we go 4231 then I reckon Scotland will start with Ellington dropping out and probably Carson going wide with Martin in the middle. Ellington for all the stick he has taken actually looked good enough to cause problems on Saturday and hopefully Chopra's injury may be a blessing in disguise as I havent seen him have a decent 90 minute performance in a town shirt yet!
Would love it if Ellington could be the big striker to cause defences problems and help others score, not sure if he will though. Think he will probably do better than Murray in the current situation though.
All the times I saw Ellington last season I actually thought he looked half decent just not quite as explosive as he used to be!! Would be funny if he was the man to keep Jewell in a job!!