I agree with most of the list you have written, all of it depends on where we end up and which league weāll be in next year. (BTW, youāve missed off Berry & Tilley who will prob still be under contract for next season I believe)
If itās life in League 1 next season, Iād like van Sas to be given more of an opportunity as his effort for the club far out scores Norrisā and looks like he just wants to learn.
I would also like to see Skrua be given more of a chance as well. If we are going to move Taylor on, Skrua is a very adequate replacement.
Iād question if Junior will be here next season. While heās an impact off the bench, he seems to disappear in matches when he starts and I think heās too physically weak to play in a defensive role like a wing-back.
You say Skrua (twice) I say Skura but letās not call the whole thing off. (Youāre probably too young to recognise the tune.)
Whenever heās played, Declan Skura has barely put a foot wrong and, to me, he just looks the part - a more complete player - in a way that, based on the limited appearances heās made, Connor Taylor does not.
I just hope the loan agreement includes a clause enabling us to recall him. Iād like to think that the plan would be to play Taylor for two or three games - he deserves a chance to show what he can do - whilst Skura would be training with the squad and demonstrating his qualities within a group of players at a significantly higher level than the players heās currently playing alongside.
Psychologically the match against Luton is probably one of the last games, following the heavy defeat at their place, which you would want an essentially unproven central defender to be making his first start for many months (I think thatās correct but donāt berate me if Iāve overlooked a more recent start).
For that reason, Iām having second thoughts and, assuming that Huggins is still fit and available, Iād prefer the option of moving Captain Jack inside and bringing Huggins in at right back.
Iāve a strongly vested interest in next Saturdayās performance as my son-in-law asked me about a month ago to suggest a match for him and our grandson to go to and this seemed like a good choice at the time!
Having suggested my preference for Jack Grimmer to move into the Dan Casey slot (rather than Connor Taylor) Iām starting to wonder (a) whether Niall Huggins is unavailable for some reason or just out of favour and (b) whether Michael Duffās thinking is that Dan Caseyās replacement needs to have the same aerial dominance. That right back/right sided central defender combination is quite a conundrum.
Taylor has started 12 games and come off the bench in 10. Heās had enough game time and clearly isnāt very good. Astounded to see people say he deserves a chance.
Fink has been written off but has had only two starts.
Could there be a situation where the club has agreed to sign Huggins if he plays a certain amount of games for us and Duff has decided that he doesnāt want to sign Huggins?
However that being said, we knew that Huggins has had issues with his fitness in the past, that has prob struck again
Surely he would have been sent back in January if that was the case.
My guess is that Grimmer made himself undroppable and we didnāt want an extra defender on the bench. Surely Huggins will be on the bench Saturday if he doesnāt start.
That superfluous āgoingā in the thread title is still bugging me! Could be worse I suppose. Could be āgonnaā which always sounds like the start of a word describing a particularly nasty STD.
And, while Iām on the high horse (not a pretty sight) I seem to have been posting about the lineup against Luāon on the Bolton thread.
keep!