[WBA-Josh]

The decision to not start with Varela is because he is not yet match fit. That lack of match fitness makes starting him impossible and how can he be match fit when he has only had 30 minutes of competitive football since the World Cup. It takes time to build up match fitness.

Remember that he also had to have surgery after the Hull cup game so he then had to get himself fit again before he could be considered for matches. Now he has to get himself match fit which means substitute appearances off the bench initially until he is ready to start.

Every coach and manager does the same thing as Irvine is doing when their players have been out for so long.

With Morrison, he has been in the first team for most of the season apart from when he has been injured. That regular competitive football that he has played makes it easier for him to return into the first team fold and to then start matches.

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Penalty is given for us. Anichebe has had the same thing happen to him twice now.

Fecking Dorrans has missed it.

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It has been OK so far. We seem solid without the ball and when we the ball, we are moving it around well.

It's nice to see more movement and rotation from our midfield players instead of the recent rigidity.