I imagine Carter won't be fit.
You've forgotten Kyel Reid entirely Blue. And Southend fans expected Fortune to be our best player ...... Even Weir could try to put himself into the shop window.
It would be very harsh to drop Shaw (and wrong?). Publicly blaming Evans last week suggests to me he'll play. I can't see any point in naming and shaming him if you drop him. Surely you give him a way back if you're a manager with a brain? Otherwise he'd be joining Weir, Barry and Gozie.
Now we've got Smith, and that signing surely has a purpose I'd be playing 4-1-3-2
Jalal
full backs Talbot and JBW, centre backs? two from Maguire, Evans, Hollis, Nelson.
defensive midfield Smith
middle / attacking midfield three, Hines, Carter / Rowley, Reid
up front Denton and Shaw (who'd be told to buzz about and be a nuisance as well as pick up the pieces from Denton)
IF I was making a bet on MA's team I'd bet on Joshua Kayode starting. Why? Well otherwise why would you say something as stupid he'll come on for the last 20 to change the game? So he expects to be losing then? If MA's told everyone exactly what he intends to do days before the game then he's dumber than a dumb bug in the Dumb Bug of the Year contest.
You've forgotten Kyel Reid entirely Blue. And Southend fans expected Fortune to be our best player ...... Even Weir could try to put himself into the shop window.
It would be very harsh to drop Shaw (and wrong?). Publicly blaming Evans last week suggests to me he'll play. I can't see any point in naming and shaming him if you drop him. Surely you give him a way back if you're a manager with a brain? Otherwise he'd be joining Weir, Barry and Gozie.
Now we've got Smith, and that signing surely has a purpose I'd be playing 4-1-3-2
Jalal
full backs Talbot and JBW, centre backs? two from Maguire, Evans, Hollis, Nelson.
defensive midfield Smith
middle / attacking midfield three, Hines, Carter / Rowley, Reid
up front Denton and Shaw (who'd be told to buzz about and be a nuisance as well as pick up the pieces from Denton)
IF I was making a bet on MA's team I'd bet on Joshua Kayode starting. Why? Well otherwise why would you say something as stupid he'll come on for the last 20 to change the game? So he expects to be losing then? If MA's told everyone exactly what he intends to do days before the game then he's dumber than a dumb bug in the Dumb Bug of the Year contest.