THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

He’s not out but he isn’t in. He’s around but not about. They seek him here, they seek him there… etc. blah blah.

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I don't need your ill-informed, half-baked, idiotic opinions. I have plenty of those myself.

He’s out for the season, I am confirming it.

Reminds me of the explanation of Cricket...

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out...

I’ve heard that before but can’t remember the source.

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I don't need your ill-informed, half-baked, idiotic opinions. I have plenty of those myself.

I am hearing from my historically very reliable source that it is true, so we'll see.

Hopefully it's not the case, as he's arguably one of our most important players. Regardless of who we play there; Harvie, Lofthouse, Wearne etc. none of them even come close to what Tomlinson offers us.

As the games get more crucial losing players could have a devastating effect, you only have to look back to our last play offs when we were missed Mo Eisa in the run in.

We've got strength in every area

- inb4 d50

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If this is correct then its a big loss in two regards. Firstly hes a good player but also perhaps the only one who fits naturally into that position in the squad.

Secondly, I think it really affects our entire defensive line.

Im not keen on the Lewington/O'Hora/Norman back three. Its a bit ponderous although it does allow Lofthouse into the WB position which I think is our best option on that side

Im equally not keen on the Harvie/O'Hora/Tucker combo either. Harvie is not in the best of form and Tucker hasnt played for months, add to this Norman at WB, it just looks a mess.

Neither of those fill me with confidence.

I would rather Tucker/O'Hora/Norman with Harvie and Lofthouse as the WBs. Not ideal but the best of a difficult lot

It's gutting, but I was super gutted by Dean's injury and people stepped up and in the end it wasn't too much of a miss. Fight or flight in my mind. You may just be surprised by what happens.

Agreed, both wing back positions are the two areas we couldn't really afford to lose a player in, especially LWB.

Anywhere else on the pitch and we have reasonably good cover. I do feel the only solution is to play Harvie there. Lofthouse could move over, but then has he ever played that side before? It also means a significant change to the defence line, as you'd need to move Norman over and then bring in another CB.

I'm personally not against playing Lewington, I still think he's good enough. However, if isn't then I wonder if you could play Tucker - O'Hora - Norman as a back line? I suspect it wouldn't give us much balance and you rarely see a team not include a left footed player in a back three.