Disappointed to see Gardner and Williams starting together and Mallan on the bench. Really thought he’d stake a claim for getting the job full time and have a go.
Would have also liked to see Mallan , he seems to offer a bit more from dead ball situations and isnt afraid to shoot . Wish i was there today, good luck reds
Izzy could be the creative spark we need today, team looks about right with what we have available IMO. Mahoney & Mallan are the obvious controversial ones and if its not working Harsley needs to have balls to make the changes. YOU REDS!!
Also disappointed to see Mallan on the bench as we'll now be relying on Gardner to link with the two up front and I feel Mallan's passing and vision is just a bit better, otherwise we'll see at least one of the strikers dropping back into midfield to get the ball. Hopefully Izzy and Hammill can spread some terror out wide and the fullbacks can overlap effectively. Plenty of attacking off the bench if it doesn't work. COYR!
Think they'll be looking at McBurnie to be the link man, drop a little deeper, go through him in the middle, nice and simple stuff to get moves going.