Scowen

For me he should start next week, maybe in place of Brownhill (even though that would be harsh), because he changed the game when he came on and gave us complete control in midfield.

It is nonetheless a tough call as Brownhill has been playing so well, but I just feel that Scowen gives us more control, and may have helped against Southend, as both they and Fleetwood yesterday tried to bully us

Next week I would play a team something like this: (if Bree and Watkins unavailable)
Davies
G Williams
Mawson
Roberts
Smith
Chapman
Hourihane
Scowen
Hammill
Tuton
Winnall

 

The only player I would bring him in for would be Fletcher. Hes good in that advanced position imo.

Watkins should be fit next week anyway. Saying that a Watkins/ Scowen partership would be good and that would allow Hammill to be a little higher up the field.

 

Watkins and scowen where? Midfield or upfront?

 

On the Bench. Heckinbottom isn't scared to leave him out. He did it last week. He wouldn't have been back in imo if Watkins was fit yesterday.

 

If fit Winnall starts.

 

He WAS fit last week and he DIDN'T so thats clearly a lie Mario.

 

We had Fletcher last week. If Winnall is fit he starts.

 

Doesn't make sense.

 

No way you're leaving the best goalscorer in the club on the bench when he's fully fit.

 

Why doesn't it?

 

He did last week. Steve Bruce did on Friday night. It happens all the time. Giroud been dropped recently

 

Yep and Hull lost. So it didn't really work.

 

When we've got the strength of Arsenal's squad I'll accept you can rotate on occasions.

Who have we got available up front next week? Winnall, Watkins and Tuton? If Winnall doesn't start I'll be amazed.

 

I bet you that if Winnall is fit we will never start with Watkins and Scowen up front. Never ever.

 

OK Phil, we don't have the resources that Hull or Arsenal have so you have to consider these crucial points.

1: Winnall is our best striker.
2: We could afford to leave him out last week because we had Fletcher and Watkins.
3: We don't have Fletcher for the next game.

 

Winnall wasn't fully fit for the Southend game which is probably why he was on the bench as he'd had a knock on the ankle & missed the Crewe game.

Heckinbottom then said how impressed he was with his 30 minute showing & he started yesterday.

That to me's not a dropped player, that someone not been rushed back from injury

 

So you saying Heckinbottom and Winnall wasn't telling the truth?

 

I'm saying it's the norm in football.

He probably could start but circumstances aren't desperate enough for them to start him. If we didn't have two other decent strikers he'd have probably been rushed back.

See Newcastle with Cisse coming back from injury today only been on the bench. Arsenal & Liverpool did the same with Welbeck & Sturridge. They aren't dropped they're just been carefully brought back from injury.

Managers often tell fibs. I don't class it as lying as they're just playing the game & trying to gain an advantage. When Heckinbottom was asked for an injury update on Thursday I don't believe he mentioned that Watkins was going to miss the Fleetwood game. Just like he didn't mention that Isgrove had been ill all week before the Southend game.

 

I bet you if Winnall wasn't fit we'd also be unlikely to play that pairing.....!