Same starting 11 as last night, but I would like to see Allan and Bassette on after an hour. Sheaf was knackered and to be fair Bassette made some very good runs and put a great cross in.
Sheaf looked totally outpaced on the break when tracking back. Wright does track back well (much better defensively than EMC IMO) but him having to drop deep does limit our own break options.
Keep with me on this
The solution might be Bidwell, who doesn’t get forward as much as JDS, maybe, but does cover better defensively.
Torp and Eccles (both injured) had, when playing, more defensive attributes than Sheaf, certainly more pace and perhaps could accommodate JDS being more forward. Sheaf atm doesn’t provide as much cover.
I can see WBA targeting our left defence so would put Bidwell in, even if only at half time when Sheaf is showing lack of fitness to cover back.
Haji can burn himself out for 70 before Pato comes in.