jlove

On as a substitute for Gannon-Doak on 76 mins. Hanging on to their slender lead.

In the last two Nigeria games he's been lined up at RCB wth Abdullahi Bewene at RB, another young (21) player who plays in the Czech league. I assume their manager is liking this experiment!

It's a transient indicator of our centre backs' fitness over the first 10 games of the season.

It would be sensible move, at least that their child is born in Sweden.

We don't have much leadership elsewhere and he often seems to 'communicate' with referees without getting carded!

Perhaps the circumstances leading up to those two red cards may've been different if we had a leader on the pitch like Collins?

I'd guess it's trend rather than tables that's done him in.

Given that "form" is primarily subjective and the only measures are going to be heavily weighted to G+A, plus 10 games is not a large sample size, that's not a surprise.

Let's hope it's a complete and confusing change of tactics!

Should be measured over a whole season, not a couple of games.

My personal choice would be Collins and Berg; last season they were rated as our two best defenders and, if fully fit (let's see how he's returned from his international duties), I see no reason not to pick them. But I accept others may have...

I would expect that the panel members are scheduled in advance and probably something like every second Tuesday, so probably just coincidence.

Agree, he's not a target-man style of centre forward but he's excellent on the end of crosses, so that may mean Diouf at left back and more game time for Anthony.

Keith must pick his 'best' players to start and that will depend on their availability and fitness for a specific game, as well as the contributions he thinks are needed for that game; that doesn't mean those players not selected are "dropped".