At least it would test fitness levels!
Alan Browne
At least it would test fitness levels!
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Why? The key thing is gettng our side prepared and set right for a week on Saturday, playing Johnson alongside Harrop isn't doing that.
However, with Burke and Harrop both needing to play for quite a while I'm not sure how he's going to do that? It might be one of them has to wait for the Oldham game to get 90 minutes in. If that's the case, my betting would be it will be Burke tonight and Harrop on Saturday.
By the sounds of it, we will be playing against a load of kids and it's only 2 days since our last game.
Not sure if we will gain much from a tactical viewpoint so might as well just use it as a fitness exercise.
Might see lots of half time changes in this one.
Assuming Pearson has to sit out of this one, then i'd be hoping to see Baxter or O'Reilly given a go considering the amount of minutes Browne, Ledson & Gallagher played on Saturday.
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Aye the Pearson injury wasn't ideal as I suspect that Ledson would have just played tonight. Still there's DJ, Harrop and Burke who all need to play so it might be a case of starting with Ledson and DJ and then taking Ledson off at half time.
I suspect Burnley will play a decent side in the first half but then make quite a few changes.
Even though Ledson played 70 minutes on Saturday he ought to be able to manage 45 minutes tonight. The other player who could then play 45 minutes as the midfield enforcer would be Browne. It is not worth risking Pearson unless he is fully recovered - maybe not even then. We can then construct the rest of the midfield variously from Johnson, Burke and Robinson who should get 90 minutes with contributions from Bodin, Horgan, Harrop and maybe Gallagher. The main thing is that both Pearson and Barkhuzen are both fully fit for a week on Saturday.
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