Not the most inspiring 1st lineup of his reign lol
Roberts; White, Scarr, Sadler, Melbourne; Norman, Kinsella, Vincent, McDonald; Gordon, Lavery
Substitutes: Rose; Cockerill-Mollett; Bates, Osadebe, Nolan; Osei Yaw, Reid
442 Norman rw or 5 at the back?
I hope that’s White in a back 3 and Norman right wing back…
I hope…
4-4-2 I reckon. Norman RW
Scrap that first forecast.
3-1 loss for Dutton’s Duffers.
I’ll judge every game by its merits…
If it’s 5 at the back at home… not the biggest fan.
Why is Lavery playing?
Why are two right backs in the starting 11?
What’s Alfie Bates done?
Hmmmmm.
Willing to give it a lot of time but this seems like a side Darrell would pick… I.e. no one has a clue what the formation is, square pegs in round holes 
I don’t think you’d expect wholesale changes in the first game. If nothing else, mental readiness comes into it and some of the fringe players, having not had much football lately, may not be 100% ready yet.
I’d like to think it was 5 at the back with licence for norman and the new lad to attack. We’ll see. Give him a chance to settle into the role anyway.
Team selection as expected really. DC & BD will have been working on this match for a fair few days so it’d be daft to trash all of that preparation.
Saturdays team selection will gives us more of an idea of what BD’s about.
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Oh dear!
Trying hard to remain optimistic…just please not another exhibition of hoofball up to that forward line like last week, with Roberts in goal trying (and failing) to hoof it 
I agree , BD said in his interview that he would sit down with all the staff and players tomorrow to discuss the rest of the season.
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I’d take a point now!
Lavery??? Why not give Derek a go?
Bit disappointed that he thinks Roberts is a better keeper than Rose. Perhaps he’ll have a blinder.
Perhaps Norman is in to add extra height to combat the long throw.
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What a plonker!
He’s a better right midfield player than a right back his attacking and crossing qualities outweigh his defensive qualities all day long I think I’ve said this before but only Holden has a better assist record this season.
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I think he’s played Norman cos he’s expecting us to get battered 
As for Roberts and Lavery playing … no idea on that one.