Trebor1Trebor1:
Big downside to losing Strujik is a lack of threat on set pieces nobody comes close to his ability in the air in the team. Be interesting to see if Bamford plays Tuesday... i suspect we will see him from the bench.
I’d prefer to see him start and see how long we get out of him. If I remember rightly, we were struggling at this stage last season when Bamford was called up, coincidentally against Boro. We scored 4 goals and looked a different team. Bamford got injured again and that was that. Bamford at least tries running in behind teams, it stretches them and opens the game up. Piroe never runs in behind and always wants it to feet, so easy to defend against and it congests play. Would Farke be brave enough to start Bamford ? His track record would say no, but how desperate would he have to get before he changes tack ? I hope we get a slice of luck tonight or a few players perform better than of late, and then it’s a massive boost with a home game on Saturday.