The new football season is less than two weeks away, and if you were in manager Keiran Mckenna’s shoes, who would you pick to start against Bolton at Portman Road?
Of course, a lot can happen between now and July 30th, and the likelihood is that more players will likely come through the door and injuries might also influence this decision. As things stand, we have a strong squad, but the manager can only select eleven players and five substitutes this season. I have 65 subscribers who might have an opinion on this, but I would like to hear from any true blue who wants to air their views. Tell me who you think should enter the field on July 30th?! It’s a strong squad.
Here are the players, and I have highlighted the ones that I think should be in the team and who, I suspect, Kieran McKenna will select, but much will depend on who comes here in the meantime? McKenna is still seeking another forward and a wing-back.
GOALKEEPERS: Christian Walton, Václav Hladky, Nick Hayes.
DEFENDERS: George Edmunson, Greg Leigh, Luke Woolfenden, Matt Penney, Cameron Burgess, Kane Vincent-Young, Janoi Donacien.
MIDFIELDERS: Dominic Ball, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Rakeem Harper, Corrie Ndaba, Cameron Humphreys, Matt Ward, El Mizouni, Marcus Harness.
FORWARDS: Kyle Edwards, Wes Burns, Kayden Jackson, Conor Chaplin, Sone Aluko, Freddie Ladapo, Ben Morris, Tyreece John-Jules.
Now the great debate here might be about where you place Wes Burns? Is he an attacking wing-back, an orthodox winger or something in between? The same argument could be made for EL Mizouni and Rakeem Harper who have been used in less conventional positions in pre-season. So then, who would you select for Bolton?
My team would be similar but not the same. George Edmunson and Luke Wollfenden would have to be my central defenders and I would have Kayden Jackson in attack. Our bench will be very strong this season.
I agree Robert. Our bench will be very strong this season, and even stronger, I would suggest, before our season kicks off on July 30th!
Your team is ridiculous! You only have one central defender in there – unless you move Donacien in there.
How can you not include George Edmundson! He was pivotal to our defence until he got injures. Mad!
We are a broad church of opinions here Bill, and although you explain to me in less than diplomatic terms where I have gone wrong, you don’t list your favoured eleven?
Why would you want to break up the Donacien/Burns partnership by making Donacien one of your centre-backs? Donacien was superb last season in his right wing- back roll, so it would be very unwise to tamper with it..
Good Point Gerald, but I wanted to ignite debate. Leaving out George Edmundson is very controversial too, but we have such a strong squad these days that it is no longer easy to pick your best eleven. See if you can do any better!