Two changes for me tomorrow night - Robson for Ward and Kemp for Hamilton.
Robson/Ward change is just to give Ward a breather after Robson had one on Saturday.
Kemp has impressed me in the little bits we've seen, and I think Hamilton could do with a breather too.
I also want to see what impact he can have from the bench - his pace coming on v tired legs could really stretch the game. Gives us an out ball too if we're holding on, in the same way Madine's physicality does.
Finally, I noticed again on Sat how positionally unaware Hamilton is at times. He kept blocking Mitchell's overlap, and he does exactly the same with Turton (who is a good crosser of the ball) on the other side. Reminds me of Feeney in that regard. Kemp seems smarter, and anything we can do to try and get the ball into the box more is a positive in my eyes.
Would leave the rest of the team as it was on Saturday, including Woodburn. I know he's been subbed off twice in his two appearances so far, but we were told when he signed that he'd had a full pre-season and been playing games for Liverpool's U23s so he should be capable of three games in a week. If he needs subbing later on, I'd be inclined to bring Ward on rather than Sarkic (who I thought was crap on Saturday).
Maxwell
Mitchell
Ballard
Ekpiteta
Turton
Williams
Robson
Woodburn
Kaikai
Kemp
Yates
Subs: Sims, Gretarsson, Gabriel, Ward, Sarkic, Hamilton, Madine
Need to make sure we follow up Saturday's result with another three points.
Robson/Ward change is just to give Ward a breather after Robson had one on Saturday.
Kemp has impressed me in the little bits we've seen, and I think Hamilton could do with a breather too.
I also want to see what impact he can have from the bench - his pace coming on v tired legs could really stretch the game. Gives us an out ball too if we're holding on, in the same way Madine's physicality does.
Finally, I noticed again on Sat how positionally unaware Hamilton is at times. He kept blocking Mitchell's overlap, and he does exactly the same with Turton (who is a good crosser of the ball) on the other side. Reminds me of Feeney in that regard. Kemp seems smarter, and anything we can do to try and get the ball into the box more is a positive in my eyes.
Would leave the rest of the team as it was on Saturday, including Woodburn. I know he's been subbed off twice in his two appearances so far, but we were told when he signed that he'd had a full pre-season and been playing games for Liverpool's U23s so he should be capable of three games in a week. If he needs subbing later on, I'd be inclined to bring Ward on rather than Sarkic (who I thought was crap on Saturday).
Maxwell
Mitchell
Ballard
Ekpiteta
Turton
Williams
Robson
Woodburn
Kaikai
Kemp
Yates
Subs: Sims, Gretarsson, Gabriel, Ward, Sarkic, Hamilton, Madine
Need to make sure we follow up Saturday's result with another three points.