keith margam
Vital Football Legend
After our excellent 0-3 away win at Aston Villa in the last round, our reward was a home tie as we face League One Gillingham this Saturday.
Conquerors of PL strugglers Cardiff City in the last round their confidence will be high coming into this match. They have a Welsh connection, their caretaker manager Steve Lovell was born in Swansea and played two games on loan from Palace for his home club in 1987, scoring one goal.
With our home league match against Birmingham shunted to the following Tuesday night to make way for this match, it’s a team selection dilemma for Potter with a league game so close.
Last round he put out his best team, with a clear week’s break either side of the cup game, but if he does the same this Saturday then he risks injury to players and a short recovery time for the Brum match three days later.
Added to this is the injury to Rodon making us short of players in the centre back position. Loanee Carter-Vickers will fill the gap but we’ll have to rely on our U23’s player Cian Harries as back up. He made his debut for the Swans senior team in the Carabao Cup last August v C Palace.
Bony is back in training and could feature if he’s still here, and some of the fringe players could be called upon, such as last Summer’s new signings Dhanda, Asoro, Mackay and John, all of whom are struggling for form and yet to fulfill their potential.
Conquerors of PL strugglers Cardiff City in the last round their confidence will be high coming into this match. They have a Welsh connection, their caretaker manager Steve Lovell was born in Swansea and played two games on loan from Palace for his home club in 1987, scoring one goal.
With our home league match against Birmingham shunted to the following Tuesday night to make way for this match, it’s a team selection dilemma for Potter with a league game so close.
Last round he put out his best team, with a clear week’s break either side of the cup game, but if he does the same this Saturday then he risks injury to players and a short recovery time for the Brum match three days later.
Added to this is the injury to Rodon making us short of players in the centre back position. Loanee Carter-Vickers will fill the gap but we’ll have to rely on our U23’s player Cian Harries as back up. He made his debut for the Swans senior team in the Carabao Cup last August v C Palace.
Bony is back in training and could feature if he’s still here, and some of the fringe players could be called upon, such as last Summer’s new signings Dhanda, Asoro, Mackay and John, all of whom are struggling for form and yet to fulfill their potential.
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