Quote: Diogenes "Whiting must start from the bench.
Horne has played on the wing for GB, has pace and is a great defender. Unfortunately I doubt he will be fit enough to play there either.
I think we will go with Crookes who is at least a specialist winger.
I hope we spend time next week practising defending kicks to the corners.'"
We'd have to just go with Crookes but to me (Lack of game time) he won't be the reliable on a big stage we need our best players out there even if it means having Whiting there which I don't want really.. and yeah if Crookes is to play he's going to have to get practising very hard this week otherwise Richards will just laugh at him all day long..
Quote: Diogenes "I reckon he could shuffle along on his backside quicker then Richards can run and that's the winger he'll be up against down our left hand side.
He needs to be reasonably fit simply to last the game because you can't afford to leave your team a man short but pace won't be an issue. It's going to be a really tough call for Peter Gentle IMO.'"
Maybe he's not got the pace but he's very good in the air and against Crookes he'll just be laughing at how easy it is to get the ball.. and back on Lineham if he's to go ahead and play and play against Richards he'd need at least some sort of pace in-case someone made a break.