Pretty surprised not to see Hackney (or at least Morton) starting. Carsley does love Alex Scott though. I still think putting Beadle in there is going to turn out to be a major error. Don't want to be too harsh on him but he's been an accident waiting to happen this season. The other two keepers are hardly incompetent so I don't see what the justification is really.
Even though we have been hit hard with withdrawals etc, we still have a lot of top league minutes within this team/squad which is quite impressive.
We are playing too much down the left side. Want to be focusing on the other side and getting Elliott more involved.
We've played some good stuff at times here but the attacking talent is quite a way short of what we had two years ago. We need some X factor in the final third.
Feels like we're missing the focal point that Delap would have offered. Still, will take that from Elliott.
Set pieces we are struggling on which is probably not much of a surprise. Not sure how that stayed out.
Got to be happy with that. Carsley is getting the best out of the players available. Can’t really ask for more. With options like Stansfield, Hackney, Nwaneri and Iling-Junior to come on in the second half.
That's the key for me. He's lost important players but we're still playing some pretty decent stuff, and it hasn't really impacted the mindset of the team. It's so much more enjoyable than the seniors, even if there's areas to improve on.