Clunan didn’t look right which is more then likely down to the fact he’s lacking match fitness and recently had a sickness bug. Butterfield looked cream crackered which is understandable as he’s played a lot of football and isn’t getting any younger.
We were poor tonight but important thing is we didn’t lose. Onwards and upwards. Max is now fit and Roberts is near a first team appearance. Clunan has 90 mins under his belt, plus Law and Smith have gotten more minutes.
One thing I will say is I don’t think Whitehall suits to playing as the lone striker away from home. Whitehall isn’t the best at holding it up at home but least we get plenty of midfield runners up to make it that bit easier for him.
At the very least Bennett should be on the bench. I don’t really rate Bennett but with this system away from home when it’s tight and you need a striker to hold the ball up, I think he’d be better suited than Whitehall.
Whitehall reminds me of Tom Hopper in the sense he has the size and physicality but despite that he doesn’t really have the mentality to scrap for the ball and do the ugly side. I think to get the best out of him and Elliot they need to be partnered but Dean won’t do that and to be fair last time we did try that we looked terrible and too open.
