Jones
Belhouan
Evans
Horton
Denton
Westbroke
Rowley
Ewing
Roberts
Whitehall
Jones
Subs worth using – Beestin, Boyce, Howe and Mahady
If we can start the playoffs with the above and an instruction to score more than the other team we can give any of the other 6 a good game.
If we are missing any of the above it’s a bit of a problem. If we are missing 2 or 3 of them we might scrape through one game but I don’t think we can win 2 or 3.
This is not a criticism of Butler or the other potential replacements. We don’t have a budget for 20 top end National League players – simple as that.
Note: personally I would have Mahady back in goal for Jones. Decent shot stopper but I get nervous every time he leaves his line. On my viewing his back four get pretty nervous also.
Rory made a couple of mistakes in 15 games or so but most of what he did was done with a confidence that settles defenders.