Window open for a while still but what is our current starting eleven ? Based on 442 and old fashioned numbering. 
 

1 Chelsea Kid

2 JDC

3 Do we have a left back Conway ? 

5 Taylor

6 Forino

4 Simons

7 Dempsey

8 Morley

11 Tommo

9 Dalby

10 any of about 24. 
 

I may have missed players but we seem a left back and 2 wingers away from playing 442

And incredibly light up front a lot players who are good enough to be squad players like Toal,Schon, Sheehan Tutu , Lolos, CMG , McAtee etc but pace and match winners still missing IMO. 

 

16 hours ago, wanderer1984 said:

Pretty much the same.

A couple of wingers, another striker and Left Back. Maybe a CM if Dempsey/Sheehan go.

Players that shouldn't be anywhere near our matchday squad ... Vic, Lolos, CMG, McAtee, Dempsey & Dan

I can't see more than 5 of this team starting the first game next season.

If we're playing with wingers, Tutu only gets a game on the right IMO.
He's no left winger, because he has no left foot.
All this inverted bollocks where they have to cut back onto their favoured foot isn't wing play IMO. It's pointless going outside and past the defender to cut back and give him another chance to tackle you. Knock it past him and cross it.

Same applies to Schon and the left wing.

That said, I'm not convinced either will be starters next season.
Tutu has proven to be another fanny & Schon just isn't a winger; I'm not sure what he is other than passionate/hot-headed.

1 hour ago, Traf said:

If we're playing with wingers, Tutu only gets a game on the right IMO.
He's no left winger, because he has no left foot.
All this inverted bollocks where they have to cut back onto their favoured foot isn't wing play IMO. It's pointless going outside and past the defender to cut back and give him another chance to tackle you. Knock it past him and cross it.

Same applies to Schon and the left wing.

That said, I'm not convinced either will be starters next season.
Tutu has proven to be another fanny & Schon just isn't a winger; I'm not sure what he is other than passionate/hot-headed.

well, warren won't be in your team either, as hes a left footed right sider

imo, he wont play a league game for us but thats another story

8 hours ago, desperado said:

Nowt wrong with this thread @Ani. If we can’t have a bit of fun based on where we are at the minute and thinking ahead to where these new players fit in, then it’s a poor do.

Doesn’t have to mean you are nailing your colours to the mast as this being the starting 11 on the 2nd August.

I can see Taylor, Simons and Dalby being starters.

Simons hopefully to bring the best out of Sheehan and Morley.

Listening to SS it seems he wants wingers and a focal point in the box. I’ve thrown that Salford lad in (hope it comes off) with Tutu on the other side.

I think one up front with 3 midfielders behind gives us some solidity.

I wouldn’t be disappointed to see Cogley and Conway start but I think there’ll be more incomings here to give some competition.

I think the likes of Tomo, Dempsey, Randall, McAtee, Forrester, Forino, Southwood, Schon and hopefully Warren  provide good competition for first 11 places at the moment.

The young lads from last year keen and at the ready too. 

If I was any of the others I’d be worried about my first team future at BWFC.

I’ve probably forgotten somebody! But pretty happy on where we are as a squad at the minute. 

That already looks a lot better than last season to me (I know Salford guy hasn't signed).

Plenty of time to go in the window so no reason to suggest we can't strengthen more as well, especially on the wings.

I also think we need to get one of our number 10s into that midfield, or at least a more attacking midfielder. Morley, Simons and Sheehan will all want to play more defensively. No idea whether we can offload Randall so soon, but a more robust version of him would be ideal.

Edited June 18, 20251 yr by Stig

Who is Salford guy?

7 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Who is Salford guy?

Fred Done!!!!

There's no point putting Dempsey in your starting elevens

He's out for a few months again

33 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

There's no point putting Dempsey in your starting elevens

He's out for a few months again

Where you hear this?

1 hour ago, Steejay said:

Where you hear this?

Iles on Twitter

5 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Iles on Twitter

When?

Just now, Cheese said:

When?

Last night

 

Just now, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Last night

 

Fuck me. Just get rid. As much as I like him, he's made out of soggy Rich Tea's.

Best starting 11 for me is made up of all the youth players who stepped up to play when the one we shall not speak about nearly ended our clubs existence. 

On 18/06/2025 at 19:10, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

There's no point putting Dempsey in your starting elevens

He's out for a few months again

As a guess, I can see him having had the surgery.