Injuries

[Ani]

On 18/03/2026 at 13:55, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Now we are left with

Gale who has been shit

Apter who has been shit since his arrival

Cissoko who hasn’t been that bad but still not good enough

Burstow who is NOT a winger

22 who is a winger and the best of who is left but is needed as RB because Christie isn’t good enough.

 

So what do we do?

 

I would go 3 at the back and use 22 and Conway as wing backs. 2 midfield and two up top with a 10

3412 and do away with wingers for a while

22 took me a while🤔😂👍

I think Apter as wide player , but not as a winger could come good. Seems rated by Charlton and Blackpool fans. 

Harsh on Gale IMO, in last 2 games our attacks have mainly come down his side 

However that might because as you say Burstow who is not a winger being on the right. 

 

 

[RUREADY2ROLL]

51 minutes ago, Ani said:

22 took me a while🤔😂👍

I think Apter as wide player , but not as a winger could come good. Seems rated by Charlton and Blackpool fans. 

Harsh on Gale IMO, in last 2 games our attacks have mainly come down his side 

However that might because as you say Burstow who is not a winger being on the right. 

 

 

Thought Gale has been awful last two games; defensively he is a nightmare and wayward shots on goal going everywhere but on target; greedy get as well

[Johnnyrotten]

35 minutes ago, Ani said:

22 took me a while🤔😂👍

I think Apter as wide player , but not as a winger could come good. Seems rated by Charlton and Blackpool fans. 

Harsh on Gale IMO, in last 2 games our attacks have mainly come down his side 

However that might because as you say Burstow who is not a winger being on the right. 

 

 

Fans of other teams always seem to be fairly unanimous on their opinion of players.

I wonder if we'll ever have a player everyone agrees on?  And if we agree this week, we probably change our mind next week.

Apter's reputation may have benefitted from not playing at Charlton, while the team were on a poor run.

[Rival Son]

12 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Thought Gale has been awful last two games; defensively he is a nightmare and wayward shots on goal going everywhere but on target; greedy get as well

I’m torn on this. I agree his passing, crossing, shooting and general decision making has been shocking. However, he does seem to put the wind up opposition defenders, get in the right areas and create time and space.

This is a big half the of the battle, and it’s possible that, tomorrow, three or fours crosses/shots end up in the net.

if we’re replacing him, whatever with, it must deliver. While he’s creating as many as many opportunities as he is, there’s always a chance it will click.

[Ani]

1 hour ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Thought Gale has been awful last two games; defensively he is a nightmare and wayward shots on goal going everywhere but on target; greedy get as well

I am not making him into a world beater and especially at Rotherham his final ball was awful……But…..he was our best outlet 

[Dr. Feelgood]

3 hours ago, DazBob said:

Yep, and we will give him a pay-as-you-play contract.

I'm sure he'll got for that

I meant in any fee.

Not his wages.

[desperado]

2 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Fans of other teams always seem to be fairly unanimous on their opinion of players.

I wonder if we'll ever have a player everyone agrees on?  And if we agree this week, we probably change our mind next week.

Apter's reputation may have benefitted from not playing at Charlton, while the team were on a poor run.

I must admit it I don’t go trolling on other fans forums, so we might all be the same.

But the level of BWFC folk who think they know best and then flip opinion from game to game, is quite frankly fucking bonkers. 

[Johnnyrotten]

3 hours ago, desperado said:

I must admit it I don’t go trolling on other fans forums, so we might all be the same.

But the level of BWFC folk who think they know best and then flip opinion from game to game, is quite frankly fucking bonkers. 

TBH fans of other clubs are probably the same.  But I think there is such a broad brush of "that club's fans think that winger they sold is great" that I take it with a pinch of salt.  Fans sat within 8 seats of me have about 4 different opinions of most players in our team.  And they change over the season eg Burstow up, then down, then up, then medium, then undecided.  Cissoko great then the worst player to ever wear a white shirt, then not so bad.  Dalby an absolute donkey, then the new SKD, then not too sure.  I could go through 90% of our squad, I'm not having it that fans of other clubs aren't similar.

[burnden]

Edited March 27 by burnden

[Farnywhite]

Forss must be the same no mention for a long period now about is injury if he isn’t back training little chance of him figuring in last few weeks 

Edited March 27 by Farnywhite

[jmjhb]

3 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

Forss must be the same no mention for a long period now about is injury if he isn’t back training little chance of him figuring in last few weeks 

He's also out for the season. 

[Leyther_Matt]

2 hours ago, burnden said:

Massive loss, that. Certainly the better of the January signings. Up to Gale to step up now (assuming we’ll keep playing wingers)

[TrickyTrotter]

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Massive loss, that. Certainly the better of the January signings. Up to Gale to step up now (assuming we’ll keep playing wingers)

Certainly injected some speed and effort down that left hand side. Will be missed.

Should ACD come back soon, Gale may prosper as teams can't afford to double up on both wings without leaving huge gaps.

[Farnywhite]

3 hours ago, jmjhb said:

He's also out for the season. 

Must of missed the announcement but been a let down apart from the Wigan game so won’t be missed unless we start picking up injuries 

[jmjhb]

5 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

Must of missed the announcement but been a let down apart from the Wigan game so won’t be missed unless we start picking up injuries 

We've still got to pay for these lads though so rather have them available than not.

[Farnywhite]

18 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

We've still got to pay for these lads though so rather have them available than not.

Yes better fit than not

but the whole last 2 transfer Windows have been. Pretty underwhelming must of had nearly 20 players brought in and non have performed well for a full season due to either injuries ( dubbery/ Dalby bit  unlucky )   or a constant lack of form players constantly in and out of the side the likes of burstow and Simon’s

the recruitment especially with the keepers 5 in a season is ridiculous.

I am not sure on this  Harkin seems to be approach of throw a lot of shit at the wall and see if some of it sticks

were still looking at evatts failures most weeks still  while players like Taylor and Christie are no were 

Edited March 27 by Farnywhite

[RUREADY2ROLL]

When are our two midfielders and Kenny likely to be fit enough to play; without them and what could be an injury to Dempsey it will end up like last season and we won’t make the playoffs 

[Ani]

21 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

When are our two midfielders and Kenny likely to be fit enough to play; without them and what could be an injury to Dempsey it will end up like last season and we won’t make the playoffs 

Both were out for ‘about’ two weeks, two weeks ago, think SS said both working in grass last week

No idea on Kenny. 
 

Dempsey was awful Saturday 

[Rizlar]

They are both unavailable Tuesday according to SS .

[onefinfrandsen]

40 minutes ago, Ani said:

Both were out for ‘about’ two weeks, two weeks ago, think SS said both working in grass last week

No idea on Kenny. 
 

Dempsey was awful Saturday 

Dempsey got a bad knock on 15 minutes, surprised he lasted as long as he did.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

29 minutes ago, onefinfrandsen said:

Dempsey got a bad knock on 15 minutes, surprised he lasted as long as he did.

He got the knock when that little bastard didn’t track back and pointed when his man was running free

[Johnnyrotten]

If we're "down to the bear bones", good news upcoming.  McAtee available on Saturday v Huddersfield.

Not necessarily good for the team but at least if he plays we'll be able to have a heated debate about how much he winds fans up.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

Has anything been said about Dempsey and whether he will be available next Saturday? And what about the other two midfielders?

[Traf]

On 12/04/2026 at 17:48, Johnnyrotten said:

McAtee available on Saturday v Huddersfield.

Not good for the team

I concur

[Whitestar]

If we get into the playoffs would Joel Randall be eligible to come back?

 

I had a dream a few weeks ago that he was the hero in the final.