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Any other Gloscester fans see this as a possible line-up for this season for Gloucester
How's this for a Gloucester line-up for this season...
1) Nick Wood
2) Jeremy Paul
3) Nieto
4) Bortolami
5) A.Brown
6) Narraway
7) Qera
8) Delve
9) Cooper
10) Lamb
11) Vanikolo
12) Barkley
13) Allen
14) Simpson-Daniel
15) Morgan
16) ***terall
17) Collazo
18) P. Buxton
19) Strokosch
20) Lawson
21) Tindall
22) W.Walker
Unused subs
Azam
W.James
Forrester
A.Hazell
Baldshaw
Watkins
Foster
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***terall will be starting hooker with Azam off the bench, Jeremy Paul has left the club(thank god). Cooper is a distant 2nd behind Lawson and will continue to be based on last years pathetic displays.Centres will rotate between Allen, Barkley and Tindall. Watkins if we are really desperate.
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Didn't know Paul had left the club. Did rate him as a player, but I suppose he's a bit older and slower nowadays. Prefer ***terall to Azam any day of the week..and twice on Saturdays.
I think Forrester will be in the mix for a spot on the bench and has been very unlucky with injuries. I think he has tremendous ability, and could certainly play his way into the line-up if he stays healthy. If he did, I think he would play 8 and push Delve to the bench.
In the backs I think Ryan will try and stick with Lamb at 10, but Barkley will most likely get some time in games there, especially in close games. Just see us wanting a more dangerous attacker at 13 than Tindall offers at this point, and if I'm Anthony Allen, I'm looking at the England 13 jersey as a real open chance right now, whereas 12 has a host of players in the queue for it... Flutey, Barkley, Geraghty, Flood, etc
The real question in my mind is FB.... do we endure another season of Baldshaw (hope not). Think it's between Walker and Morgan, with again Morgan getting the edge because he is younger, faster and a better attacking option, especially if the mid-field is the creative trio of Lamb, Barkley, and Allen.
But those are my thoughts..... we'll see what Dean Ryan rolls out