Timlin Recalled

[santasdead]

Smith(?)
Caddis Cuthbert Morrison Sheehan
JPM Douglas Ferry Ritchie
Austin Pericard

Well Sheehan's suspended.

[reeves4england]

Well Sheehan's suspended.

I, erm, oops.

[pauld]

Well Sheehan's suspended.

And Ferry said on the radio he won't be back before the Colchester game.

[juddie]

I don't think anyone's saying he's the answer... he's a central midfielder who can cover until dougie/ferry are back, and allow JPM to go back to the wing.

there's no pleasing some people!

[Arriba]

people were saying he was shit when he was here and not worth a start.a steady enough squad player imo, but wont be enough for many of our demanding fans i fear...

[thepeoplesgame]

Austin Ball

This please, Danny.

[juddie]

Well it's him or JPM until we get players back. Fans can say what they like, but it's a no-brainer for wilson. He has no other option.

people were saying he was shit when he was here and not worth a start.a steady enough squad player imo, but wont be enough for many of our demanding fans i fear...

[Benzel]

Glad to see him back. Sounds like he's had some form whilst away so that could help the others pick their games up.

[Jean-Francois is God]

Timlin is a decent enough player at League One standard and would be match fit given his spell at Southend where by all accounts he has been playing well and even chipped in with the odd goal.

Give the guy a chance, he may not set the world alight but I would rather have Timlin in the middle of the park and move McGovern out to the right where he was so effective last season.  After all, he couldnt do much worse than those (apart from Prutton) displayed on Tuesday night.

[corner]

We will win saturday. this will kickstart the season!!

[jayohaitchenn]

Austin and Ball up front did not work at Yeovil.

[shaw_red]

We will win saturday. this will kickstart the season!!

Tims will score the winner

[thepeoplesgame]

Austin and Ball up front did not work at Yeovil.

While Austin and Pericard did not work against Charlton. I'll admit I'm basing my appeal on nothing more than Ball's two fantastic finishes at Peterborough, but with those two goals I saw exactly why the lad is at Manchester City, and why he is there as a striker.

Add the fact he is perhaps the only player at the club who operates at the same level as Charlie these days in terms of sharpness and intelligence, and it's worth another try I reckon. Of course, it will fail miserably if we just lump long balls at them for 90 minutes, but it's up to the rest of the team to be smarter than that.

[RobertT]

The one thing we have missed is having a strong central midfield pairing for any sustained period of games.  Missing Douglas was massive, add in Ferry and that's a gaping whole in the team.  I think we also miss Greer's organisation (I didn't think we'd miss him too much based on his personal performances last season, but it's become quite clear the rest of the defence hung off him, so I was wrong.  We don't miss his ability, we miss what he did to other players.).  I'm not as concerned about the Paynter gap, I think Austin is better than last season and the rest of the possibles are decent enough.  It's the lack of solidity that is the problem, and Timlin, while being no start, is able enough to provide some defensive cover in midfield.  I'd imagine the aim is him and Prutton together.

Next step is to sort out a centre half, and consign Thompson to a few more months of development - he needs it otherwise he'l be ruined as a footballer by the experience of playing in a young defensive set-up and not being ready himself.

[Rich Pullen]

I didn't quite realise that Timlin was such a Laaaandoner

Ya dizzy blad?