Might be nothing and the players could be injured however interesting that no Simmonds or Castillo in the U23 game! Could it be with the Hogan rant that young Simmonds gets his chance to impress now in the 1st team and if Bowyer keeps the 3-5-2 he’s looking at a proper wing back in Castillo. To be fair Bela has been one of the best players however he is not a defender and too many easy goals are coming from that side as he pushes up. Personally I’d go back to 4-2-3-1 with Sarkic -peds and Colin with Sanderson and rovers. Then Sunjic and woods holding with Chong, bela and Gardner behind deeney! Sanchez maybe for Gardner when fit.
Let’s see bela and Ching have freedom to run at players and get balls in for deeney and Gardner bombing on instead of worrying with the gaps at the back.
Just a thought
