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[quote="Modgull"]If Thompson and Bodin are unavailable I expect Ling to go 451 with Stevens and Craig on the wings and Lathrope as the central holding player. Yeoman would be held as the option to go to 442 later in the game.[/quote]

TBH we have little option other than this. A real shame as it takes Craig out of central midfield and we have very little creativity from the centre of the park. Down to the bare bones of a already small squad on a pitch the will sap energy so replacements will be essential.

If Howe gets injuried do we have any options?

Worrying.

If Thompson and Bodin are unavailable I expect Ling to go 451 with Stevens and Craig on the wings and Lathrope as the central holding player. Yeoman would be held as the option to go to 442 later in the game.

Bodin only 50/50 chance of playing and Thompson now injured as well-also 50/50.
looks like we're going to be well depleted up-front.(May be a bit of kidology though)!

Good news if Billy is back but please Mr Ling dont dont resort to the easy option of 4 1 4 1 using Lathrope. I am sure Howe works far better with a 4 4 2 otherwise he gets isolated, very very frustrated and then gets booked or worse still.

For that reason alone Mr Ling please use someone up front with him otherwise we may well have no striker and no experienced centre half if it gets heated in one of the derbies.

[quote="ferrarilover"]Richinns (the selfish git) has neglected to inform us all that he has been tweeted by Billy who confirms that he *should* be fit for Saturday.

Matt[/quote]

Sorry all!

Was not sure if advertising this information is something I should be doing but now Matt has - good news he will hopefully will be fit. He was excellent against Exeter in the PSF so more of this please Billy!

Love - the selfish git! x

Richinns (the selfish git) has neglected to inform us all that he has been tweeted by Billy who confirms that he *should* be fit for Saturday.

Matt

Agree that Yeoman should be given his chance.

As others have said I'd like to see Ling put Yeoman in behind Howe. If he's one of the best finishers at the club which has been stated in the past then I think he can do a capable job there especially based on his sub appearances this season.

i'm unable to get to the ground until 3.30 on saturday, if i had a ticket would i still be able to get in?

I've written about Ling's (somewhat limited) options over the Christmas period on the main site:

http://www.torquayfans.com/ling-may-be-forced-into-tactical-reshuffle/

Goes to show the bad fortune we've had through this season. I thought Jarvis looked pretty good against N'hampton, and he obviously got on the scoreboard, and then is injured as soon as he starts to gain some momentum. Same with Macklin and Morris, as soon as they hit form they got injured. Anyone spotted a sniper of Greek decent in Bristows Bench?

:lol: HAHA!

Cheers for the info too Matt. :) ;-)

[quote="austrianandygull"]Not too big a blow although we do need all the bodies we can get over Christmas. This is the ideal opportunity to start Thommo and let him have an hour of terrorising the opposition defences and bring on Yeoman with half an hour to go to get him involved and see if he can make a name for himself in two of the biggest games he will have ever played in. Let's put some faith in the lad and see what happens.

What i DO NOT want to see under any circumstances is Ling going back to Rene up top on his own just because Jarvis is out and he doesn't want to start Yeoman. We will have a poor Christmas against our bitterest of rivals. Also what i DO NOT want to see is Lingy bringing off [color=#FF0000]Thommo[/color] ( assuming he starts ) and replacing him with Lathrope. Thommo starts for me and runs around for an hour to be replaced by Yeoman.

On top of that i hope and pray that Downes doesn't get booked and we steer clear of any further injuries and suspensions.

Merry Christmas one and all!! :lol:[/quote]

Tee - apostrophe - homo? Like northern speak for 'one who is attracted to members of the same gender'?

I saw Morro recently and he looked to be walking with just the slightest hint of a limp. It was so slight that I'd go as far as to suggest that it was psychosomatic. I reckon we might see him towards the end of the season if he can regain his CV fitness in time.
Macklin is always down the gym and seems to be getting proper stacked (I believe 'hench' is the modern term, but I'm rather afraid of it's correct application). He'll be back a damn sight stronger than he left, if not any time soon.
Jarvo travelled by ambulance to hospital after the AC Northampton game, such were the extent of his injuries. We now know that he has broken a couple of ribs and punctured a lung. I don't know about the implications of either, but I suspect he can't play again until there is no increased risk of a recurrence given the natural course of a match, so, say 2 months.
Billy's foot was in a protective boot on the Sunday after the match in which he was injured. He is not telling anyone (that I have seen) on Twitter the extent of the damage, so he either doesn't know, doesn't want to say or isn't allowed to say or some combination of the three. No idea, could be a broken foot, in which case it will be the same time scale that Macklin has faced.

Matt.

Thats a real blow for Jarvis, he was beginning to look the part. Put Yoeman in his place, there is often talk about him being the best finisher at the club, can't think of a more perfect game (Exeter)to put him in and say go prove yourself..otherwise let him go.

Ryan Jarvis was injured right in front of me and the way he eventually walked off it looked very much like a rib injury.

Very disappointing for him as he had a good game against a very strong physical team.

Hatrick for Thompson against Exeter? You can only dream.