Quote Originally Posted by Hilts View Post
With Bothroyd injured we should have gone with 3 central midfielders in that final.

McCormack could have been in the line up wide along with Burke. Whitts Mcphail Ledley woud still have been a bit too lightweight for Blackpools 3 but im sure would have been better than what happened in the final.

Jones was too one dimensional.

A horrible day that final.
I've always avoided looking at that final for obvious reasons. What is amazing is that he picked a pretty fluid, attacking midfield of players who were all comfortable on the ball and were good passers, yet chose to launch long balls out of defence because this midfield was outnumbered.

If someone with a bit of nous could have taken over that side after that playoff defeat, we'd have won automatic the following season with the players we had.