Originally posted by macca23
Sarge is looking more likely to be there trial by trial.
He was burning the track up until the Saints game when he failed miserably with Carey at CHF. Ayres appears to be determined to play Carey there which doesn't look good for Perrie at this stage.
I'm sure Sarge will be back sooner than later
I wouldn't write Perrie off yet. His trial this week at FB is as clever as Ronnie's run on the wing against the Saints.
He can take a contested overhead mark at CHF, something that Carey can't do. He has his faults but provides an honest contest. The sensible move is to put Carey in a forward pocket or FF to make room for Sarge, but by the same token Sarge must learn to play more than one position.
Burton doesn't have the size to play in a key position for anything longer than bursts - which I favour. He has amazing aerobic capacity best suited to a wing. He is also suited to a forward role as he is mobile and can take a big grab which makes it very difficult for other teams to match up on.
What a shame we don't have two of him.........
Perhaps HFF is a reasonable compromise?? They really haven't played him there much at all and it's not as if we are blessed with a plethora of dangerous goalkicking HFF's......
At least there he can use his mobility and fitness to run someone in the opposition team ragged and provide the marking option we need going forward.