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Yellow4life wrote:Ellis is BACK for Shrews on saturday!!

Good

Ellis is BACK for Shrews on saturday!!

Missed him a lot again tonight, charnock and Branston don't seem a great pairing.

On another note...how was Branston MoM today!??? It had to be mansell, surely?!

YellowMurphy wrote:Anybody know whether he will be fit for aldershot?

Even if he was I doubt Buckle would play him......

Anybody know whether he will be fit for aldershot?

Yes, we missed him badly yesterday. Robertson had a poor game which affected Branston and Senda too. Robbo was standing off his man all game and won few challenges. Ellis always attacks the ball and tries to dominate his marker in a way that Robbo doesn't

Any news on him?

We missed him today. I hope he's ready for tuesday although I doubt it.

Yellow4life wrote:Early indications show no breaks-

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/torqu ... ticle.html

But the scan did show he was having twins

Early indications show no breaks-

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/torqu ... ticle.html

It had all the looks of a metatarsal injury, although he surely would not have played on with a broken bone.

I was very surprised that he was not subbed straight away.

Charnock is a good replacement, but Ellis will be sorely missed. The Branston/Ellis partnership is the rock on which the team is built these days.

Edit

And yes westy I agree with your post about it's nice to have options.

I also heard/saw the tackle on Saturday. The ref being a right prat for not stopping the game! And can't believe he went back on the pitch. (Sorry for repeating posts) Charnock looked solid last year and looked solid against Stevenage, so no worries there.

Not surprised hes having a scan. I heard the tackle from the back of the away end at Stevenage. I instantly thought he'd broken something, as Ellis isn't usually one to roll around on the floor, but he could still walk, so I'll be very surprised if it's a big break. I think it'll be a couple of weeks that he's out, as Buckle never rushes players back.

Charnock to come in as a straight swap would suit me.

Of course there is also the option of Robbo being centre back with Manse going right back and Lathrope/O Kane coming into the centre - although Charnock slotting into the centre back position is the most likely

Why won't Senda be ready? Not meant in an arsey way, just understood that the whole squad was fit, obviously other than Mark now, and he's played a couple of reserve games I think. So there's always the option of switching Robbo back and having Senda at RB. Although having said that, I'm more than happy to see KC back in the team.

Isn't it lovely to have these options, unlike other seasons..?

I know charnock can do a great job if he needs to but it's still a significant loss if Ellis misses out as he has simply been one of our top 5 players since he's come back into the team last season. Your right in saying charnock will be up for it as he has played in the reserves. Be interesting if he plays tomorrow?