Michael Beale has defended the decision to play Abdoullah Ba up front and not bring on a striker until the 71st minute, when we were 3-0 down.
STRIKERS PLAYED ON MONDAY
“The other strikers all played on Monday in the B team game. It was a chance to watch them, but then they didn’t return to training with the group in a light session until Wednesday."
PRITCH MEANT TO PLAY
“Pritch was going to play, but unfortunately he had the sickness bug and wasn’t available, so we went with bringing Jobe back in and tried to keep quite a settled team (from the Bristol City game)."