This is very interesting. You are assuming that Kennedy will not play and you may be right. My guess is that Nigel bought him believing that Bruno can only play a limited number of games at his age and perhaps using Bruno in midfield. I wonder whether Bruno would have been left back if Mattock had not left abruptly and McGivern been less than outstanding.
It would be surprising if Fryatt does not play. For all the talk about "clean slates" Paulo will know how good Matty was last season. Well though Howard can play I doubt if he can manage many consecutive ninety minutes and he may be an impact sub.
Perhaps I am doing Dany an injustice when I write that he does not seem suited to what we are told of Paulo's "possession football". This is sad because I enjoyed what little we saw of Dany's effort and bravery. Dany like Adams goes in without regard for getting hurt. I now turn very abruptly from bravery to Paul Gallagher.
Paul Gallagher has undoubted qualities and I have criticised him at length before. For now all I will say is that in most matches last season it was never difficult to distinguish between Paul Gallagher and possession football.
