Midfield Mayhem

So last Thursday, BWFC were back in training. I did ask (via twitter) which squad member put on the most holiday weight, but i have yet to have a reply.

I thought (along with most other football blogs) that now would be a good time to spend a few days going over our squad and see where our strenghts and weaknesses lie.

I thought I'd start with what I consider to be the strongest part of the team this year: midfield.
Petrov, Holden, Lee, Mavies, Eagles, Andrews, Wylde, Pratley....seriously if we don't boss midfield this season, I'll eat my hat (no not really).
We have quite a few options on how to field the team to. We could play 4 or 5 in MF depending on how controlling/attacking OC wishes to be. Personally I'd like to see a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Holden----Andrews.

Lee/Eagles----Mavies----Petrov/Wylde

Holden and Andrews could provide cover and control the game from midfield, and then push up to form a 4-3-3 when attacking. With pently of Midfielders in the squad, there should be losts of competition for starting places, and good cover for when tattics need changing, injuries etc.

Cons:
Inconsistency. A major factor in our awful last season. Eagles and Mavies both stand out here. I rate both players, especially Mavies, however, there were times last year when both players could be amazing for 5 minutes and for the other 85, both could be passengers.
Wingers not defending.  Most of the goals we conceded last season came about from crosses, or moves that started from the wings.  Both Eagles and Petrov lacked in getting back and helping out the full backs (admittedly Petrov was getting better at this throughout the latter half of last season).  But if we are to concede less goals this season, everyone is going to have to up their defensive game.
Holden and Lee. Are both as good as we remember, or are we remembering their short BWFC careers with rose tinted glasses? What about after a year without a game, will they be as fast, as good on the ball? I can only hope so.