when is crookes back fo you

There is always the possibility that it was a deliberate move to give us a potent attack weapon out wide against this particular team? Or maybe he started with Halley on the wing to spare him getting flattened in the inevitable opening onslaughts?

Guess the point is that its hard to judge unless you know why the coach made the decisions he did; and in most cases he is unlikely to say cos that would likely help the opposition. So its another Catch-22?

I think you may be correct, but Halley is a better player than Platt - FACT.

Next season Halley should play every game there (injuries permitting)

I completely agree with that. However with Tadulala out (I'm assuming it was an injury as I can't believe he was dropped over Sheriffe), I think Platt is our best option from our squad to come into the team and don't think he did too bad today.

I would hope Halley has the Number 1 shirt next year though.

I agree, but whilst on his current run of form, Halley shouldn't be moved. Platt can fill in on the wing, unless Semi has just been dropped (if he has it needs serious explanation from Macca along with BJ & Koppy.)

Halley
Sheriffe
Menzies
Nero
Tadulala
Sykes
Jeffries
Lynch
Godwin
Kopzcak
Whitehead
Langley
Donaldson

Newton
Burgess
Scruton
Cook

That way we have decent players on the pitch and all four on the bench could be considered to be impact players when they first come on. Against Celtic I think we could do very well by introducing Newton later on (as long as he doesn't do what he did today) along with Burgess, Scrutes etc. to try and blow them away and get a confidence boosting win.