Forest have announced John Curtis won’t be fit to face Carlisle United on saturday. This is bad news, and limits Calderwood’s options somewhat in defence – if he sticks to the central back three formation then Thompson or Perch could cover, equally both could play a conventional right back role in a more balanced 4-4-2 formation.
It’s a real blow, I think, as whilst I don’t really like a back three, it’s seemed to work quite well with Curtis covering the right, as his fullback’s mentality means he does cover the wide areas a bit better. That said, I’d love us to revert to a more conventional formation ongoing, which is really rather dependent on how Colin wants to structure his midfield.
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