Brett Williams Loaned to Sutton Utd

Let’s hope there’s a signing as we’re pretty thin on the ground now. Edwards is considered still a couple of weeks away, Dickson and Sokolik still out and obviously we’ve got the post Trophy debacle suspensions.

Could this be Saturday’s roster?

MacDonald; Wynter, Niate, Sendles-White, Davis; Kalala, Hall, Lemonheigh-Evans, Andrews; Reid, Janneh
Subs: Burton, Essuman, Nabi, Koszela, Baxter

It’s a good 1st X1, but players on the bench have little game time between them and/or are very young. Personally, I reckon there will be a new signing, as GJ dropped a bollock last Saturday and I can’t see him doing the same thing twice in a week.

Parental authority being upheld, and GJ making it clear enough to his lad, that he can expect his Christmas present to be withheld unless it's signalled that Psycho Janner and the other Bristol City lads are allowed to continue enjoying English Riviera life.


I see little prospect of Bass returning here. MacDonald did exceptionally well in the early games, in a spell when our goals conceded made very impressive reading. However, despite this, and once he was fit, Bass was quickly brought into the team, I'm assuming on training ground evidence that he was clearly the superior keeper.

There were enough indications, even at times connected just to the way he conducted himself when making his way off the field at halftime, that Bass has a lot of belief (quite possibly justified) in his own ability. Despite GJ's indications that he'd try to keep both keepers happy, I can't imagine Bass accepting that he couldn't hold down a first team slot, even at National South Level. Not being acknowledged regular first choice between the sticks, may not have been something he found acceptable, and preferring to return to Portsmouth under the current circumstances isn't altogether a surprise.

No prospect of enjoying Brett Williams skills is disappointing. But Brett doesn't appear to have been blessed with a natural athleticism, with the indications that he's the sort of player, and also at an age, where he needs to play regularly to maintain adequate fitness. Exceptionally hard graft on the training ground probably isn't his preferred option to maintain this either. A couple of times more recently, Brett has come on as a sub and his touch, and instinctive play, have been badly lacking compared to what we'd normally expect from him. He does need match play, and if it's not available here, we're just as well to let him get those necessary games elsewhere.  

I wonder if this is more about finding Brett a new club as opposed to getting him fit but either way it is a win win for us.

Good outcome for all parties as, barring the Trophy, he has been a regular 90 minute starter for Sutton since the move.

No great loss. Fairly anodyne presence with the odd good goal.