Titus Bramble may well make his first appearance of the season in Saturday s ultra-crucial game between Town and Charlton at the Valley. With John McGreal out for the season, Mark Venus suffering with an ankle injury and now Manu Thetis having a back problem, the eighteen-year old, plagued himself with injury this season might find a place in the line-up. George Burley will want to keep playing the 5-3-2 formation which saw Town back to winning ways rather than go back to the 4-4-2 which has rarely worked for the Blues this season. Other possibilities for the third centre-half joining Tony Mowbray and Wayne Brown are Matt Holland, who might find himself dropped back from midfield or Fabian Wilnis. Holland moved into the defence when Thetis went off on Tuesday and has played there before both for Town and Bournemouth. Fabian Wilnis might find himself moved inside from right-back despite a patchy performance against Palace. Gary Croft would then get a recall. Up front Marcus Stewart may
In part 24 of the series, Kieron Dyer catches up with his old captain Matt Holland, who selects the best XI from his time playing for Town before Dyer evaluates his selection.
Blues stars of the past including Kieron Dyer, Titus Bramble, Alan Lee and Simon Milton will be gracing Bury Town’s Ram Meadow on Sunday to support a special match which will raise money for West Suffolk Hospital Charity’s Forget-Me-Not Dementia Campaign and the ITFC Academy.
Town keeper Keith Branagan will have his shoulder operation next Tuesday. The former Irish international injured tendons in a training ground incident earlier this year. Jermaine Wright will also go under the knife next and misses the rest of the season.
Town chairman David Sheepshanks has reiterated that players will be sold if Town are relegated to the Nationwide League. Sheepshanks was clearly unimpressed at Saturday s performance, describing it as perfectly dreadful.