Thomas can bring plenty to the party for Potters...

Wouter Burger in central midfield.

- By Mike Pejic

In a balanced team you need a player to win the ball and a player like Burger who can then receive it and has the ability to provide a variety of passing options to the players ahead.

Ideally you have two wide players who can really stretch the opposition. Firstly, because if you have only one effective winger they can be double marked or blocked off, and secondly because that, in turn, creates space for players in the middle to be at their most effective. We shall see what happens over the next few weeks with Junho and Manhoef.