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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5392254, member: 4819"]
This one is tough! If your bringing in Anderson for one ACC game, it stands to reason that he would play against the rest of the conference. If the coaches want more physicality and size, no one else on the roster matches up with what Anderson brings. But Thomson is a good player, and he fits in with the rest of the offense so well.  Perhaps, whatever he lacks in brute strength, he can make up for in shooting accuracy and 
smarts. Anderson hasn't looked comfertble as a middie so far this year, which complicates things.

I don't see them splitting up the first line midfield, they've played together all season and have seen a ton of time. Perhaps you could replace Rhoa with Thomson, since English and Leo are familiar with Thomson from playing on the same line last year, but I don't know. Rhoa would go from getting a shorty as a 1 to getting poled as a 2. Could Hottle/McCarthy exploit that? As much as Rhoa could as a 1?

I'm not sure what the coaches will do (I did not see them starting Anderson coming, at all). I would guess that Thomson gets his old spot back, with Anderson being a "break in glass in case of emergency" contingency" and the second line stays together, despite their struggles. Either way, having lots of good players is a good problem to have. Hopefully it's making game planning for SU that much more difficult.
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