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Poyet faced with dilemma over Bridge [The Argus]



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[h=3]Poyet faced with dilemma over Bridge[/h]9:00am Tuesday 30th April 2013 in Albion By Andy Naylor
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Wayne Bridge sat out the victory at Leeds on Saturday
Albion are weighing up whether to throw Wayne Bridge to the Wolves.
Boss Gus Poyet is torn between restoring Bridge at left-back for relegation-haunted Wanderers’ visit to The Amex on Saturday (12.45pm) or saving the former England international for the play-offs.
Bridge was rested along with defensive midfielder Liam Bridcutt from the 2-1 win at Leeds which clinched a Championship play-off spot for Albion.
Poyet said: “He didn’t recover well from last week (against Blackpool). If it was a final he was playing. Because it wasn’t a final we couldn’t take a risk.
“We know he is going to be fine for the play-offs. Let’s see if he can play on Saturday. It would be nice if Bridgey can play to check himself and be ready for the play-offs.”
Poyet’s established left-back options as cover for Bridge are limited to Marcos Painter, who replaced him at Leeds but was substituted at half-time after an early booking.
Right-back Bruno is ruled out by the calf injury he sustained at Elland Road and his replacement, Inigo Calderon, who could have been a left-back alternative, is suspended following his red card.
Poyet has more scope in midfield and up front, although he has pledged to play his best available side.
He said: “In the centre of midfield we have got plenty of options, so it’s not an issue. Up front as well we have got LuaLua and Vicente. The idea is to play the best back four we can play.
“We’ve lost Bruno now and Marcos had a yellow card and I saw a red card coming, so we didn’t want to take that risk. We’ll see but there are a few players that want to play right-back already.
“David Lopez is happy to play there. We need to think about the players we’ve got and not cry too much about the ones not there, because it’s not worth it.”
Bridge was named in the PFA Championship team of the year but Bridcutt was a surprise exclusion from the line-up voted for by his fellow professionals.

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