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Next up a trip to South Yorkshire taking on a Donny side who are performing below expectations. They seem to be currently missing a few with injuries. Although there's snow around at present, milder weather forecast , so unless there are waterlogging levels of rainfall, the match likely to go ahead.
We lost the equivalent fixture last season 2-0 after dominating the early stages and having a decent number of chances, only for Brad Walker's lack of match fitness and an unfortunate deflection to contribute to our demise.
I haven't caught the Adkins pre-match yet and so don't know what fresh injuries have been picked up. Hoping that Apter's problem from last weekend was simply cramp and he's available. It didn't sound like anyone from the Liverpool Senior Cup game forced their way into contention, although Dennis may have established his fitness sufficiently to stake a claim for a place on the bench. While there were legitimate concerns about our lack of chances v Crewe, think this is more likely to be addressed by adapting the tactics that wholesale personnel changes. Perhaps Saunders starting instead of Jolley.
Unlike last weekend, where the draw was a clear favourite, think this is a much harder game to call. Rovers probably require a win to keep the flickering play-off hopes alive.
We lost the equivalent fixture last season 2-0 after dominating the early stages and having a decent number of chances, only for Brad Walker's lack of match fitness and an unfortunate deflection to contribute to our demise.
I haven't caught the Adkins pre-match yet and so don't know what fresh injuries have been picked up. Hoping that Apter's problem from last weekend was simply cramp and he's available. It didn't sound like anyone from the Liverpool Senior Cup game forced their way into contention, although Dennis may have established his fitness sufficiently to stake a claim for a place on the bench. While there were legitimate concerns about our lack of chances v Crewe, think this is more likely to be addressed by adapting the tactics that wholesale personnel changes. Perhaps Saunders starting instead of Jolley.
Unlike last weekend, where the draw was a clear favourite, think this is a much harder game to call. Rovers probably require a win to keep the flickering play-off hopes alive.
