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Our nearest thing to a local derby, against an unpredictable Crewe side, who certainly have goals in them. They've sold on a couple of their academy players over the summer to Premier teams and their likely line-up is fairly unfamilar to me. Mark Ellis, who was bought from Torquay, is a solid central defender, Max Clayton a young striker off their production line, Pogba signed from Wrexham, though not a regular and Harry Bunn a loan from Man City are ones to watch.
Rovers had their strongest available defensive line-up against Port Vale and let (the useless?) Myrie-Williams score twice against us. I wouldn't be optimistic for a clean sheet here. However, we should have most of the regular midfield in place, assuming Wallace and Robbo are fit. The key questions for Ronnie are who starts alongside JLAA up front and whether Bell-Baggie keeps his place on the right-wing. In respect to the former, while I would prefer Cole Stockton to start, feel Ronnie may opt for McGurk. On balance, think Bell-Baggie will also keep his place.
Prediction: There should be an away support well in excess of 1000. Not always a good thing, as some of our hooligan element likely to put in an appearance.
Rovers do not have a good record at Gresty Road; over a decade since we won. The referee is the same as Scunthorpe away last season, have to hope he has a better game this time. Would like to think we can get something from this, but not confident.
Rovers had their strongest available defensive line-up against Port Vale and let (the useless?) Myrie-Williams score twice against us. I wouldn't be optimistic for a clean sheet here. However, we should have most of the regular midfield in place, assuming Wallace and Robbo are fit. The key questions for Ronnie are who starts alongside JLAA up front and whether Bell-Baggie keeps his place on the right-wing. In respect to the former, while I would prefer Cole Stockton to start, feel Ronnie may opt for McGurk. On balance, think Bell-Baggie will also keep his place.
Prediction: There should be an away support well in excess of 1000. Not always a good thing, as some of our hooligan element likely to put in an appearance.
Rovers do not have a good record at Gresty Road; over a decade since we won. The referee is the same as Scunthorpe away last season, have to hope he has a better game this time. Would like to think we can get something from this, but not confident.