Rockford's Love Child
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- 15 Mar 2010
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- Jason Koumas / John Morrissey
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- John King
It is another huge game on Saturday as we host an Exeter side also chasing promotion and currently in eighth position.
The visitors are a decent footballing side as they showed in the reverse fixture, where a well below par Rovers were overrun in midfield and thrashed. They have some good individuals such as Matt Jay, Rendell Williams and Ryan Bowman and are the highest goalscorers in the league. I would expect this game will be far more open than last night's affair, with Rovers given more time and space to play but equally put under far greater pressure defensively.
It is a statement of the obvious, but goalscoring is a concern, particularly as we may have to score two or three to win this game given Exeter's attacking threat. We have tightened up at the back recently, with only two goals conceded in the last five games, but equally we have only scored three in those matches in the absence of Vaughan. I expect Nugent will drop to the bench, with either Lewis or Woolery in the number nine position, and both Lloyd and Morris restored to the side.
Our recent home form is very patchy and we really need to produce a convincing performance at Prenton Park. However, the result is everything and it is vital we win this game to stay in touch with the top three.
It probably was not wise to include a poll after Wednesday night, but I did anyway.
The visitors are a decent footballing side as they showed in the reverse fixture, where a well below par Rovers were overrun in midfield and thrashed. They have some good individuals such as Matt Jay, Rendell Williams and Ryan Bowman and are the highest goalscorers in the league. I would expect this game will be far more open than last night's affair, with Rovers given more time and space to play but equally put under far greater pressure defensively.
It is a statement of the obvious, but goalscoring is a concern, particularly as we may have to score two or three to win this game given Exeter's attacking threat. We have tightened up at the back recently, with only two goals conceded in the last five games, but equally we have only scored three in those matches in the absence of Vaughan. I expect Nugent will drop to the bench, with either Lewis or Woolery in the number nine position, and both Lloyd and Morris restored to the side.
Our recent home form is very patchy and we really need to produce a convincing performance at Prenton Park. However, the result is everything and it is vital we win this game to stay in touch with the top three.
It probably was not wise to include a poll after Wednesday night, but I did anyway.
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