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Not the easiest of games to try and arrest our recent slump, although we've tended to do quite well against the Owls in recent home fixtures. Les has made comment about axing players and also fielded a very strong reserve team who beat Oldham midweek, so it will be interesting to see what changes are made.
My hope would be that there isn't a wholescale change for this game. Defensively we did ok against Cheltenham, the goal we conceded was a penalty as a result of an unfortunate challenge by an attacker. OFW had a handful of saves to make, most when Cheltenham counter-attacked after we lost the ball. RLC highlighted the problems experienced with the unfamiliar defensive pairings at Chesterfield and for a game against opponents of this calibre, keeping the same back four seems the best bet.
There seems more scope to change things further forward. While it might be possible to play both Robinson and Baxter, it is unlikely. Reports from the reserve game suggest that while Devaney scored a cracking goal, he didn't look 100% fit I would expect him to feature at some point, but perhaps not from the off. Enoch was subbed during the reserve game, so expecting Tiryaki to start again. Les seems to view Welsh and Weir as untouchable, so it looks as though there will only be one or two changes in personnel from against Cheltenham. Let's hope that at least there is a change in attitude.
Prediction (Sadly?) I won't make this game, but with the away side selling all their tickets, there should be a good atmosphere. I would expect the highest crowd of the season, but no more than about 6.5k. A draw would be an acceptable result here, but I can see us losing this by a couple of goals.
My hope would be that there isn't a wholescale change for this game. Defensively we did ok against Cheltenham, the goal we conceded was a penalty as a result of an unfortunate challenge by an attacker. OFW had a handful of saves to make, most when Cheltenham counter-attacked after we lost the ball. RLC highlighted the problems experienced with the unfamiliar defensive pairings at Chesterfield and for a game against opponents of this calibre, keeping the same back four seems the best bet.
There seems more scope to change things further forward. While it might be possible to play both Robinson and Baxter, it is unlikely. Reports from the reserve game suggest that while Devaney scored a cracking goal, he didn't look 100% fit I would expect him to feature at some point, but perhaps not from the off. Enoch was subbed during the reserve game, so expecting Tiryaki to start again. Les seems to view Welsh and Weir as untouchable, so it looks as though there will only be one or two changes in personnel from against Cheltenham. Let's hope that at least there is a change in attitude.
Prediction (Sadly?) I won't make this game, but with the away side selling all their tickets, there should be a good atmosphere. I would expect the highest crowd of the season, but no more than about 6.5k. A draw would be an acceptable result here, but I can see us losing this by a couple of goals.