Rockford's Love Child
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- John King
Our next opponents have made a poor start to the season, although they did register their first victory at Torquay on Saturday. Nonetheless, they are a limited outfit and this game surely gives us an opportunity to build on the relative high of the late equaliser against Boreham Wood. The corresponding fixture last season saw our first really convincing performance under Mellon and kick started the season; let us hope the same happens tomorrow.
In terms of selection, I would stick with the 352 but start with the following team:
Davies
Buxton Sutton McNulty McEveley Ridehalgh
Harris Jennings Norburn
Cook Mangan
Buxton is a bit of a risk at right wing back, but we missed his quality on Saturday. Alternatively, we could start with Duggan and drop McEveley, but I would still like to give the latter a few games to bed in. Up front, we will miss Norwood's workrate and energy if he does not start, but given the dearth of goals it is probably best to play the two strikers who have actually scored a goal this season. I am a big fan of Jeff Hughes but his performances have been below par this season, apparently hampered by injury, and he deserves to be dropped.
Last season we took over 1,000 fans to this fixture during Mellon's honeymoon period. This time around, I think the Rovers following will be about 600.
Surely this is the game where the season starts to turn for us.
In terms of selection, I would stick with the 352 but start with the following team:
Davies
Buxton Sutton McNulty McEveley Ridehalgh
Harris Jennings Norburn
Cook Mangan
Buxton is a bit of a risk at right wing back, but we missed his quality on Saturday. Alternatively, we could start with Duggan and drop McEveley, but I would still like to give the latter a few games to bed in. Up front, we will miss Norwood's workrate and energy if he does not start, but given the dearth of goals it is probably best to play the two strikers who have actually scored a goal this season. I am a big fan of Jeff Hughes but his performances have been below par this season, apparently hampered by injury, and he deserves to be dropped.
Last season we took over 1,000 fans to this fixture during Mellon's honeymoon period. This time around, I think the Rovers following will be about 600.
Surely this is the game where the season starts to turn for us.
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