Rockford's Love Child
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- John King
A very tough game in prospect for Rovers, against the best side I have seen so far this season. Despite the scoreline, the match at Prenton Park was a great advert for League Two football, and hopefully we will see more of the same on Saturday.
Mansfield are in fine form and are flying. They have a large wage budget and their squad is full of quality - Neal Bishop, Otis Khan, CJ Hamilton, Tyler Walker, Craig Davies, Danny Rose - to which they have added Nicky Ajose this week. Together with the game at Lincoln on Easter Monday, this is probably our toughest remaining game, and I expect we will stick with the 532 formation, which probably means Perkins will start and Pringle will be on the bench. In the absence of Miller, I would guess Jennings will play as a second striker, just off Norwood. Mark Ellis is still an injury doubt, and it will be interesting to see how we adapt defensively if he can't play.
A draw would be a terrific result here, as the seven or eight games that follow are kinder, and give us a chance to gain momentum ahead of a very difficult run-in. I expect 5-700 of the SWA will be in attendance.
For those who have not seen it yet, there is a very interesting pre-match interview with Micky on the website, where he is honest about our failings last week and discusses the bigger picture.
Mansfield are in fine form and are flying. They have a large wage budget and their squad is full of quality - Neal Bishop, Otis Khan, CJ Hamilton, Tyler Walker, Craig Davies, Danny Rose - to which they have added Nicky Ajose this week. Together with the game at Lincoln on Easter Monday, this is probably our toughest remaining game, and I expect we will stick with the 532 formation, which probably means Perkins will start and Pringle will be on the bench. In the absence of Miller, I would guess Jennings will play as a second striker, just off Norwood. Mark Ellis is still an injury doubt, and it will be interesting to see how we adapt defensively if he can't play.
A draw would be a terrific result here, as the seven or eight games that follow are kinder, and give us a chance to gain momentum ahead of a very difficult run-in. I expect 5-700 of the SWA will be in attendance.
For those who have not seen it yet, there is a very interesting pre-match interview with Micky on the website, where he is honest about our failings last week and discusses the bigger picture.