Rockford's Love Child
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- John King
It is a trip to Holker Street next for Rovers, an old stomping ground from our National League days where we generally struggled. Barrow have come a long way from the ugly, long ball tactics of the sides we faced a few years ago, and are in good form since the sacking of David Dunn. Their top scorer last season, ex-Wrexham striker Scott Quigley, struggled in the early months of the season but is beginning to find the net. This will be Michael Jolley's first game in full charge.
It is difficult to know what to expect in terms of team selection, tactics or performance given our inconsistencies. The changes I would definitely make would be to play O'Connor at right back, MacDonald at left back, and Ferrier up front to partner Vaughan. O'Connor seems to have been scapegoated for one really poor performance against Walsall, when nobody played well, but he is a decent player and as effective as MacDonald in my opinion. It certainly seems pointless to play Callum on the right wing, where he has to constantly turn inside into traffic due to his lack of confidence in his right foot. I don't particularly rate Ferrier, but he has done quite well when he has come off the bench recently, and I think Vaughan needs more help physically. Playing two strikers would at least give us the option of being more direct on occasions, rather than trying to score the perfect goal.
Barrow's pitch does not look great, which could cause us some issues.
Prediction: no idea.
It is difficult to know what to expect in terms of team selection, tactics or performance given our inconsistencies. The changes I would definitely make would be to play O'Connor at right back, MacDonald at left back, and Ferrier up front to partner Vaughan. O'Connor seems to have been scapegoated for one really poor performance against Walsall, when nobody played well, but he is a decent player and as effective as MacDonald in my opinion. It certainly seems pointless to play Callum on the right wing, where he has to constantly turn inside into traffic due to his lack of confidence in his right foot. I don't particularly rate Ferrier, but he has done quite well when he has come off the bench recently, and I think Vaughan needs more help physically. Playing two strikers would at least give us the option of being more direct on occasions, rather than trying to score the perfect goal.
Barrow's pitch does not look great, which could cause us some issues.
Prediction: no idea.