It will be interesting to see the team Micky selects.
Ideally, at home to relatively poor opposition I am sure he would want to start with two strikers in a 442, but McPake has been generally disappointing and probably won't be recalled on Saturday. Both Foley and Merrie played well last week, and with O'Connor and Spearing also available Mellon might be tempted to play three in midfield again, albeit using Hemmings as an inside forward on the right side is less than ideal. Perhaps he could go for a 4312 with Hawkes or Foley behind the strikers ?
Carlisle have been in strong form since the appointment of Paul Simpson, although most of their victories have been at Brunton Park. However, they are now effectively safe and had a poor result at Rochdale last night. It is a game we will surely win if we have the right mentality, which we generally have all season at Prenton Park.
It should be a decent crowd as Carlisle travel in good numbers and have already sold about 500 tickets. As Mansfield play Northampton at the weekend, a victory could even take us tantalisingly close to the top three.