Boz
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Think a first visit to Prenton Park for the Sussex outfit, who are on the fringes of the play-offs. It seems a long time since September's 2-5 win. The visitors have lost a key player in midfielder Hope Akpan, sold to Reading, but have recruited Matt Sparrow from Brighton. Lateef Elford-Alliyu from Bury, who spent 2 loan spells at Tranmere, arrived recently while Mike Jones is another ex-Rover, who hopefully won't come back to haunt Ronnie, as an admitted mistake.
For some reason, we get a Premiership referee for this match. But not just any half-decent top flight ref, but Lee Mason ](*,). His form involving Rovers includes the 6-1 at Hull, where both our keepers had their heads kicked in by the same player who stayed on the pitch, a best pals act with Denis Wise when we lost at home to Leeds and harshly sending Paul Henry off in a friendly at Morecambe. Maybe because he's from Bolton, he doesn't seem to do us any favours.
It will be interesting to see how Rovers line up. My fear would be simply replacing Stockton with Amoo, which would leave us with little fire-power up front. However, McGurk has deserved his place in recent games and Robinson's near untouchable, so unless the new recruit starts on the bench...
Prediction: Expect the visitors to bring a couple of hundred, in a crowd around 5.5k. I find it very hard to predict this one; 2-2 or 2-3.
For some reason, we get a Premiership referee for this match. But not just any half-decent top flight ref, but Lee Mason ](*,). His form involving Rovers includes the 6-1 at Hull, where both our keepers had their heads kicked in by the same player who stayed on the pitch, a best pals act with Denis Wise when we lost at home to Leeds and harshly sending Paul Henry off in a friendly at Morecambe. Maybe because he's from Bolton, he doesn't seem to do us any favours.
It will be interesting to see how Rovers line up. My fear would be simply replacing Stockton with Amoo, which would leave us with little fire-power up front. However, McGurk has deserved his place in recent games and Robinson's near untouchable, so unless the new recruit starts on the bench...
Prediction: Expect the visitors to bring a couple of hundred, in a crowd around 5.5k. I find it very hard to predict this one; 2-2 or 2-3.
