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After a positive result and performance on Saturday its back to PP as Gateshead come to town.
The Heed are on a pretty poor run having not scored for over 5 hours and drew at home on Saturday 0-0 with Torquay. They started the season scoring for fun but losing Ryan Bowman to the SPL leaves former Rovers loannee Danny Johnson as their top scorer with 3, but he is suspended after getting sent off on Saturday (not long after missing a pen - a bad day all round). Ex rover Liam Hogan has settled in well though and been a regular in their side - nice to see after injury issues with us but someone who impressed when he featured and a danger from set pieces too.
With Wrexham to come on Saturday and you would think spirits high in our squad, we have to be positive and go for the win. I therefore expect Carden to go with a 4-4-2 with Nors & Cook up top but the defence/midfield will need a reshuffle. Assuming Harris can return but with Jenno, Ihikwe & Maynard missing, I think the team might be something like:
Davies
Vaughan Sutton McNulty (capt) Ridehalgh
Tollitt Harris Duggan Almond
Norwood Cook
Other wide options are Stephenson, Kirby plus the loannees Osborne & Jones. Osborne can play in the middle too so if PC doesn't want to put Duggan in (even though he was excellent on Sat), he could play Harris in a deeper CM role and push Osborne on who does have a goal in him.
I guess the key will be whether we can create enough from midfield to service Nors and Cook but we need to be ultra positive tomorrow, especially if PC wants to stay on MPs shortlist.
Prediction: a fairly comfortable 2-0 win for us.
The Heed are on a pretty poor run having not scored for over 5 hours and drew at home on Saturday 0-0 with Torquay. They started the season scoring for fun but losing Ryan Bowman to the SPL leaves former Rovers loannee Danny Johnson as their top scorer with 3, but he is suspended after getting sent off on Saturday (not long after missing a pen - a bad day all round). Ex rover Liam Hogan has settled in well though and been a regular in their side - nice to see after injury issues with us but someone who impressed when he featured and a danger from set pieces too.
With Wrexham to come on Saturday and you would think spirits high in our squad, we have to be positive and go for the win. I therefore expect Carden to go with a 4-4-2 with Nors & Cook up top but the defence/midfield will need a reshuffle. Assuming Harris can return but with Jenno, Ihikwe & Maynard missing, I think the team might be something like:
Davies
Vaughan Sutton McNulty (capt) Ridehalgh
Tollitt Harris Duggan Almond
Norwood Cook
Other wide options are Stephenson, Kirby plus the loannees Osborne & Jones. Osborne can play in the middle too so if PC doesn't want to put Duggan in (even though he was excellent on Sat), he could play Harris in a deeper CM role and push Osborne on who does have a goal in him.
I guess the key will be whether we can create enough from midfield to service Nors and Cook but we need to be ultra positive tomorrow, especially if PC wants to stay on MPs shortlist.
Prediction: a fairly comfortable 2-0 win for us.