Sparky
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Well is this the biggest game of our season to date? I'd suggest it is with a ticket to Wembley on offer. Although not top of my wish list this season, I'd love to take my 10 year old son to the new Wembley. It seems an awful long time ago that Ned Kelly sent us wild with that equaliser prompting the loudest version of our regular chant at the time, "we only need 10 men!" - only for Matt Elliott to ruin things just a few minutes later.
This is a totally different competition of course but one of real importance. Not just for obvious reasons but our recent form hasn't been great. The injuries have hit us hard but a win on Saturday could be just the tonic we need to give everyone a boost. The players must see how we've been playing of late and see Tollit etc on the massage table and must have concerns about our promotion chances. The strikers are still generally misfiring except for Cook and a draw at Torquay won't have helped. The other semi sees York leading Lincoln 2-1 but I can't see the minstermen going through at Sincil Bank.
Alternatively a defeat will bring a bit more negativity following Torquay ahead of a Tuesday night trip to North Ferriby.
Expect Macc to field a similar line up with Jack Makreth who re-joined them on loan cup tied.
As for us, I can only assume Cook and Nors will return after Tuesday night. I don't like all this chopping and changing as strikers in particular like to get into a rhythm and build up an understanding. I'm sure Connor J will keep his place and apart from the front 2, suspect we'll be unchanged. Hopefully MM has been working on getting the front men more service from the 5-3-2 as relying on the wingbacks isn't enough.
Highly unlikely Dawson will get a game. Mickey said today relating to Adam: "We will play the best players we believe will play our system. Players need to force me to play them from training".
Prediction: too close to call. Poss extra time and the dreaded spot kicks (at least Cook, Nors & Hughes will all get one each so no fighting!)
This is a totally different competition of course but one of real importance. Not just for obvious reasons but our recent form hasn't been great. The injuries have hit us hard but a win on Saturday could be just the tonic we need to give everyone a boost. The players must see how we've been playing of late and see Tollit etc on the massage table and must have concerns about our promotion chances. The strikers are still generally misfiring except for Cook and a draw at Torquay won't have helped. The other semi sees York leading Lincoln 2-1 but I can't see the minstermen going through at Sincil Bank.
Alternatively a defeat will bring a bit more negativity following Torquay ahead of a Tuesday night trip to North Ferriby.
Expect Macc to field a similar line up with Jack Makreth who re-joined them on loan cup tied.
As for us, I can only assume Cook and Nors will return after Tuesday night. I don't like all this chopping and changing as strikers in particular like to get into a rhythm and build up an understanding. I'm sure Connor J will keep his place and apart from the front 2, suspect we'll be unchanged. Hopefully MM has been working on getting the front men more service from the 5-3-2 as relying on the wingbacks isn't enough.
Highly unlikely Dawson will get a game. Mickey said today relating to Adam: "We will play the best players we believe will play our system. Players need to force me to play them from training".
Prediction: too close to call. Poss extra time and the dreaded spot kicks (at least Cook, Nors & Hughes will all get one each so no fighting!)
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