Three wins in a row, four games unbeaten and back up to mid-table, the place to go to continue our decent run is Boundary Park, home of former Premiership side, Oldham Athletic.
After a 2-1 win at Eastleigh on Tuesday night, Micky Mellon’s Latics side find themselves in 6th place in the National League on 56 points. Unusually they have gained more points (33) away from Boundary Park than at home (23), which is surprising considering the 4-0 spanking we gave them at Roots Hall in the opening game of the season.
Their win at Eastleigh on Tuesday night was their first in three following a draw at York and defeat at home to Phil Brown’s Kidderminster.
Overall, their form over the last six games is pretty similar to ours:
Shaun Hobson has been a regular starter for them at Centre Back this season, whilst one of the names from our famous white board, Andy Dallas, came off the bench on Tuesday night. They seem to have signed loads of strikers this season and it was one of those, the 35 year old veteran Joe Garner (signed from Carlisle at the end of January), who scored both goals at Eastleigh. At least if he plays Demi will have someone a similar age to mark!
Kevin Maher bucked his recent record by changing a winning side on Tuesday night - one of these was enforced with Ollie Kensdale having sustained a fracture to his eye socket in his eventful 100th game against Aldershot, however the other two were not, with him choosing to replace new boys Waldron and Morton with Dackers and Fonguck.
The defence was bolstered on Tuesday by the welcome return of Gus Scott-Morriss, but had a bit of a makeshift look with Demi having to slot in at centre back (which he did with customary aplomb).
It will be interesting to see whether the squad gets rotated again on Saturday - Noor Husin was looking a bit leggy on Tuesday night and Cav Miley again made some uncharacteristic errors so there may be a case for resting one (or both) of them and recalling Morton to the side and giving Oli Coker or Jack Wood a start.
Up top Danny Waldron was, I thought, a bit unlucky to be dropped on Tuesday, but his replacement Dackers had probably his best game since his return to the club so there’s another conundrum for Kev.
So who would you choose to start on Saturday in Greater Manchester, and what do you think the result will be?
After a 2-1 win at Eastleigh on Tuesday night, Micky Mellon’s Latics side find themselves in 6th place in the National League on 56 points. Unusually they have gained more points (33) away from Boundary Park than at home (23), which is surprising considering the 4-0 spanking we gave them at Roots Hall in the opening game of the season.
Their win at Eastleigh on Tuesday night was their first in three following a draw at York and defeat at home to Phil Brown’s Kidderminster.
Overall, their form over the last six games is pretty similar to ours:
Shaun Hobson has been a regular starter for them at Centre Back this season, whilst one of the names from our famous white board, Andy Dallas, came off the bench on Tuesday night. They seem to have signed loads of strikers this season and it was one of those, the 35 year old veteran Joe Garner (signed from Carlisle at the end of January), who scored both goals at Eastleigh. At least if he plays Demi will have someone a similar age to mark!
Kevin Maher bucked his recent record by changing a winning side on Tuesday night - one of these was enforced with Ollie Kensdale having sustained a fracture to his eye socket in his eventful 100th game against Aldershot, however the other two were not, with him choosing to replace new boys Waldron and Morton with Dackers and Fonguck.
The defence was bolstered on Tuesday by the welcome return of Gus Scott-Morriss, but had a bit of a makeshift look with Demi having to slot in at centre back (which he did with customary aplomb).
It will be interesting to see whether the squad gets rotated again on Saturday - Noor Husin was looking a bit leggy on Tuesday night and Cav Miley again made some uncharacteristic errors so there may be a case for resting one (or both) of them and recalling Morton to the side and giving Oli Coker or Jack Wood a start.
Up top Danny Waldron was, I thought, a bit unlucky to be dropped on Tuesday, but his replacement Dackers had probably his best game since his return to the club so there’s another conundrum for Kev.
So who would you choose to start on Saturday in Greater Manchester, and what do you think the result will be?
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