After three consecutive away games, it’s back to Roots Hall with the visitors making the long trip from Gateshead.
Rob Elliot's side currently sit 5th in the table - 6 points ahead of us having played a game less than us. Whilst we were toiling away for a barely deserved point at Wealdstone, the Heed enjoyed a regulation 2-0 win at home to Boston to get back to winning ways following consecutive defeats at home to Sutton (0-2) and away at Dagenham (7-1). I bumped into a couple of members of the Dagenham backroom staff in the queue at Greggs at Rugby services on Tuesday lunchtime - they were on their way to Altrincham. I asked them about that result and they still can't explain where that came from! Let's hope that trips to the South, east of London, really don't agree with them and we enjoy a similar rout on Saturday.
However on the evidence of Tuesday evening, that seems extremely unlikely - especially if the team, either under instruction or under their own initiative, decide that the object of the game is to string as many passes along our own back line as possible without giving the ball away like they did in possibly the dullest first half of football ever at Wealdstone.
That back line is going to need some tinkering with seeing as one of our first choice centre backs (Ralph) is suspended and another (Taylor) looks like he picked up an injury serious enough not to be involved on Saturday. Gubbins should be a shoe-in for the left sided berth - who takes Taylor's spot is perhaps a bit more tricky and gives plenty of scope for discussion in this thread.
It was a relief to see Josh Walker back on the bench on Tuesday night and even more of a relief when he bundled the ball home in the 94th minute. Whether he's fit to start on Saturday is another matter, but at least we have another option up top again.
So who would you choose to start and what result will our Jekyll and Hyde team get this Saturday? Over to you!
Rob Elliot's side currently sit 5th in the table - 6 points ahead of us having played a game less than us. Whilst we were toiling away for a barely deserved point at Wealdstone, the Heed enjoyed a regulation 2-0 win at home to Boston to get back to winning ways following consecutive defeats at home to Sutton (0-2) and away at Dagenham (7-1). I bumped into a couple of members of the Dagenham backroom staff in the queue at Greggs at Rugby services on Tuesday lunchtime - they were on their way to Altrincham. I asked them about that result and they still can't explain where that came from! Let's hope that trips to the South, east of London, really don't agree with them and we enjoy a similar rout on Saturday.
However on the evidence of Tuesday evening, that seems extremely unlikely - especially if the team, either under instruction or under their own initiative, decide that the object of the game is to string as many passes along our own back line as possible without giving the ball away like they did in possibly the dullest first half of football ever at Wealdstone.
That back line is going to need some tinkering with seeing as one of our first choice centre backs (Ralph) is suspended and another (Taylor) looks like he picked up an injury serious enough not to be involved on Saturday. Gubbins should be a shoe-in for the left sided berth - who takes Taylor's spot is perhaps a bit more tricky and gives plenty of scope for discussion in this thread.
It was a relief to see Josh Walker back on the bench on Tuesday night and even more of a relief when he bundled the ball home in the 94th minute. Whether he's fit to start on Saturday is another matter, but at least we have another option up top again.
So who would you choose to start and what result will our Jekyll and Hyde team get this Saturday? Over to you!
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