It's back to Roots Hall for our fourth game of the season and hopefully time to get our first three point haul against one of the sides relegated from League 2 at the end of last season.
The fall from grace of Oldham Athletic is perhaps even more spectacular than our own as they have become the first former Premiership side to slide into the non-league abyss. John Sheridan was appointed for his 4th spell as Latics' manager in January this year but failed to halt the slide out of the EFL. However the club is in a much more buoyant mood in recent weeks having been taken over by flat-capped local businessman Frank Rothwell which drew an 8500 crowd to Boundary Park for their first home game of the season last Saturday.
Other than the takeover by a popular local businessman, much of the Lancashire side's recent history mirrors that of our own and in many respects we are similar sized clubs a bit down on our luck but with high hopes for the future.
So far this season, they've had a goalless draw at Torquay, a narrow 3-2 home win over newly promoted Dorking Wanderers (after going 3-0 up) and on Tuesday night a defeat at Boundary Park against Wealdstone while we were drawing at Halifax.
The second home game of the season is the first game that Jason Demetriou could be available for selection following his 3-match ban. Whether young Jaden Crowhurst has done enough in the last two games for youth to triumph over experience remains to be seen as does the extent of the lay off for Husin and Clifford the latest to be added to our lengthy injury list. If Husin is not fit then the midfield 3 would seem to pick itself, the keeper and 4 of the back 5 seem settled and there is currently a dearth of options up top too, so maybe selection won’t be too complicated this week as we’re a bit short of options all round.
Anyway, who would you select and what do you predict the result will be?
The fall from grace of Oldham Athletic is perhaps even more spectacular than our own as they have become the first former Premiership side to slide into the non-league abyss. John Sheridan was appointed for his 4th spell as Latics' manager in January this year but failed to halt the slide out of the EFL. However the club is in a much more buoyant mood in recent weeks having been taken over by flat-capped local businessman Frank Rothwell which drew an 8500 crowd to Boundary Park for their first home game of the season last Saturday.
Other than the takeover by a popular local businessman, much of the Lancashire side's recent history mirrors that of our own and in many respects we are similar sized clubs a bit down on our luck but with high hopes for the future.
So far this season, they've had a goalless draw at Torquay, a narrow 3-2 home win over newly promoted Dorking Wanderers (after going 3-0 up) and on Tuesday night a defeat at Boundary Park against Wealdstone while we were drawing at Halifax.
The second home game of the season is the first game that Jason Demetriou could be available for selection following his 3-match ban. Whether young Jaden Crowhurst has done enough in the last two games for youth to triumph over experience remains to be seen as does the extent of the lay off for Husin and Clifford the latest to be added to our lengthy injury list. If Husin is not fit then the midfield 3 would seem to pick itself, the keeper and 4 of the back 5 seem settled and there is currently a dearth of options up top too, so maybe selection won’t be too complicated this week as we’re a bit short of options all round.
Anyway, who would you select and what do you predict the result will be?
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