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Haven’t seen real problems against “physical” teams so far, and don’t recall Alfreton being particularly physical. Even if they play it that way in the cup, either Alfreton will play some of the game with less than 11 men, or suffering from their stodgy physical lunks being danced round by Carey and Kelly, two players who must now play regularly...... So let’s be too slick for them and head for the next round with some of our players having rested before the big clash with York City.....
I think IC may opt for a back 3 even without Ross being absent - Alfreton's front two caused problems in the home fixture and we did swap in the 2nd half albeit briefly as we then went down to 10 men. As well as strengthening the midfield hopefully it should give a few more options as I thought we didn't move the ball quickly enough at the weekend vs Gloucester. So my team would be:StreetFryatt, Jones, SmithClunan, Carey, Jarvis, Kelly, FoxMarriott, GashHappy that you could bring in Burrows if Clunan or Jarvis needed a rest and possibly Payne for Fox. Still think letting Toby go to Dereham was a mistake as there isn't much option up front, not that he is in anyway a like for like replacement for Gash (particularly in the form he is in) but he would be a more viable option than anything else we have in the squad.