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It's got to be brad at centre half if Delroy isn't fit, we've looked poor when wilko filled in there.

Pitch inspection just come up on official site. Guess it will be in next couple of hours to prevent Egham from travelling

Pitch inspection at 10.30.. Been raining in Corby few hours so ain't sure it will be on but praying it is..

If not might have to visit steel park for the first time today as the Telford match is currently on..

A few games in our league have been called off now including Barton Rovers.

Game is off

bugger, it's off.

I wasn't confident that it would be on when they announced a pitch inspection last evening. With the the amount of rain overnight I'm not surprised and it would have meant a 90 mile round trip from Cambridge for me so I'm now having having to make do with Cambridge United v Basingstoke Town in the FA Cup this afternoon.

That's a shame, mind you not surprised as its been raining in Wollaston most of the morning.

Saves me getting soaked I suppose as it was going to be a featured game in the NLP.

Bob's Bitch wrote:

BartonRaz wrote:

Sid wrote:I would certainly prefer Brad to play at centre back rather than Ollie, but I think Ollie is our best right back.
I'm sure the management are working on it, but we urgently need to bring in another defender.

Or get Jack Ashton back playing ASAP, and we can all play a part in that!

That'll take a while though, I presume he's getting a full ACL reconstruction and usually players are out for 6 months with those injuries plus rehab.

I'd rather have another right back than Wilkinson, he's been given a fair crack of the whip and hasn't been up to standard IMO.

I heard that it's only a partial tear, so he will only be out for about two months.

Of course, that will go much faster if we all donate!

James Beil wrote:
I heard that it's only a partial tear, so he will only be out for about two months.

I believe 'key hole' surgery has been mentioned.