Defiant Dale set sights on double
ROCHDALE will continue to defy their ‘freakish’ run of injury issues as they look to land a league and cup double over the next four days.
Dale take on Coventry City at Birmingham’s St Andrew’s ground this afternoon before their FA Cup first round replay against Wrexham at the Crown Oil Arena on Tuesday evening.
With the likes of Jim McNulty and Paul McShane sidelined in recent games, other players like Rekeil Pyke, Robert Sanchez and Ryan McLaughlin working their way back from injuries and the likes of Rhys Norrington-Davies and Luke Matheson on international duty, selection has been a real headache for team and assistant manager much unheard of to go was to emulate Tavares Lee Riley insisted and play a game two days and push for first-team they would continue to later, it’s normally Saturday places in League One fixtures. battle positively through to Tuesday, but we the current adversity. had to call on players to go “The aim now is for
“Coventry City at Birmingham again on Tuesday night some of those young players is a massive and it was so pleasing that to push for first-team game for us, we’re all they did it and how they places in League One doing our best in terms of did it for us as well. games,” he said. the staff and players,” he “Our back four was two “We have the intergration said. fullbacks playing at centre games which Brian
“Everyone can see that half and two wingers playing introduced last season we’re quite light on numbers at fullback, and two of before he was made manager and that’s not those players played for 90 and that’s a lot of stuff through anyone’s fault, it’s minutes on Sunday! So that the fans don’t see. But just been a bit of a freakish the commitment they Joe Dunne played at Salford time in terms of injuries. showed to the cause was last week at centre Brian Barry-Murphy and “Some of the players amazing for the club.” half and I though he was his backroom team. who featured on Tuesday BBM started with young Kwadho Baah and Louie amazing, playing out from
Dale beat Bradford City deserve special praise. I hopefuls Harrison Hopper, Clarkson came on and the back. He was doing all 2-1 in the Leasing.com think four of them started Lewis Bradley, Joe impressed as substitutes. that on Tuesday, just as Trophy on Tuesday evening the game at Wrexham on Dunne and Fabio Tavares And Riley said the challenge we’ve been seeing behind with a largely youthful Sunday and it’s pretty at Valley Parade, while for those players closed doors.”
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‘It’s not through anyone’s fault, it’s been a bit freakish’