Saddlers travel to Blundell Park for what should be an interesting encounter between the teams currently fourth top and fourth bottom of League Two. Fit again Tony Bedeau and Mark Kinsella are pressing for recalls to the squad, with Dick Dosh hinting that Bedeau will feature at Blundell Park as he intends to make full use of his senior squad during September’s congested fixture schedule.

No sign yet as to how the defence will line-up following Ian Roper’s injury last week, but should Westwood continue at centre-half we should see Pead at right-back and therefore a more attacking option on the right flank.

Saddlers’ manager has also revealed that Ishmel Demontagnac is closing in on a starting place having shown greater maturity during recent substitute appearances, and gave an insight into his tactics for away games saying “We must make sure we can withstand the first 20 minutes of pressure and then gain control of the proceedings”.

Grimsby although unbeaten at home in the league, have not won a game of any sort since the opening day of the season, and have failed to beat the bottom team in the division over the last two weekends. Their fans are clearly unhappy looking at what’s been posted in their local media with the chairman already issuing a public plea for patience with manager Graham Rodger.

They are short of options up front with only two fit strikers, one of whom is the often troublesome Isiah Rankin, and Rodger confirmed both his and our interest in Carl Asaba telling the local press: “Carl Asaba is another I have spoken with but I know Walsall are also interested so we’ll have to see what happens”.

Man to watch for the opposition? Veteran Peter Beagrie always has the ability to produce a moment of magic, while youngster Peter Bore has impressed despite their poor start and could be recalled after being rested last week.

Prediction? With Grimsby’s state of unrest I can’t see beyond a Saddlers win if we perform anywhere near our best. Dobson should be sharper for his game last week, and with Bedeau adding another forward option I hope we go there and get at them from the off. That said we probably won’t looking at DD’s comments! But I’m still going for 3-1 to us followed by a nice portion of haddock and chips to round the day off.