Tomorrow night we travel up to Bloomfield Road, to face struggling North West side Blackpool. The tangerines are currently bottom of League One due to the sh*t thrown at them by their owners, the Oystons.
The last few seasons have been very miserable for the Blackpool faithful, and this season is looking just as bleak. They are currently in 24th after coming down from the Championship, and they have only won one of their eight league games so far this season. They started off the season with a 2-2 draw against Colchester, and since then things have gone down hill to say the least. After that they lost four games on the bounce, against Rochdale, Burton, Sheff Utd and Walsall, conceding eight and scoring once along the way. They then beat Scunthorpe 1-0 in their only win of the season. In their last three games they have lost to Gillingham and Shrewsbury and drawn against Barnsley. Among all these horrible results, they had quite an awful game in the first round of the League Cup, losing 3-0 at League 2 side Northampton.
Saunders will be without striker Lee Novak who is still injured, but the rest of the squad, apart from Martinez, should be available for tomorrow night's league clash. Saunders should really leave Talbot out of the squad after his dyer recent performances. He could be replaced by new signing Chris Herd, or possibly even new loanee signing Jack Fitzwater. Armand Gnanduillet and Rai Simons also looked impressive on saturday against Burton, so Simons could start to replace Ariyibi who is away with the USA Olympic Side, or Saunders could start with two up front, with Gnanduillet playing alongside Blake.
Biggest Threat: David Norris
In a struggling side with few high level performances, new signing David Norris is a stand out option. The experienced midfielder, who has played for Hull, Leeds and Ipswich, signed for the tangerines on the 3rd September. Since his arrival he has played every game for Blackpool, and has probably been the most promising player. I probably would've chosen young troublemaker Nile Ranger, who has clear talent. However, the striker hasn't featured once yet for Blackpool this season, so he obviously won't be on show tomorrow night. Norris will do his best to control the midfield tomorrow night, and will be looking to put the ball through to strikers Mark Cullen and Jack Redshaw, who together have scored four of Blackpool's five goals this season.
My score prediction: Blackpool 1-3 Chesterfield
Saunders will know that we NEED a win tomorrow night, so he will almost certainly make some changes and send us out all guns blazing. Scoring hasn't been a problem for us so far, so we will no doubt be able to put a few past them tomorrow night. After poor performances in the last two games, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Jay O'Shea will be desperate to perform and get back on the score sheet. Exciting prospect Rai Simons could be given a go and he will be out to impress and give good service to the front men. Hopefully our bad run is coming to an end now, and we can get back on track.
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