Morecambe v Doncaster Rovers Match Preview
by The Rovers Review
After a frustrating defeat to Crewe Alexandra, Rovers look to Morecambe to get back to their winning ways. What we learnt from the Crewe game is that we need to begin to take our chances, because we dominated Crewe for most of the game, yet didn't manage to score in open play.
No one looks set to be returning from injury for this match, but Baudry and some other players are participating in training this week, so it may not be long until they're in the side.
Again, what we learnt from last weekends match, was that 3-5-2 doesn't work for us. As soon as Ferguson changed the system from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2, we conceded their winning goal.
Marko Marosi looks to keep his place in goal, however Ferguson did question whether or not he should've saved their second goal; although he's kept 3 out of five clean sheets, could Ferguson be losing patience with another goalkeeper?
After the Crewe match Tommy Rowe said, 'you win some, and you learn some'. Hopefully meaning they learnt from their mistakes from their defeat at Crewe and that they're going to go to Morecambe to bring back three points. He also went on to insist that the Rovers players have the, 'belief', to get back to their winning ways.
James Coppinger is set to make his 500th appearance for Doncaster and after winning the League Two player of the month award earlier in the week, there is no doubt about it; Coppinger will be one of the first names on the team sheet.
Last time Rovers played Morecambe was in November 2003, in the conference, and Rovers lost 3-0 away, so let's hope that it's not a repeat of that scoreline this time round!
Overall Rovers have won just 3 out of 10 meetings against Morecambe since 1998.
Predicted lineup v Morecambe
Marosi; Richardson, Wright, Butler, Evina; Houghton, Blair, Rowe, Coppinger; Marquis and Williams.
