Sturrock: 'It's not cast in stone yet that Herdy will come in'
Southend United manager Paul Sturrock has some thinking to do before he pick's the side to face Macclesfield Town in the weekend's FA Cup First Round tie on Saturday afternoon.
S24 have already posted that though left back Johnny Herd is the natural replacement for the suspended Peter Gilbert the fact Luggy picked the now returned loanee Michael Timlin in the position at Cheltenham on Tuesday.
Sturrock told www.southendunited.co.uk: "We're going to have to come up with something weird and wonderful. I've got a couple of options to consider and I'm going to take my time about this one. We're travelling up today so i'll be watching some dvd's of games and looking at some reports as well which will help me make up my mind."
And young Johnny launching those long throws into the Silkmen's penalty area?
Sturrock wasn't giving anything away: "We will be training up there too so I can look at a few things and it's not cast in stone yet that Herdy will come in. It's something I will be thinking about in the build up to the game."
Ryan Hall for left-back then!
Whatever the team, it's going to be a long trip and a tough game.
Luggy concluded: "We've had them watched three times and they're a strong, hard-working side and at home they have been a handful for everybody. They drew at Rotherham in the week and you don't do that if you're not a decent side so it's a very difficult tie for us."
S24's earler take on the Johnny Herd saga, on the ball as ever:
www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
shrimpers_skipper_should_return_at_macclesfield_
but_will_sturrock_start_with_johnny_575277/index.shtml