Macca adds experience to young reserve line up at Ipswich

Last updated : 14 October 2008 By Shrimpers24

Tough tackling midfielder Alan McCormack will continue his rehabilitation being joined by Anthony Grant, James Walker and Damien Scannell.

Good to see Francis Laurent also line up a week after being stretched off.

Other than that it will be a tough game with the rest of the side full of Ricky Duncan youth graduates, Paul Furlong obviously only allowed out, bless him, for one game a month!

As for Ipswich, Jordan Rhodes, fresh from a loan spell at Rochdale where he scored twice in his five games, will start up front and look to show how he has developed further.

Pim Balkestein is looking to step up his match fitness after recovering from groin surgery and Dean Bowditch is getting over a slight hamstring pull.

Danny Haynes and Shane Supple are also included as they try and push their way into a first team starting line up.

Youngsters like Kurt Robinson, Jai Reason and Ed Upson will be looking to impress the watching scouts and coaches as they look for a loan spell with a lower league club.

Southend United Reserves: Joyce, Lokando, Jones, Herd, Reynolds, Scannell, McCormack, Grant, Forshaw, Walker, Laurent.
Subs: Masters, Ademeno, Forshaw, Walker, Laurent.

Ipswich Town Reserve Squad: Supple, Ward, Blakestein, Robinson, Watson, Haynes, Reason, Upson, Lambe, Clemo. Bowditch, Rhodes, Murphy, Daniels, Cawley, Ainsley.