Harford will be unable to bring back loan signing Barry Conlon, who is proving to be a pointless acquistion as he looks set to face a month on the sidelines with a knee injury. Martin Butler will retain his place up front and despiteDeon Burton’s evident disenchantment he will again start.
Goalkeeper Neil Cutler will be chomping at the bit for a recall six weeks after he was dropped. Cutler’s replacement Gary Montgomery has had a nightmare run in goal making several errors that have cost goals. If Cutler was to be recalled it would be the third goalkeeping change of the season.
After last week’s dismal cup display any one of the players who did not make the XI will fancy their chances of a game but Harford is not expected to name his team until the latest possible moment.
Meanwhile, Colchester couldn’t be coming in to this game in any higher spirits after they thumped
Watson, who endured a bittersweet spell with the Millers, will be hoping to run
Meanwhile, midfielder Gary Halford has warned his team mates of the likely threat to be caused by Deon Burton. Talking to his icons.com site Halford said. “The game on Saturday will be a good challenge for us. Deon Burton is scoring goals for fun up there, so we'll need to be very wary of him. However, if we can keep him under control, there's no reason why we can't get a result."