George Johnston was replaced at half-time of Bolton Wanderers' loss to Forest Green Rovers for tactical reasons and not for any injury, Ian Evatt confirmed.
20.09.2022 - 07:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ian Evatt is poised to name a strong team for this evening's game in the Papa Johns Trophy against Tranmere Rovers as he has nearly a fully fit squad available to choose from.
Wanderers head to Prenton Park this evening for their second group game in the Northern half of the competition. They will be aiming to build upon their opening win in the competition last month against Crewe Alex.
That match saw the likes of Josh Sheehan and Eoin Toal play, the former returning from a lengthy spell out following a ruptured ACL and the latter making his debut following a summer transfer from Derry City. Both could play this evening.
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Another player who is back fit and could feature is Lloyd Isgrove, who has returned after hamstring problems and more recently a foot issue. Owen Beck has not made his debut yet in his season-long loan spell from Liverpool but could make his debut.
Evatt is poised to name a strong side against the Super White Army and give players who need game time the minutes on the pitch they need. However, defender Declan John might not be involved after picking up a hamstring problem in training the day before last weekend's 1-0 win over Peterborough United.
He said: “It will be a strong team. Any 11 that I pick at the moment will be really strong because we’ve got a lot of very good young players and footballers ready and itching to play.
"Lloyd’s back as well now so we’ve got plenty of options for Tuesday. We look forward to that game.
“It’s absolutely vital to try and keep everyone up to speed as best we can because things change quickly in football. Declan John had an injury yesterday, we’ve got Jack
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