1 booking away for the two key players!!!

1 yellow away from suspension

Dave Brammer starts his 50th game  in a Alex shirton Saturday but faces the fact that 1 yellow card will see him miss the next match, at home to Doncaster. Yellow cards against Cardiff, Stockport, Blackpool and Bristol City mean 1 more forces him to sit out one game due to the FA rules and theres no appealing. The diallemma is that he could get that yellow card on saturday or on boxing day, maybe never. If it is on boxing day it would be a key match to miss as he would miss Oldham in a top of te table clash. Losing Brammer is a major loss even for one game. Our midfield can not hold together without Captain Brammer so Bram will have to be careful. Although there is one option should Brammer get booked vs Mansfield he will be out of the Doncaster LDV Vans Trophy tie which he will most likley be dropped for anyway. If hee doesn't - our midfield hangs on a knife edge.

Saturday also sees Hulse with 4 yellows next to his name. Hulse has mainly picked up his yellow cards for mouthing off to the referee against Wycombe, Cardiff, Wigan and Port Vale. The same rules apply for Hulse aswell one more booking and one game to miss.
It will be interesting to see if Dario decides to keep Brammer from tacklign as much and whether he'll take Hulse off at the first sign of frustration.