Nine out of tomorrow's cup tie...

No-one has recovered from their respective injuries and Crewe now face nine players, with eight of them regular first teamers, out of tomorrow's clash with Telford. It was thought McCready and Sorvel might make it but both fell short in training and neither will play.

If that wasn't bad enough then Allan Smart getting injured certainly was, leaving us with 8 injuries and 1 suspended Justin Cochrane. Young striker Paul Edwards is also on the list, albeit with a question mark, after falling ill this week. So this is how it looks...

Stuart Tomlinson - out
Dave Brammer - out
Justin Cochrane - suspended
Chris McCready - out
Adie Moses - out
Allan Smart - out
Neil Sorvel - out
David Vaughan - out
Richard Walker - out
Paul Edwards - out (?)

Dario has had to hand two teenagers, Tom Betts and Ian Jeffs, squad numbers with atleast one of them almost a certainty to make the bench. The starting line up will probably look something like this:

Probable line up: Clayton Ince, David Wright, Billy Jones, Stephen Foster, Anthony Tonkin, Kenny Lunt, Ben Rix, Michael Higdon, Luke Varney, Dean Ashton, Steve Jones