Cobblers boss Curle faces selection dilemmas ahead of Grimsby game

Posted Friday, November 23, 2018 by PA

Northampton manager Keith Curle has a number of selection headaches as his side prepare to face Grimsby on Saturday.

Sam Foley is available again following suspension, the midfielder having been shown a straight red card in the win over Oldham at the end of October.

Shay Facey and club captain Ash Taylor are also pushing for a starting place after coming off the bench for the second half of the draw at Exeter.

Junior Morias is ruled out as he serves the second game of his three-match ban, while Matt Crooks and Dean Bowditch remain doubts and Leon Barnett is still sidelined.

Grimsby manager Michael Jolley will be without a trio of players for the trip to Sixfields.

Defenders Reece Hall-Johnson and Akin Famewo will be sidelined for four weeks with groin and hamstring injuries respectively, while Elliott Whitehouse remains out with an ACL injury.

Striker Ahkeem Rose will be pushing for a place in the starting XI after coming off the bench to score the winner against Crawley last weekend.

Harry Cardwell played 63 minutes in that game, his first league start of the season after a foot injury, and will be hoping for more time on the pitch against the Cobblers.