Preview: Tadcaster Albion vs South Shields
Tadcaster Albion welcome South Shields to Ings Lane looking to upset the extremely impressive league debutants.
The Mariners suffered their first defeat at home on New Year’s Day and just their second league defeat all season as Steve Kittrick’s Scarborough Athletic left the North East with a 3-1 win.
The Brewers will be coming into the tough looking encounter buoyed after a perfect start to 2018 dispatching of Brighouse Town 5-0 on Monday.
It’s difficult to determine whether this is a good time to play Shields or not, you could look at it both ways.
On one hand they may be somewhat vulnerable after suffering a deflating loss but on the other hand they could bounce back to be at their very best looking for a quick and positive reaction.
One thing that is for certain though is that Albion will have to be at their best if they are going to stifle a powerful and experienced South Shields side.
Taddy currently sit ten points off the play-off places as we enter the second half of the season. As long as you stay in and around the chasing pack then you’ve always got a chance with plenty of points still all to play for.
South Shields however are in a fantastic position to achieve back-to-back promotions sitting one point behind leaders Prescot Cables with five games in hand.
Team News: Taddy may have somewhat of a selection dilemma with Conor Sellars and Josh Greening looking to return to the starting line-up but Joe Pugh and Adam Baker will be hoping to keep their places, particularly Pugh after recording a goal and an assist on his first start.
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