THE EDMONTON ROVERS FORUM
An update on the squad situation following training last night...
Surprisingly we had 14 there (including me but not including Trevor).
That included Colin Bester & Tem Adil, but neither of them want to be included in the squad for this Sunday as they are not fit enough.
Leon was also there as Wormley Rovers have now stopped training on Thursday nights, while a prospective new player ( Gary Cover ...a forward) was also in attendance.
The others there were Barney, Terry Moore, Jacko, Lexton, Daley, Cascoe, Tony King, Martin C. & Tim Beeden.
So...considering our appalling performance last Sunday, not a bad turnout. 
I must admit I was fearing the worst !
However, not there last night were Loveday (who had to travel up North again for work), Lee King (because of illness and owing too much subs), and also Terry Brown, John Scouller & Ben.
Terry wanted to come training, but texted to say he couldn't make it because John wasn't answering his phone to give him a lift. Neither John or Ben told us on Sunday that they were not coming training, and neither of them texted me last night.
John isn't available this Sunday anyway, but at the moment I don't know what is happening with Ben. 'Somebody' may need to phone him as I don't think he looks at the Forum.
I spoke to Lexton last night and he said he can pick up Ben & Terry Brown at the KFC in Waltham Cross and then pick up Lee...who told me he is available for Sunday. If Terry can't get to the KFC from where he lives and Ben isn't playing, then we will only have a bare eleven on Sunday. That includes Daley, who got injured at training last night and had to come off.
Cascoe is not available for this match either as he is away for the weekend.
Trev will have to be Lino even though he can't run, and if the game goes to Extra-Time (when he has to leave to go to Arsenal), then we will just have to get fined. I am not going to put the camera down to do it.
As for Danny Hagan, he texted me yesterday to say that he was having a gym & physio session last night and if he came through that o.k., he would be available this Sunday. I am still waiting to hear from him, so I'll try and find out asap...unless he can get online to post on here himself ? Obviously if Hagan can start playing again, then that will be a massive bonus, but then he will almost certainly be playing a full game for Crouch End Vampires First XI the day before if he has passed his fitness test, so I very much doubt if he would then last 90 minutes and Extra-Time for us.
We could therefore do with one (or two if Terry Brown & Ben cannot play) of our other registered players (e.g. Yianni Kyriacou, Kizza, Dean, Ricky, Conor, Stuart ) volunteering to come along and go sub if they are about, but understandably (because they might get roped into running the line) that is unlikely to happen, so we'll just have to hope we don't get any injuries.
That's the situation at the moment.
Danny Hagan says he is fit for Sunday, so that therefore brings the squad up to 14 (as long as Terry Brown & Ben are playing). 
Hagan can't post on here because he uses a BlackBerry. 
