Bristol Rovers are awaiting the fitness of Jack Hunt ahead of this weekend’s League One meeting with Wanderers.
Hunt, who has made 12 appearances this season, was pulled off at halftime of Crewe’s 4-2 FA Cup win on Tuesday night.
The Gas advanced to the third round after goals from John Marquis, James Wilson, and Anthony Evans, as well as an own goal from Ryan Cooney, at the Mornflake Stadium.
It’s a groin issue,” manager Matt Taylor told Bristol live“I’m so pleased with so much of that performance but then we lost a little bit of our shape and structure with the personnel changes.
We had to watch after Willo (James Wilson) to some extent as well, and it will be fascinating to see how we can turn that around for the weekend.” Taylor experimented with a back three in midweek and believed there were some positive signs ahead of the Whites meeting.
“(I’m) pleased,” he added. We’re not happy that we’ve probably lost a couple. We’re simply a little short on numbers, which is funny to say given how large our squad is.
“Definitely in key positions if we’re going to play that back-three.” So it’ll be fascinating to watch how it progresses and develops throughout the course of the week, but I was delighted with how it provided us with balance.
“It allowed to take the middle of the pitch with an extra body in there and get real legs top end of the pitch.”
The 41-year-old took over as head coach at Memorial Stadium earlier this month, following Joey Barton.
He had been out of work for less than a month after being sacked by Rotherham following a poor run of results.
Taylor stated after the Crewe victory, “It’s not about me, it’s about the team winning football games.” I’m learning a lot about this set of players, and the first 70 minutes were fantastic.
“Crewe have had good home form, so being 3-0 up at halftime was fantastic.” We must now work just as hard as we did over the opening 70 minutes of that game.
“I’ve seen a lot of footage from us, and that is the best I’ve seen.” We won the ball high up the pitch by putting pressure on the opposition, and we have players with special abilities who can put the ball in the back of the net.”
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