Several Changes for Villa Cup Tie

By TownFans.co.uk
January 4 2013

Town boss Mick McCarthy admits he will be making several changes to his side for the FA Cup Third Round tie against Aston Villa on Saturday.

Speaking to the Official Club Website ahead of the game, McCarthy said: “I’ll be making changes to the team, some that have been forced on me and some that are through choice.

"We haven’t been given permission for Hendo or Bradley to play, and of course DJ has gone back, so there are three changes I’ll have to make."

Scott Loach will get the nod over Arran Lee-Barrett to take the place of Henderson between the sticks whilst Michael Chopra loks almost certain to replace Campbell. The replacement for Bradley Orr is less clear, while Carlos Edwards could move into the right back role it's considered more likely that Elliott Hewitt could make his full debut.

McCarthy continued: "I wanted to give a few of the other lads in the squad a game, because I haven’t had the chance to have a proper look at them in a competitive fixture yet.

“Paddy (Patrick Kisnorbo) is available and he’s been brought in to provide competition to Luke Chambers and Tommy Smith. He’s been out injured but he’s been training every day at Leeds for a while now and is fully fit. Chambo has broken his nose but he’ll be ok to be involved, there’s no question of that.”