Town boss Paul Lambert has made one change to his side ahead of this afternoon’s home game against Crewe Alexandra with Alan Judge replacing Jack Lankester in the advanced midfield role.

Lankester has started the last two games following his lengthy injury absence so it is little surprise that the youngster drops to the bench, replacing Armando Dobra.

Judge returns having missed the last two matches with a hamstring injury, while Kayden Jackson is back among the subs having recovered from Covid-19. For Crewe, Tom Lowery comes into the midfield for Luke Murphy.

Town: Holy, Chambers (c), McGuinness, Woolfenden, Ward, Dozzell, Bishop, Judge, Edwards, Hawkins, Sears. Subs: Cornell, Nsiala, Kenlock, Huws, Lankester, Bennetts, Jackson.

Crewe: Jaaskelainen, Ng (c), Pickering, Wintle, Lowery, Kirk, Ainley, Mandron, Offord, Dale, Beckles. Subs: Richards, Powell, Porter, Finney, Zanzala, Johnson, Murphy. Referee: Trevor Kettle (Rutland).

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cat added 14:32 - Oct 31 Judge for lank ain't gonna go down well, but if we win who gives one!
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BettyBlue added 14:33 - Oct 31 Hamstring injury? How many minutes will he last? Hopefully not many.
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Len_Brennan added 14:36 - Oct 31 I'm happy with Judge in the advanced midfield role, where he can definitely be effective & move around without the confinement of the wide role, which doesn't suit him; I just think Bishop is better there at the moment & Huws should be in the centre giving more of a presence. Maybe we can get away with it against Crewe (?), but sides like Sunderland would just bully us. Strong looking bench, we might need it.

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Suffolkboy added 14:49 - Oct 31 Is Wilson injured , not even in the subs ,yet hadn't been doing much wrong ; or is this a change of emphasis ? COYB
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TimmyH added 14:50 - Oct 31 Not for me...Judge simply doesn't do enough where ever he's positioned, he needs to show some form!
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Karlosfandangal added 14:58 - Oct 31 TimmyH You just know that Judge will score now you said that. I would have preferred Huws and Bennetts in for Sears
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BeattiesBackPocket added 15:17 - Oct 31 Lee Brennan he's getting to be effective in that role. He was a class player but he really hasn't given us much this season or since being with us for such an experienced player. Loved the guy when he was at Brentford but he's for the most part been average for us. Hope he can kick on from this game as we deserve some decent games from him
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BeattiesBackPocket added 15:18 - Oct 31 *yet to* not ‘getting'
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bernie added 16:06 - Oct 31 Let's wait for Lambert to say how unbelievable football we're been playing even though Crewe are well on top !! It's starting to get on my nerves now didn't play well against gills and now not playing well against Crewe and let's not forget we lost the two games before
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Dolphinblue added 17:08 - Oct 31 Judge assist! #thenegcrew
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