Stirling v Brechin - Moore ready to shuffle defence

Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by PA

Stirling boss Allan Moore looks set to make changes to his defence for the home clash against Brechin.

Defender Ross Forsyth is back in contention following a two-match suspension and will be pushing for a place, but Stewart Devine remains unavailable through injury.

Moore is hoping to see an improvement from his side after being frustrated by players not listening to his instructions in Monday's 2-2 draw against Arbroath.

He said: "We played with three at the back and the defenders were told that they couldn't play as much football as they normally like too as there was no cover in place.

"It looks like I was wasting my breath as we lost a bad second goal through a defender playing a cross-field pass that was never on."

Brechin's resources are again going to be stretched.

Left-back Willie Dyer has been ruled out and his replacement Anton Kurakins is struggling to make it as he battles against knee ligament damage.

But manager Jim Duffy is hoping that Jon Seeley can be released from work commitments to enable him to be involved.

Duffy will also be without injured midfield duo Neil Janczyk and Alex Walker, although a win for his side would move them up into third place.

Brechin are in confident mood after beating Alloa at the weekend and Duffy said: "Beating the league leaders was a great way to end the sticky wee run we had been on and another three points from this game takes us closer to a play-off place."