Source: FOOTYMAD
Holdsworth Gets Cup Boost
Shots manager Dean Holdsworth has been given good news that captain Ben Herd will be available for tomorrow's Carling Cup match. Shots manager Dean Holdsworth has revealed that team captain Ben Herd has received the all-clear from doctors following a tackle in the second half of the match against Oxford United and so he will be available to face League One side Carlisle United in tomorrow evening's Carling Cup Second Round tie at the EBB Stadium. Herd spent a couple of hours in hospital on Saturday evening, but was given the all clear and will be available if selected. Meanwhile Carlisle United manager Greg Abbott will be forced to make several changes when they take on The Shots. Lee Miller, James Tavernier and Lubo Michalik will have to come out of the starting XI from the team which defeated Leyton Orient 2-1. Miller grabbed both goals on his debut in that game but is cup-tied having represented Middlesbrough in the first round. Tavernier is on loan with the Cumbrians and his parent club Newcastle have refused Carlisle permission to allow him to feature. Michalik will be on international duty with Slovakia and will miss United's next three games. Abbott had to go into the Orient game without Peter Murphy, who failed a late fitness with a back spasm and will be out once more, while Frank Simek is a long-term injury absentee.
