Source: FOOTYMAD
Southend United's Paul Sturrock; Barnet, Oxford United; Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Sunderland
Southend United manager Paul Sturrock is expecting to keep defender Bilel Mohsni as a striker for Barnet Saturday after the French Tunisian has scored three goals in two games. Sturrock: The Shrimpers scoring sensation Bilel Mohsni looks as if he'll stay as a striker for the trip to Barnet Stoke City star Kenwyne Jones in to a forward during his time at Sheffield Wednesday. And he now hopes Mohsni, who has scored three times in just 73 minutes up front, can follow in his foot-steps. Sturrock told www.echo-news.co.uk: "When I was at Sheffield Wednesday I signed Kenwyne Jones as a defender but decided to put him up front and he responded by getting seven goals in seven games. He never looked back after that and has gone on to play as a striker for Stoke and Sunderland so of course it would be great if Bilel could do anywhere near as well as him. "It's a tough ask and we will need to see how he gets on once the adrenaline has gone a bit but for now I have no problems putting Bilel in attack because he just has a zest for the game which in infectious. I think the fans appreciate that too but his enthusiasm got him in trouble last time we went to Barnet so I have had to have words with him about that." Mohnsi was sent off at Underhill during the 3-1 win over the Bees in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy last October. But Sturrock has warned his side, who sit 13th in the League Two table, to expect a much tougher test against Barnet this time around. "It worries me that everyone connected with the club might think that we just have to turn up on Saturday, run around for 90 minutes and that three points will be ours because it's certainly not going to be like that. Barnet haven't lost in four games, they have a new manager and they are a dangerous animal at the moment because they are fighting for their lives. I've told my players that and I hope the fans also realise that Barnet are going to be a very tough nut to crack."
