[Monty]

Originally Posted by mrmuzeman

Agreed Komp, I was going to post to ward people off the odds on chester here. Rushden get a lot of draws on the road and it could well be a draw here. Ill be laying Chester in my 'Jays Lays' system.

Yep, serious squad problems for Chester seems to me...

A catastrophic week seems like it won't finish until sunday morning, after Chester's injury list received another two names.

Midfielders Justin Walker and Tom Curtis have been hit by the influenza virus two days before Chester play Rushden and Diamonds in the Coca Cola League Two.

They are joined by a whole quartet of suspensions, after Ryan Lowe, Dave Artell, and full backs Carl Regan and Scott McNiven received their fifth bookings of the season.

And to put the salt in the wound, Chris MacKenzie (thumb) and Ryan Brookfield (hamstring) leave Chester without a recognised goalkeeper in the squad.

So all in all, Chester have no goalkeeper; only Phil Bolland and Luke Dimech in defence, and Ben Davies, Stuart Drummond, Tom Curle, Craig Dove, Abdelhalim El Kholti Stephen Vaughan and solo striker Marcus Richardson to provide the attacking spark in Chester's side for Saturday.

It's Thursday, and already Rushden and Diamonds must be expecting easy competition at the weekend. Chester are without 11 players in a threadbare squad afterall. But, in the words of a not-so-panicking Keith Curle: 'when all about are losing their heads, keep calm and you will succeed.'