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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Harris Wary Of TV Excitement


Salisbury boss Mikey Harris says he must keep his side disciplined to avoid trouble in tonight's TV game with the Bulls.

There has been a red card in more than 60% of live Conference games since 2007, with William Hill currently offering 9/2 on a dismissal tonight. Harris warns that the stats suggest players can get overexcited by the cameras:

"There seems to be quite a high percentage of the games that involve sendings off, so keeping discipline and not getting overawed or overexcited by the occasion is key. 

I'm sure there'll be nerves and it's the first time for a few of the lads that they've played in a live TV match. But that can be a positive, I think if you can harness that extra energy that you get from it, it can be a real benefit to the team, and that's certainly what I'll be telling them to do."

Salisbury have beaten both Wrexham and Grimsby at home in the Conference in recent weeks, and are unbeaten at the 'Ray Mac' since the opening day loss to Tamworth. 

Former Bulls keeper James Bittner will be in their squad, but is expected to be only on the bench having yet to make an appearance for the side since rejoining them after a brief stint with Newport. He has been unable to dislodge regular stopper Will Puddy, a man linked with a move to the Bulls during the summer.

Former Bulls target Chris McPhee, who rejected a full time job with the Bulls to go part time for family reasons, is expected to feature having scored twice in 14 games so far this term.