With squad resources stretched, and the side beginning to settle back in to the 4-4-2 mould, times seem hard. With Rob Ullathorne, the only senior left-back at the club at present, facing a one-match ban in the near future, Ian Richardson has called on a member of the clubs squad players for resolve.
Enter stage right, Eddie McIntyre.
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Richardson told the Nottingham Evening Post, "We do not have another recognised left back at the club, so if we want to persist with the 4-4-2 formation, Eddie is going to have to come in and do a job."
"Eddie's left foot is as good as anyone's at the club, including Stef Oakes,"
With players such as Kelvin Wilson and Emmet Friars already having emerged from the youth set-up this season, it seems very much as though the time is right for Richardson to throw his first debutant into the mix in the form of the Derry-born left-back.
"He [McIntyre] is a player that does have potential, but he needs to start showing it now. I will be having a word with him, because there could be a chance there for him to take, with Rob set to be suspended."
"People have been talking about him being one for the future for a while, hopefully now he can prove he is ready to take that step on."