Seagulls face big test at Worcester

COLWYN BAY will have a near full strength squad available for Saturday's tough away game at Worcester City.
Only skipper Danny Meadowcroft remains unavailable, with Shelton Payne having recovered from tightness in his groin and hamstrings during Tuesday's game against Vauxhall.
Jon Newby was concerned that some players looked a big leggy on Tuesday and gave everybody a night off from training on Thursday to try and help recharge the batteries ahead of what will be a tough challenge at Worcester.
Although Worcester go into the game on the back of three successive defeats, all away from home, they have only been beaten once in 11 home league games this season and only promotion contenders Guiseley have conceded fewer goals on their own patch.
"We know Worcester are a very good team. They have been playing at this level for a number of years, and I think it is great credit to ourselves that we are only three points behind them in the table," added the player-boss.
He and assistant Stuart Barlow, however, are considering tweeking the team's formation for the game.
That could possibly mean a recall for John McKenna, and Newby admitted that McKenna and Lee Davey were both unlucky to be left out of the starting line-up on Tuesday following back to back away victories.
"It is tough leaving anyone out, but we make decisions game by game to try and benefit the side as a whole," he said.
"I thought we looked a bit open at times and our back four was too exposed against Vauxhall on Tuesday night, so we may make a slight change to try and remedy that," he said.
Worcester manager Carl Heeley has strengthened his defensive options this week by signing experienced 35-year-old defender Stuart Whitehead from Telford, as well as ex-Aston Villa youngster Phil Green. That follows the recent capture of ex-Villa academy captain and defender Ellis Deeney.
To balance the budget, he has released a couple of players, including full back Neil Cartwright who scored direct from a free kick in Worcester's 2-0 win at Colwyn Bay last month.
Colwyn Bay (from): Sanna, Denson, Lea, Hughes, Sinclair, McKenna, Evans, McLachlan, Hopley, Newby, Payne, Noon, Davey, McEvilly, Benson, King, Metcalf.