Jason Walker's fans may feel that he now merits a place in the starting line-up following his late brace last week. Alex Williams would presumably move to the bench as his lean spell continues. However, he may also start the match to be brought off for Walker; Jason's scoring record after starting games is not at all to be sneered at, with two goals from five starts. More impressive, though, is the fact that out of three substitute appearances, he's found the net three times. A happy dilemma is thus top of Joe McLaughlin's agenda - how best to bring out the scoring qualities of our young signing from Dundee?
Peter Weatherson's impressive performance should see him once again line up in attack with John Maisano just behind. The attacking midfield role seems to bring out the best in the elder of the two Aussies, and with Forfar being an attacking side, it might be best to go out all guns blazing tomorrow to try to outscore them, rather than out-defend them.
Summer signing Mark McCulloch didn't start last week, making space at wing-back for Jim McAllister. Marko was brought on late last week and may yet do so again, as McAllister's game, while not perfect, was certainly sufficient against Alloa. While McCulloch is not a natural wing-back and McAllister is not naturally left-sided, their deputising in this position is more impressive than their counterparts Bottiglieri and Henderson from last season, adding a bit of stability to our much-maligned left flank.
While the left side is commonly cited as the area most needing improvement, so too is the holding role in midfield. Thankfully, the youth and scouting staff at Cappielow seem to have unearthed a gem in Dean Keenan. The 18 year old impressed in central defence during Stuart McCluskey's injury spell, but looked equally as comfortable between defence and midfield last week, moving forward to let Collins, Greacen and McCluskey occupy the stopping positions. With Marco Maisano in the middle of the park now able to count on support from Keenan and play forward to his brother John, what we lack in midfield width, we make up for in central competence.
Of course, it's not going to be a magic formula that wins the season for us. It is still essentially the same set of midfielders that presided over our collapse last year. But it's also the same ones who took us to the top of the Division for months at a time, and anything the interim manager can do to regain that form is surely a worthy endeavour, however transient its results may be.