PAUL Hurst appears poised to make at least EIGHT changes to his starting line-up for tomorrow's FA Cup clash.
The Grimsby Town boss again rested a raft of his big guns for Tuesday evening's FA Trophy replay with Coalville.
With that tie safely negotiated – thanks to some of the less regular starters and Youth teamers – he is ready to recall the players that have underpinned the Mariners' league and FA Cup charge.
Ross Hannah, Lenell John-Lewis, Scott Neilson, Scott Kerr, Craig Disley, Shaun Pearson, Clayton McDonald and Aswad Thomas are all likely to go straight into the starting XI.
"We came through the two Coalville games without any more injuries, so I'm really pleased from that point-of-view.
"But it will certainly be a different side from Tuesday, that's for sure, and I don't think there will be too many surprises.
"The lads that sat out Coalville are champing at the bit to get involved because it didn't go to the initial plan of playing Welling in the league on Tuesday – they would have been back for that game.
"I had to make the decision of whether to play them or not. I felt it was too much of a risk, and that gave the other lads a chance to get another game under their belts."
Explaining his decision to rest the majority of his team ahead of tomorrow's tie, Hurst continued: "I don't think the returning players will have any rustiness – although if it doesn't go the way we want, I leave myself open to criticism.
"That's the same if I had played them in the Coalville games and picked up a couple of injuries.
"I do know that we've got a big game tomorrow and a lot of big games coming up over the next month.
"I felt it was right to rest people and that was certainly with the bigger picture in mind – not just one game."
On the impact a victory could have on the Mariners' season, he remarked: "It's a big game, there's no getting away from that. The potential prize of getting through this round could be very big.
"So we will be giving everything we can to get into that third round.
"We don't know exactly what we could make and the exact figures of how much could be put back in for strengthening, but it would be a massive boost to the football club."
