Steven Fletcher fit to face Newcastle
Thursday 29th September 2011, 2:36PM BST.
Boss Mick McCarthy today pledged to return to 4-4-2 against Newcastle on Saturday. Steven Fletcher is fully fit after a groin injury kept him on the bench until half-time of the Liverpool game last weekend.
And that is likely to see the club-record £7m signing restored up front alongside Kevin Doyle for the visit of the high-flying Magpies.
Dave Edwards was deployed in the hole as McCarthy switched to 4-4-1-1 at Anfield but the boss later said Edwards wasn’t fully match fit.
“We will be playing 4-4-2 on Saturday,” said the boss. “I didn’t have two fit strikers to play from the start last week so I played Dave. But Fletcher is fully fit and we will have two strikers on the pitch on Saturday.”
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