Dario Gradi has more injury problems this evening, with Jon Otsemobor missing due to his achilles problem.
With Billy Jones also unavailable due to injury Dario has had to rebuild his back four once again, and hands two full debuts to his squads youngsters.
Christopher Flynn, who came off the bench to replace the injured Jones at Rotherham starts at right back, whilst Adam Dugdale comes into central defence to make his debut.
The other change comes in goal where Stuart Tomlinson is given a chance to impress in place of Ben Williams, who is rested.
Rochdale meanwhile make several changes due to players being cup tied and injured. Ernie Cooksey , Gary Brown, Clive Moyo Modise and Keith Barker all come into the team.
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Rochdale v Crewe Alex 31/10/06 |
| Rochdale |
Crewe Alexandra |
| 1 Matthew Gilks |
13 Stuart Tomlinson |
| 4 Ernie Cooksey |
4 Gary Roberts |
| 5 John Doolan |
12 Luke Varney |
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8 Gary Jones |
14 Ben Rix |
| 9 Chris Dagnall |
16 Ryan Lowe |
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12 Alan Goodhall |
18 Nicky Maynard |
| 14 Gary Brown |
21 Darran Kempson |
| 16 Keith Barker |
30 Adam Dugdale |
| 18 Nathan Stanton |
35 Christopher Flynn |
| 19 Lee Crooks |
37 Danny O'Donnell |
| 20 Clive Moyo Modise |
39 Isaac Osbourne |
| Subs |
Subs |
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2 Simon Ramsden |
1 Ben Williams (Gk) |
| 3 Mark Jackson |
9 Luke Rodgers |
| 6 Jonathan Boardman |
10 Michael Higdon |
| 11 Adam Rundle |
27 Pavol Suhaj |
| 26 Morike Sako |
34 Cavell Coo |
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