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Next Game: Pre-Season

Friday, October 20, 2017

Preview: Hereford vs Kings Langley


As usual, Ben Chilman has previewed tomorrow's game for BN:

Hereford come into this game against Kings Langley with a few gaps in their squad after a week of mixed fortunes.

After the delight of the FA Cup victory at Eastleigh, there was a stark contrast with a drab Tuesday night game at a cold Edgar Street. The Bulls lost 1-0 to a well organised Farnborough side with the host lacking the creativity and width offered from the injured pair of Keyon Reffell and Garyn Preen.

Despite being sent off midweek, Mike Symons will be available for this weekend's game as the suspension takes seven days to kick in. 


The 31 year old will miss two games, the league game away to 8th placed Tiverton next Tuesday and the FA Trophy game at Edgar Street against Weymouth, a week on Saturday.

Calvin Dinsley will miss out with a hamstring injury, as will Garyn Preen. On the plus side, Pablo Haysham and Keyon Reffell are expected to play some part after recovering from knocks picked up in recent games.

The search for a new left-back is still on after the departure James Bowen earlier this week. Winger Adam Page played in a wing back role on the left midweek, but Beadle is looking for a longer term replacement. 

Speaking to the OS on Friday, Beadle admitted he'd had two offers rejected, but was considering making a third offer. 

"Personally, I don’t think the deal is dead in the water yet, but the player is under contract so we need to do some work to reach an agreement to talk to the player. We’d love to get it done before the weekend."

If not, Beadle says there's an agreement in place to bring in someone on loan, but not until after the weekend.

Kings Langley come into the game after improving their form from a poor September in which they only picked up one point. 

The Kings hosted the Bulls for the first game of this season. The entertaining tie ended 3-3 with the home side grabbing a late goal through their prolific striker Gareth Price. 

Since that game the Kings find themselves in 21st place, compared to Hereford who are sat in 5th, with a 19 point gap between the two sides. 

In form striker Mitchell Weiss has eight goals for the season and the 24 year old will be a constant threat. At the back the tall, pacey, left sided defender Callum Adebiyi will feature with persistent surges from the back.

If the 23 year old stand outs we could well find him on Beadle's left-back shortlist!