Smicer set for second string start

The Czech will return to first team action before the end of the season, after recovering from an achilles injury picked up in January.

"At the moment I feel fine, I don't have any pain and I am eager to get back," he said.

"That's why I've been doing the hard physical work in the last three weeks, to try to be fit for the last few games.

"I know it's not an ideal situation but if I can help it would be great because we need everybody."

<a href="http://www.lfconline.com/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED31&id=109034"><u>Jon Otsemobor</u></a> and <a href="http://www.lfconline.com/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED31&id=109032"><u>Neil Mellor</u></a> also return after their loan spells with Bolton and West Ham respectively.

Team: Paul Harrison, Jon Otsemobor, David Raven, Carl Medjani, Zak Whitbread, Salif Diao, Vladimir Smicer, Darren Potter, Neil Mellor, Michael Foley, Robbie Foy.
Subs: Daniel O'Donnell, Paul Willis, Danny Guthrie, Phil Townley, Karl Noon.