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TAYLOR AND JACKETT ARE BOTH RIGHT FIT TO GO UP

DECISION: Matt Taylor

PORTSMOUTH and Salford have a date at Wembley in early April to decide who wins this year’s Football League Trophy. Pompey sneaked past Exeter City in an action-packed semi-fi nal a fortnight ago.
To my surprise, the Grecians’ manager Matt Taylor went with a number of younger players, making multiple changes from the previous league game.
In my experience, when you reach the business end of the competition, it’s very rare to not see the strongest possible side rolled out.
Kenny Jackett, on the other hand, made only two alterations in a competition ...

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