Prolific Paddy Madden always ready to pounce, says Fleetwood boss Joey Barton
The Town head coach said: “Pad does lots of things in terms of his energy and his workrate, but he’s as good as anybody in the box.
“He’s always on the move. He’s always expecting a mistake and he’s always ready to pounce if a defender just gets it wrong, as he showed for the winner at Crawley.”
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Hide AdFleetwood are on a five-game winning streak and Barton admits he faces tricky selection choices.
He added: “Usually good things happen when you’re finding it difficult to pick your starting 11.
“We’ve got a real difficulty because there’s so much competition for places and so much quality, and that’s testament to the lads putting it in on a daily basis.”
Town will discover their northern quarter-final opponents in the EFL Trophy tonight. The draw can be seen on Sky Sports News from 7.15pm.
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Hide AdFleetwood Town’s Under-18s won through to the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup with victory over Watford on penalties at Highbury.
Enoch Takpe’s stoppage-time goal for Town made it 2-2 and forced extra-time.
Kai Steer scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out and Scott Pengelly saved two Hornets spot-kicks.